. On the natural history and classification of birds . arisen from ignoranceof the different formswhich belong to thescansorial structure offoot. We may admitthis fact in its econo-my, and yet deny thatBuphaga (fig. 78.) isany other than a scan- EXTERNAL ANATOMY. FEET OP BUPHAGA. 14 5 do this, as in the case of all other scansorial birds; sothat they must either be used to cling to the backsof sheep and wool-bearing animals, or round slenderbranches. All the accounts we have confirm the formersupposition, while the whole structure of the foot showsthat this bird never walks habitually upon the
. On the natural history and classification of birds . arisen from ignoranceof the different formswhich belong to thescansorial structure offoot. We may admitthis fact in its econo-my, and yet deny thatBuphaga (fig. 78.) isany other than a scan- EXTERNAL ANATOMY. FEET OP BUPHAGA. 14 5 do this, as in the case of all other scansorial birds; sothat they must either be used to cling to the backsof sheep and wool-bearing animals, or round slenderbranches. All the accounts we have confirm the formersupposition, while the whole structure of the foot showsthat this bird never walks habitually upon the have merely glanced at these facts, which showsthe station held by Buphaga in the circle of the scan-sorial creepers, for the purpose of lessening the surprisewhich will be excited among ornithologists by this newview of its affinities; and we shall now describe its the tarsus is very short, the toes are equallyso, yet the nails are disproportionably large; the lateralanterior toes and the hallux (when measured with theirclaw
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