The Natural History of Animals the Animal Life of the World in Its Various Aspe
The Natural History of Animals the Animal Life of the World in Its Various Aspe
J R James Richard Ainsworth Davis
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EAGLES and VULTURES (Accipitres) It has been a frequent practice to associate together as ' ' birds of prey " eagles, vultures, owls, and their allies; but the association, like many others founded mainly on habit, is an artificial one, and it is now considered better to make two groups of such birds. The one under consideration includes those forms which hunt their prey in the daytime. The beak is hooked and the toes are furnished with formidable talons, but the great toe is not reversible as ...in owls, being permanently directed backwards. The plumage is compact, and the eyes face to the side. Four groups are here included Falcons, vultures, American vultures, and secretary-birds. Fig. 119. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregriniis, 174 CHARACTERS OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS Falcons. Most of these forms pursue living prey, while both head and neck are as well provided with featheis as the other parts of the body. As a type of the true falcons, the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus] may be taken, and this form is of particular interest on account of its former use in hawking.
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