. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 172 There are only three species in France, which have been multiplied by the nemenclators on account of the varia- tions of their plumage. [The Common, Montagu, and Marsh Harriers are alluded to ; besides which the , an abun- dant Asiatic species, has recently been met with in the east of Europe. There are numerous others.] Finally, The Secretary (Gypogeranus, Illig.),—? Is an African bird of prey, the tarsi of which are at least do
. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 172 There are only three species in France, which have been multiplied by the nemenclators on account of the varia- tions of their plumage. [The Common, Montagu, and Marsh Harriers are alluded to ; besides which the , an abun- dant Asiatic species, has recently been met with in the east of Europe. There are numerous others.] Finally, The Secretary (Gypogeranus, Illig.),—? Is an African bird of prey, the tarsi of which are at least double the length of those of the preceding, which has induced some naturalists to range it among the Waders; but its thighs, entirely covered with feathers, its hooked beak, projecting eyelids, and all the details of its ana- Fig. 77 -Ear of Harrier. tomy, concur to place it in the present order. Its tarsi are scutellated, the toes proportionally short, and the circumference of the eyes naked; it has a long rigid crest on the occiput, and the two middle feathers of its tail extend far beyond the others. An inhabitant of the arid and covertless plains in the neighbourhood of the Cape, it pursues reptiles on foot, whence its claws become much worn. Its principal strength is in the foot. It is the Fatco terpentarius, 6m.—An attempt has been made to multiply the breed in Martinique, where it might render the most important service by destroying the lance-headed Vipers which infest that island. [This bird, two if not three species of which are recognized, resembles the Vultures in having fifteen cervical vertebra-. It offers no molestation to poultry or other warm-blooded animals.] Although a vast number of generic and subgeneric names have been applied, the Diurnal Birds of may be reduced to comparatively few natural divisions. After detaching the Vul- tures and the Secretary, the genera Pandion and Herpethotheres may be signalized as forming a particular subdivision apart
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