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Hardwicke's Science-Gossip Volume 13; An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature

Hardwicke's Science-Gossip Volume 13; An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877-01-01 Excerpt: ...proportion of the food of the Goatsucker, together with dor-beetles and flies from the low damp meadows, and around the cattle. The structure and habits of the Goatsucker seem to constitute it a link between the Swallows and the Hawks, while its night-flying propensities give it a claim to relationship with the Owls. Its flight is essentially hawk-like, and exceedingly rapid and graceful, though as perfectly silent as that of an owl; and indeed, on examining the wing, we find a similar margin to the outer feathers of serrated fibres, to that possessed by the Owls. In common, too, with them, the eyes are large and bright, and surrounded by a well-marked radiation of feathers. In its general characteristics, however, the Goatsucker resembles its near relations, the Swallows. The mouth is remarkably wide, the opening extending behind the eye. The beak is small, but the great peculiarity consists of an array of long bristles growing from above and below, from the margins of the mouth, and so disposed as to prevent the escape of the insect when once captured--an obviously necessary arrangement when we consider the powerful insects on which the bird feeds. The feet, like those of other insectivorous birds, are small and weak: on the middle toe, however, is a peculiar comb-like structure, formed by dilation and serration of the hard covering of the bone. What purpose this comb serves is not known, but it has been conjectured that it may be of use in capturing and retaining large moths, &c., while on the wing. The only way in which the plumage of the Goatsucker can be described is by comparing it to the undermarking of the wings of some of the Vanessidse among butterflies. It is a most intricate combination of black-greys and sepia. This colouring renders...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130061833
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 236
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130061833
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 426 gr


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