. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Emeu {Dromtsus novcs-hollandi<B). and, from their habits, as Scratchers, while Pigeons havebeen spoken of as Cooers. The Duck and Geese led us to Grebes, Divers, Puffins,GuUlemots, Auks, Penguins, Cormorants, Gannets, Pelicans,Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, and Petrels, the superficial resem-blances between which have caused them, before their anatomy p 2 68 ELEMENTS OF OENITHOLO&T. was better known, to be regarded in a lump aa Natatory-Birds or Swimmers. The long-legged Flamingo next conducted us to the Herons,Bitterns, Storks, Cranes, and Bustards, and
. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Emeu {Dromtsus novcs-hollandi<B). and, from their habits, as Scratchers, while Pigeons havebeen spoken of as Cooers. The Duck and Geese led us to Grebes, Divers, Puffins,GuUlemots, Auks, Penguins, Cormorants, Gannets, Pelicans,Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, and Petrels, the superficial resem-blances between which have caused them, before their anatomy p 2 68 ELEMENTS OF OENITHOLO&T. was better known, to be regarded in a lump aa Natatory-Birds or Swimmers. The long-legged Flamingo next conducted us to the Herons,Bitterns, Storks, Cranes, and Bustards, and thence to smallerBirds, such as Coursers, Tinamous, Curlews, Snipes, Stints,Godwits, Stilts, Plovers, Peewits, and Sails, most of which aremore or less long-legged, and have more or less a wadinghabit, on which account they have been called Stalkers, Waders, or GraUatorial Birds. We were introduced tothis group from the Ducks through the Moor-hens, but we ended Kg. The Common Kingfisher {Aloedo iapida). by affirming the greater resemblance between these last-namedand the Bails than between them and the Ducks. After noting certain species which have become extinct, weenumerated other kinds, which are also eminently Stalkers or Cursorial Birds —such as the Ostrich, Ehea, Cassowary, andEmeu, all of which we mentioned after referring to the Apteryx. In days of loose classification these were regarded as formingone group with the Wading Birds above referred to, the wholebeing spoken of as Cursorial birds, or Ghallce. We must now pass to Birds which are very different from INTEODUOTION. 69 any we have yet considered. As, however, the majority of theforms we have referred to have had to do with water, wemay begin our next series of forms with one familiar kindwhich haunts our streams, namely, the Kingfisher (Alcedoispida). This well-known blue and red Bird, with its long, straight,and sharply pointed bill, may stand as the representative of atleast o
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