. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 150 POPULAR OFFICIAL GREAT CROWNED PIGEON. and reports that a bird has been injured, and is bleeding from a wound in its breast. The Flying Cage in the center of the Main Hall contains a pool of running water, some small trees, an imitation rock, and the floor is covered with a comfortable layer of sand. Hopping or flying about, and perching on the trees, is a really remarkable medley of birds. There are the "Wood Duck and Mandarin Duck, Black Skimmers, Common and Sooty Terns, several species of Te
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 150 POPULAR OFFICIAL GREAT CROWNED PIGEON. and reports that a bird has been injured, and is bleeding from a wound in its breast. The Flying Cage in the center of the Main Hall contains a pool of running water, some small trees, an imitation rock, and the floor is covered with a comfortable layer of sand. Hopping or flying about, and perching on the trees, is a really remarkable medley of birds. There are the "Wood Duck and Mandarin Duck, Black Skimmers, Common and Sooty Terns, several species of Teal, Curlews, Gallinules, Coots, Lapwings, Snipe, Ruffs, Quail, Francolins, Senegal, Turtle, Wonga-wonga and other Pigeons and Doves, Skylarks, Robins, Orioles, Cardinals, "Woodpeckers, Java, Fox, Tree, and other Sparrows and "Weavers. The south side of the Main Hall is devoted to miscella- neous rare birds from the tropics, regardless of the Orders to which they belong. The largest are the Great Crowned Pigeons,—Victoria and Common,—the oddest are the Con- cave-Casqued Hornbills and the Toucans (eight species). The Rufous Tinamou, of South America, is a species which, through lack of use for its wings, is rapidly losing the power of flight. The Giant Kingfisher is the "Laughing Jackass" of Australia, and its cry is strangely like the mirthless horse-laugh of a man who has few smiles and seldom uses one. The Himalayan Jay-Thrush is so con- firmed a murderer of birds smaller than himself, it is neces-. 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 New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York, New York Zoological Society
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