. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. Fig. 319.—HEitoN. objects; frequently upon a cart-wheel purposely placed as a scaf- fold for its accommodation. These bu-ds are not only tolerated, but they are held in special regard, on account of the services that they render in destroying reptiles and all sorts of vermin, as ?well as offul, which they greedily Fig. ok hhkon. The Spoonbills ^PlataJea) resemble the Storks in everything but tlie .structure of their beak, which is very peculiar ; it is long, broad, and flattened out near its extremity into a
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. Fig. 319.—HEitoN. objects; frequently upon a cart-wheel purposely placed as a scaf- fold for its accommodation. These bu-ds are not only tolerated, but they are held in special regard, on account of the services that they render in destroying reptiles and all sorts of vermin, as ?well as offul, which they greedily Fig. ok hhkon. The Spoonbills ^PlataJea) resemble the Storks in everything but tlie .structure of their beak, which is very peculiar ; it is long, broad, and flattened out near its extremity into a spatula-like plate, so feeble as no longer to be fit for anything but in the mud in search of little fishes or aquatic worms and The third tribe Longirostres,* composed of Wading Birds, coroprehends numerous genera that habitually frequent the banks of rivers. All the genera resem- Longus, long ; rostrum, a 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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