. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. CHAPTER IX BIRDS OF PREY AND OlFLS lilRDS OF I'REY T one time the boundaries of this group were much larger tlian now, for within them were included at least one iirm which has since proved to belong to the Crane Tribe: we allude to the Seriema (page 428), and also tij the Owls. This classification was s based on the \'cry remarkable superficial •* resemblance to the typical birds of prey which those forms bear. Modern ornitho- logists regard as birds of pre}- only the forms known as t
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. CHAPTER IX BIRDS OF PREY AND OlFLS lilRDS OF I'REY T one time the boundaries of this group were much larger tlian now, for within them were included at least one iirm which has since proved to belong to the Crane Tribe: we allude to the Seriema (page 428), and also tij the Owls. This classification was s based on the \'cry remarkable superficial •* resemblance to the typical birds of prey which those forms bear. Modern ornitho- logists regard as birds of pre}- only the forms known as the New World Vultures, the Secretary-bird, and the Falcons, Eagles, Vultures, Buzzards, and the numerous smaller forms commonly classed as " ; Phtta h SLhdaitk Fhota. (.o.] iFarim'i Grtin CONDOR I he habit of Handing ii'ilh the iviags expanded is a I'ery lommrm one ivith theic birds The New World Vultures These may be distinguished from their distant relatives of the Old World by the fact that the nostrils are not divided from one another by a partition, and by their much ^\•eaker feet. The head and neck in all, as in the true vultures, is more or less bare, and, furthermore, is often \'er}' brilliantly coloured, in which last particular these birds differ from the t)'pical vultures. One of the most important members of the group is the CONDOR, one of the largest of flying birds, and when on the \\'ing the most majestic. " When the condors," saj's Darwin, " are wheeling in a flock round and round an_\' spot, their flight is beautiful. Except when rising off the ground, I do not recollect ever having seen one of these birds flap its wings. Near Lima I watched several for nearly half an hour, without once taking. 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 Cornish, C. J.
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