. Birds: the elements of ornithology . Nvmeniiisphsopts). the readers recollection the similarly long and curved beak ofthe Ibis. One species of the genus, the Glossy Ibis (Ibisfald-nellus), inhabits Africa and Europe as well as America, so it isnot wonderful that it is sometimes seen in England. Thereare about two dozen kinds of these birds, whereof the SacredIbis (Ibis mihiopica) is the most renowned. Though so familiaran object in ancient Egyptian art, it is now rarely seen on theNile north of Khartoum. The Scarlet Ibis of South America{Ibis rubra) is the most beautiful form. IlfTBODirCTIOl
. Birds: the elements of ornithology . Nvmeniiisphsopts). the readers recollection the similarly long and curved beak ofthe Ibis. One species of the genus, the Glossy Ibis (Ibisfald-nellus), inhabits Africa and Europe as well as America, so it isnot wonderful that it is sometimes seen in England. Thereare about two dozen kinds of these birds, whereof the SacredIbis (Ibis mihiopica) is the most renowned. Though so familiaran object in ancient Egyptian art, it is now rarely seen on theNile north of Khartoum. The Scarlet Ibis of South America{Ibis rubra) is the most beautiful form. IlfTBODirCTIOlf. 53 Those smaller running and wading Birds, the Coursers andCurlews, naturally suggest other forms which resemble them,more or less, in external appearance or ia habits; we referto such smaller forms, still common in England, as the Plovers,Turnstones, Sandpipers, EufEs, Snipes, and Woodcocks. Thelast of these, the Woodcock (Seolopaco rusticola, ), withits enormously long straight bill, which is a delicate iustrument Fig. The Saored Ibia {Ibis CBthiopica). of touch, belongs to a small group of four species, and is foundin Europe, North Africa, and Central and Northern Asia, occa-sionally extending to America. Another species is trulyAmerican, while one inhabits New Guinea and another Java. The common English Snipe (GcclUnayo media) may stand fora rather numerous group of Birds which closely resemble it, andare spread over the whole world. 54 ELEMENTS OF OENITHOLOGT. The Little Stint {Tringa minuta) is a charming little Bird,■whose graceful actiye movements may be observed in autumnon our Eastern coasts. It flies rapidly, but most characteristicis the way it runs along the wet sand close to the wavesas they retreat, and its rapid movements to escape the wavesas they return. It is one of a genus of about fifteen species,and amongst them are the English Birds known as the Knot,the Sanderling *, and the Dunlin, as well as different kindsof those Birds which are comm
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