. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. 156 SUBKINGDOM VEBTEBRATA. thrashing it till disabled. Its iris is bright green, and its plumage well oiled and glossy. FiQf. H65. Mg. « OracuLus carho^ Cormorant. Plotidae.—The Snake-bird is found throughout our Southern piotus anUnga, coasts. It is adapted to catching Snake BM or water Turkey. iV its prey under water, either by impaling upon it? sharp, pointed beak, or by seizing between its serrated mandibles. Its favorite position is just above the water, into which it drops head first, so quietly as to make scarcely a ripple. Swimming beneath till
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. 156 SUBKINGDOM VEBTEBRATA. thrashing it till disabled. Its iris is bright green, and its plumage well oiled and glossy. FiQf. H65. Mg. « OracuLus carho^ Cormorant. Plotidae.—The Snake-bird is found throughout our Southern piotus anUnga, coasts. It is adapted to catching Snake BM or water Turkey. iV its prey under water, either by impaling upon it? sharp, pointed beak, or by seizing between its serrated mandibles. Its favorite position is just above the water, into which it drops head first, so quietly as to make scarcely a ripple. Swimming beneath till it finds tufts of reeds, perhaps a thousand feet away, it shows at the surface only its bill and eyes, as it reconnoitres the neighborhood. The crimped tail- feathers serve as a rudder, but the wings are not used in swimming.* ORDER LONGIPENNES. General Characteristics.—The Long-winged birds are distinguished by the size of their pointed wings and their palmate feet, with free, elevated hind toe. Generally oceanic, they rest upon the water, but do not dive. LONGIPENNES. -j f NOSTRILS NOT ) ' TUBULAR; 5-allox small. NOSTRILS L TUBUL\R; LaridaB, ! HALLUX RTTDlMENTARr ) I OR WANTING. 3 * Even before the young leave the nest a parasitic worm is found in their Btomach, which works its way to the brain, and there thrives in clusters of ten or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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