. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. INTBODUCXIOK. I 11 noisy Birds, dwelling in forests, and remarkable for their brilliant coloration. They feed on insects, snails, slugs, and other small creatures. Certain birds are known as American Ant-thrushes, and they have much the habit of Butcher-birds. They rarely de- scend to the ground, and are very noisy. The Brazilian Aut- thrush {Formicarius crissalis) may staud as a type of the group, which contains some two hundred and fifty-four species. Fig. ] The Barred Wagtail
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. INTBODUCXIOK. I 11 noisy Birds, dwelling in forests, and remarkable for their brilliant coloration. They feed on insects, snails, slugs, and other small creatures. Certain birds are known as American Ant-thrushes, and they have much the habit of Butcher-birds. They rarely de- scend to the ground, and are very noisy. The Brazilian Aut- thrush {Formicarius crissalis) may staud as a type of the group, which contains some two hundred and fifty-four species. Fig. ] The Barred Wagtail {JMotacilla luguhris) The Wagtail, or Dishwasher {MotacUla Juf/nhris), is a type of an almost exclusively Old-World group of Birds —Wagtails or Pipits—consisting of about sixty-four species, one section of which is very like our Wagtail, while another resembles our Meadow Pipit (Anthtis pratemis), which is to be seen on com- mons and waste grounds all the year round. The Common (Starling (Sfurnits imhjaris), with which almost all our readers must be familiar, is a convenient example of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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