. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. AMT\RCTIC SKUA, wings. The photograph of the birdin the act of eating shows theutility of the tremendous bill tothese long-legged birds, four ofwhich were presented to the Societyfrom Para in August last by Dr. Goeldi, The Eagles illustrated on theopposite page are all^hrie^ African inhabitants of are also all of asmaller build than other eagles,being, for example, only about one-third the size of the golden eagle. The other illustration on page 399is of the Cattle bird is one ofthe large
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. AMT\RCTIC SKUA, wings. The photograph of the birdin the act of eating shows theutility of the tremendous bill tothese long-legged birds, four ofwhich were presented to the Societyfrom Para in August last by Dr. Goeldi, The Eagles illustrated on theopposite page are all^hrie^ African inhabitants of are also all of asmaller build than other eagles,being, for example, only about one-third the size of the golden eagle. The other illustration on page 399is of the Cattle bird is one ofthe large collection ofIndian Birds presented by Mr. Harper, of Calcutta, and has notbefore been exhibited in our , or, as the French call it,Aigrette, is the common name for,various species of herons which havethe feathers on the lower part ofthe back growing in long filiformedtufts. The bird is naturally TheCattle Egret Zoo Notes 399.
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