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Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most InterestingFiguier, Louis

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Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting

Name: Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting
Author: Figuier, Louis

Figuier, Louis

Birds; Reptiles

White                                       364
  Bitterns                                      366
  Crane                                         366
    Ash-coloured                                366
    Demoiselle                                  371
    Crested                                     371
    Hooping                                     371
  Caurale                                       373
  _Pressirostres_:
  Cariama                                       373
  Oyster-catchers                               373
  Runners                                       376
  Lapwings                                      376
  Plovers                                       378
    Great Land                                  379
    Doterel                                     379
      Ringed                                    379
    Kentish                                     380
    Golden                                      380
  Pluvian                                       381
  Bustard                                       381
    Great                                       381
  _Brevipennæ_:
    Ostrich                                     383
    Rhea                                        390
    Cassowary                                   392
    Emu                                         393
    Apteryx                                     395
  _Extinct Brevipennæ_:
    Dodo                                        397
    Epiornis                                    397
    Dinornis                                    397

  CHAPTER V.

  GALLINACEOUS BIRDS.

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Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting

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