. L'histoire naturelle. Pour l'utilisation d'écoles et les familles. Zoologie. La piscine d'une pataugeoire et d'oiseaux. m. Fig. 143.-AVMte Spoon-Loi 143, est près de trois pieds de long. Il y a un al- espèces menti en Amérique du Sud a appelé le bateau-projet de loi. 287. Les cigognes sont parmi les plus gros oiseaux de cet ordre, mais ils sont moins que les autres familles aquatiques. Ils sont en forme tout comme les grues, mais n'ont pas les plumes pendantes dans la queue. Ils sont abondants en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique. Ils l'hiver dans ce pays. Ils construisent leurs nids dans des tours, des cheminées, et de clochers, ou dans l'ample les branches d'un

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. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. THE WADING AND SWIMMING BIRDS. m. Fig. 143.—AVMte Spoon-bilL 143, is nearly three feet long. There is an al- lied species in South America called the Boat-bill. 287. The Storks are among the largest birds of this order, but they are less aquatic than the other families. They are shaped much like the Cranes, but have not the pendent plumes in the tail. They are abundant in Europe, Asia, and Africa. They winter in the latter country. They build their nests in towers, chimneys, and steeples, or in the broadly-spreading branches of a cedar or pine. In Hol- land, a kind of false chimney is built by the inhabitants for these birds to make their nests in. They live on rats, mice, frogs, and sometimes carrion or ofi&l, and for this reason they are held in esteem, especially in the Eastern countries. The Adjutant of India, which is so useful in destroying vermin and o&l, is one of the Stork family. So is also the sacred Ibis of Egypt, which figures so often in their hieroglyphics. 288. The distribution of the Snipe family is very gen. era!. Their food consists of insects, worms, slugs, aquat- ic mollusks, etc., which they obtain by thrusting their long and slender bills into mud or moist eai'th. Their bills are accordingly provided with nerves, so that they may know at once whenever they strike upon their prey. The flesh of these birds is held in high esteem. The Woodcock of this country has its counterpart in Europe. The Curlews, of which you have an example in Fig. 144, . 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 work.. Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867. New York, Harper & Brothers

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