Children's own library . grows out-side, is the residence of this most extraordinary it was first introduced into Europe, it was fullybelieved to be the manufacture of some impostor, whowith much ingenuity had fixed the beak of a duck intothe head of some unknown animal. It will, however,be seen by the skull of the animal that this duck-likebeak really belongs to the animal, and is caused by aprolongation of some of the bones of the head. It lives by the banks of rivers, in which it burrowslike the water-rat. Curiously enough, it finds nodifficulty in this labor, for the feet are s
Children's own library . grows out-side, is the residence of this most extraordinary it was first introduced into Europe, it was fullybelieved to be the manufacture of some impostor, whowith much ingenuity had fixed the beak of a duck intothe head of some unknown animal. It will, however,be seen by the skull of the animal that this duck-likebeak really belongs to the animal, and is caused by aprolongation of some of the bones of the head. It lives by the banks of rivers, in which it burrowslike the water-rat. Curiously enough, it finds nodifficulty in this labor, for the feet are so constructedthat the animal can fold back the web at pleasure, andthus the foot is enabled to perform its task. It feedsupon water-insects and shell-fish, always rejecting thecrushed shells after swallowing the inhabitant. Themale has a sharp spur on its hind-feet. The native name for the creature is Mullingong. BIRDS Birds are immediately distinguished from the Mam-malia by their general form, their feathery covering,. MALE AND FEMALE CONDORS their wings, and by producing their young enclosed ineggs. The Lammergeyer, or Bearded Vulture, is commonin the Alps of Switzerland and Germany. It is said to 111
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