. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. 382 , OE WADING BIEDS. of absolute necessity. Its eggs, two or three in number, are laid in the corn or grass ; the nest is nothing more except in cases. FiiT. 152.—Little liustard [Otis tctrax, Gould). than a hole scratched out in the earth, and vrith scarcely any lining on the inside. The Great Bustard was formerly very common in Champagne, but has now become extremely rare. IS'evertheless, it is the only province in France in
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. 382 , OE WADING BIEDS. of absolute necessity. Its eggs, two or three in number, are laid in the corn or grass ; the nest is nothing more except in cases. FiiT. 152.—Little liustard [Otis tctrax, Gould). than a hole scratched out in the earth, and vrith scarcely any lining on the inside. The Great Bustard was formerly very common in Champagne, but has now become extremely rare. IS'evertheless, it is the only province in France in which this bird is to be met with, and we might almost say that it has completely disappeared from French soil. Innumerable troops of them are to be seen in the steppes of Tartary and Southern Russia. Bretipennes (iShort-wtnged BlKDs). The birds belonging to this familj' arc distinguished from the ix-st of the Gralke by such decisive chaiacteristics that some have proposed to include them in a separate group, to be called Cur sores, or Runners ; an arrangement which has much in its favour, although the simpler arrangement of Cuvier best suits our purpose. In certain anatomical points, and especially. 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 Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker. New York : D. Appleton
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