The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . fishers, and lay similar spherical polished white eggs, sixor eight in number; the young retaining their first plumage till the secondautumn. Of numerous species, there is one common in the south of Europe duringSlimmer, but rare in the latitude of Britain, which it seldom visits (M. apias-fer, 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 a
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . fishers, and lay similar spherical polished white eggs, sixor eight in number; the young retaining their first plumage till the secondautumn. Of numerous species, there is one common in the south of Europe duringSlimmer, but rare in the latitude of Britain, which it seldom visits (M. apias-fer, 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. It is necessary to distinguish from them The Nyctiornis, Gould,—Which have shorter beaks, and softer and denser plumage, loose and puflTy upon the throat. Theirhabits 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 by The Motmots {Prionites, Uliger),—Which have the same feet and port [their tarsi being however longer], but diflfer by a stronger bill, P. Fig. O;.—Stcrnom of Bce-ealc 210 AVES.
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