The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: The class Aves, with specific descriptions, by E. Griffith and E. Pidgeon; the additional species inserted in the text of Cuvier by J. E. Gray. 1829G. B. Whittaker, 1829 |
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Africa appears Ardea Azara belly beneath birds black banded black spotted blackish body Brazils breast brown Buffon Bustard chest cock colour common common pheasant countries covered Crax crest crown Curassow Curlew domestic Duck edged eggs Europe feathers female fish flesh flight flocks forehead Frisch Gallinule genus Gmel Godwit grey ground Grous head and neck hens Heron Holland Ibis inches inhabit insects Jabiru Jacana Java lapwing larynx Lath Latham legs Length live male mandible membrane naked nape Naum nest nostrils ostrich Partridge Pauxi peacock Perdix pheasant Pigeon Plover plumage quills remiges rufous rump Sandpiper Senegal side South America species Spix spurs storks streaked tail tail-feathers tarsi Temm Temminck Tetrao throat toes trachea Tringa tuft turkey upper mandible Vieill Vieillot Wagler whitish wild wing-coverts wings yellow young Zool
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第 427 頁 - The ostrich is naturally herbivorous ; but though vegetable matter constitutes the basis of its food, and though it is often seen pasturing in the south of Africa, it is yet so voracious, and its senses of taste and smell are so obtuse, that it devours animal and mineral substances indiscriminately, until its enormous stomach is completely full. It swallows without any choice, and merely as it were for ballast, wood, stones, grass, iron, copper, gold, lime, or, in fact, any other substance equally...
第 506 頁 - Its courage is not equal to its voracity, for a child of eight or ten years old soon puts it to flight with a switch, though at first it seems to stand on its defence, by threatening with its enormous bill widely extended, and roaring with a loud voice like a bear or tiger. It is an enemy to small quadrupeds, as well as birds and reptiles, and slily destroys fowls or chickens, though it dares not attack a hen openly with her young. Every thing is swallowed whole ; and so accommodating is its throat,...
第 506 頁 - One of these, a young bird about five feet high, was brought up tame, and presented to the chief of the Bananas, where Mr. Smeathman lived ; and being accustomed to be fed in the great hall, soon became familiar, duly attending that place at dinner-time, placing itself behind its master's chair frequently before the guests entered.
第 100 頁 - It is probable," observes a judicious ornithologist, " that if the intercourse were repeated in a variety of ways, it would be possible to cultivate, by suitable care, many different races of these birds, whose descendants might be susceptible of multiplying, ad infinitum, and branching out into a number of singular varieties, under the...
第 506 頁 - It is an enemy to small quadrupeds, as well as birds and reptiles, and slyly destroys fowls or chickens, though it dares not attack a hen openly with her young. Every thing is swallowed whole; and so accommodating is its throat, that not only an animal as big as a cat is gulped down, but a shin of beef broken asunder serves it but for two morsels. It is known to swallow a leg of mutton of five or six pounds, a hare, a small fox, &e.
第 149 頁 - Bearing white plumes, mirrored with brilliant eyes. " The white Peacock of Sweden. Although the plumage of the white peacock is altogether of this colour, the long plumes of the train do yet retain, at their extremities, some vestiges of the brilliant mirrors peculiar to the species.
第 506 頁 - These birds are found in companies; and, when seen at a distance, near the mouths of rivers, coming towards an observer, (which they do with their wings extended...
第 536 頁 - April or May. As soon as the young are in a fit state to fly, they follow the mother, who gradually accustoms them to seek subsistence alone, after which they quit her. The flesh of the young, though black, is good eating; but that of the old is hard, and less agreeable to the taste. The Notornis is a curious bird, found only in Australia.
第 186 頁 - Poultry 433 says, respecting the domestic cock, 'The gait of the cock is proud and commanding; he walks with head erect and elevated crest; alone, of all birds, he habitually looks up to the sky, raising, at the same time, his curved and scythe-formed tail, and inspiring terror in the lion himself, that most intrepid of animals . . . They regulate the conduct of our magistrates, and open or close to them their own houses.
第 654 頁 - Gannet and other" diving birds, the Frigate-Bird holds its neck and feet in a horizontal direction; striking the upper column of air with its wings, then raising and closing them one against the other above its back, it darts on the flying-fish with such skill and certainty, as almost invariably to ensure success.