The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . , but rare in the latitude of Britain, which it seldom visits (Af. apias-ler, Lin.): another (M. persicus, Pallas), visits the south-east of birds often watch their prey from the summit of trees, to which theyreturn after skimming about for a minute or two. FiB. 97.—stfrnum n( Bft-cairr. I S ncccssarj to distioguish from them The Nyctiornis, Gould,—Which have shorter beaks, and softer and denser plumage, loose and puffy upon the throat. Tlieirhab
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . , but rare in the latitude of Britain, which it seldom visits (Af. apias-ler, Lin.): another (M. persicus, Pallas), visits the south-east of birds often watch their prey from the summit of trees, to which theyreturn after skimming about for a minute or two. FiB. 97.—stfrnum n( Bft-cairr. I S ncccssarj to distioguish from them The Nyctiornis, Gould,—Which have shorter beaks, and softer and denser plumage, loose and puffy upon the throat. Tlieirhabits are crepuscular or nocturnal, and their distribution is confined to or four species are known, which are very noisy during their time of activity].The Bee-eaters are represented in America hy The Motmots {Prionites, Illiger),—Which have the same feet and port [their tarsi being however longer], but diflfer hy a stronger bill, 210 —Sternum of K:iii;fisher. fioth mandibles of wliicli are serrated, and by having tlie tongne barbed like a feather, as in i [also short and round wings]. They are handsome birds, approaching the size of a Magpie,with lax feathers on the head, as in the Jays, [and similar loosely-webbed plumage generally,] a longgraduated tail, the two middle feathers of which are stripped of their barbs in the adults for a shortspace near the end, which occasions a particular form of tail, [this singular mutilation being performciby the birds themselves]. They fly badly, live solitarily, nestle in holes [burrowed in sand-hills]subsist on [fruit and] insects, and even prey on small birds and other animals. [They are intermediate to the Bee-eater and Roller ffroiip, and that of the Toucans, but perfectly distinct fromeither : the stomach is stated by Le Vaillant to be tolerably fleshy. Six or seven species are knownj. The Kingfishers (Jlceclo, Lin.)—Have feet stdl shorter than in the Bee
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