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Title: The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) NCRS Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873 Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842 Johnston, George, 1797-1855 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row
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oniis, Gould)]. F. bacha, Auct.—A very savage bird of Africa, which preys chiefly on the Hyraccs, [Other naked-cheekedBuzzards compose the ButeognUus, Lesson.] The Harriers (Circus, Bechst.)—Differ from the Buzzards in their more elevated [and very slender] tarsi, and by a sort of collar, whichthe tips of the feathers which cover the ear form on each side of the neck. [These Birds frequentojien moorlands, over which they skim in search of prey very close to the ground, and nestle andalways roost on its surface.f] We have teen a Britiih-kiUed spevimen as (inrk as iny frnin I by Ibe sternal apparatus (fig. 7-), oar in their digestive 0-^ans, do America.—Et». I they approximate the latter in the least deirree. The structure uf the ?t Some systematists consider the Harriers to form a link from the ear, reseinblinK that of other Falcons, is shown at £g. 77. They are Falcons generally to the Owls ; but neither in the skeleton, as shoivn | most nearly related to the Ha^^Us. ._J 172
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There are only three specicB in France, wliich have been multiplied by the nomenclators on account of the varia-_,_^. tions of their plumage. [The Common, Jlontaju, and Marsh Harriers are alluded to ; besides which the C.palluliis, an abun-dant Asiatic species, has recently been met with in the east ofEurope. There are numerous others.] Finally, The Secretary {Gypogeraniis, Illig.),—Si Is an African bird of prey, tlie tarsi of which are at least double the length of those of the preceding, which hasinduced some naturalists to range it among the Waders;but its thighs, entirely covered with feathers, its hookedbeak, projecting eyelids, and all the details of its ana-Kif. 77 —E«r of Hp-iTier. tomy, concuf to placc it in the present order. Its tarsi are scutellateJ, the toes proportionally short, and the circumference of the eyes naked; it hasa long rigid crest on the occiput, and the two middle feathersof its tail extend far beyond the others. An inhabitant of thearid and covertless
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