The Animal Kingdom : Arranged in Conformity With Its Organization
The Animal Kingdom : Arranged in Conformity With Its Organization
Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832
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It was slightly wounded, and then taken alive at Stoke St. Gregory, in the county of Somerset, on the 13th of May, 1814, and conveyed to Mr. Montague. Though a very wild bird, and habituated to frequent only the most desert marshes, it has occasionally been tamed to a certain degree. It presents, however, no resource for the table, for its flesh has a disagreeable fishy flavour. The Giganiic Crane of Latham, {Ardea Argala et Dubia)^ belongs to this genus. This bird, which lives in flocks at the... mouths of rivers in Bengal, is also found in the southern parts of Africa, where it subsists on testacea, reptiles, fish, and even mammalia, whose bones it triturates before swallow- ing, and digests without di£Sculty. It is venerated in the countries which it inhabits, from its destruction of serpents and pernicious reptiles. In captivity its gluttony renders it omnivorous, and it is easily tamed. This enormous bird has a majestic walk, and at a distance bears some resemblance to a naked Indian.
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