. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . otted withblack, the notion is, that these black spots appear as flies to the fish, whichthey rather allure than drive away by their appearance. AVES— 621 THE LITTLE BUSTARD* Differs only from the preceding in being of a smaller size, being not largerthan a pheasant, or about seventeen inches in length. This species is foundin many parts of Europe. It is, however, by no means common in France,and has only been met with three or four times in En
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . otted withblack, the notion is, that these black spots appear as flies to the fish, whichthey rather allure than drive away by their appearance. AVES— 621 THE LITTLE BUSTARD* Differs only from the preceding in being of a smaller size, being not largerthan a pheasant, or about seventeen inches in length. This species is foundin many parts of Europe. It is, however, by no means common in France,and has only been met with three or four times in England. ORDER Birds of this order have the bill of various forms, but most frequentlystraight, in the form of an elongated cone, and compressed, more rarely de-pressed or flat; legs slender, long, more or less naked above the knee, threetoes before and one behind, the posterior one jointed at the level of those be-fore, or more elevated. These birds frequent the margin of the sea, or thebanks of lakes and rivers, feeding on fish, worms, or insects. They arealmost all s^mi-no^turnal. OTiS LONG-LEGGED PLOVER.*. ffca aKgcto bird, we might perhaps justly say, most singular of birds,/uhabit, jm of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, but very raielyvisits Engijvi. Chance alone seems to drive it to that country. It has aslender, bkrr. dill, two inches and a half in length; the irides are red; theforehead, roaot the eye, and all the under parts, are white; the back, thecrown of the ; ead, and the wings, are glossy black ; the hind part of theneck is mai>.< d with dusky spots; the rump is white; the tail the same,inclining to /, y; the outer feathers are quite white, the legs red; and theouter and tnrAle toes connected at the base. 1 Otis tetrax, Lin.* Himantopus melanoptenis, Meyer. The genus Himantopus has the , slen-der, cylindrical, flattened at the base, compressed at the pomt; .mM^esJateraUy cMnnelkd to the half of their length ; nostrils la
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