. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. CLASS AVES: ORDER PTGOPODES. 159 yet ascends or descends apparently without an effort.* Tlie Petrel, sometimes called Mother Carey's Chicken, is espe- cially dreaded by sailors as the harbinger of a storm, f ORDER PYGOPODES. General Characteristics.—The " Eump-footed " birds have the tibiae buried in the body nearly to the heel. This prevents walking, but favors swimming. Their feet are lobate or palmate, and their plumage is glossy. PYGOPODES. PALMATE ; ( connected. S •" ' t HALLUX I-OBAIEJp^^.^ ^^^^ \ FREE. > J HALLUX ABSENT. Alcidae, P
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. CLASS AVES: ORDER PTGOPODES. 159 yet ascends or descends apparently without an effort.* Tlie Petrel, sometimes called Mother Carey's Chicken, is espe- cially dreaded by sailors as the harbinger of a storm, f ORDER PYGOPODES. General Characteristics.—The " Eump-footed " birds have the tibiae buried in the body nearly to the heel. This prevents walking, but favors swimming. Their feet are lobate or palmate, and their plumage is glossy. PYGOPODES. PALMATE ; ( connected. S •" ' t HALLUX I-OBAIEJp^^.^ ^^^^ \ FREE. > J HALLUX ABSENT. Alcidae, PALMATE FEET FOUR-TOED, LOBATE; FEET THREE-TOED, PALMATE; Pfffin and Auh Colymbidse.—The Loon, or Great Northern Diver, in its mature plumage of the fourth year, has- few rivals in beauty. Unable to move on land, except by a constant suc- cession of awkward tumbles, in the water it is a rare swimmer and diver. Usually floating about half submerged, it can at pleasure settle down, showing only its head, or en- tirely sink and, escaping with great swiftness, rise far distant. J Podicipidse.—The Grebe § has its toes partly separate and flat, the Mg. torguStm, Loon. * It is found south of the equator, but there are other species on the western coast of North America. t Gleaning its scanty pittance from the whirling surges of the sea and making its appearance in great numbers just before a storm, seeking food and ebelter in the wake of the vessel, it has been charged with creatint^ the tempest.—Its flesh con- tains much oil and the natives of the Faroe islands are said to make a lamp by- drawing a wick through the body of a vei*y fat one, and lighting the end which pro- jects from the beak. i Its cry is somewhat like the howling of a wolf, and is thought to portend rain. § The Grebe, the Auk and other aquatic birds are a source of revenue to the people inhabiting the rocky coasts, which they frequent in multitudes. The nefts. Please note that these images are extract
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