The Standard Library of Natural History; Embracing Living Animals of Thw World And Living Races If Mankind; 2
The Standard Library of Natural History; Embracing Living Animals of Thw World And Living Races If Mankind; 2
Cornish, Charles John, 1858-1906
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The females are the larger and handsomer birds. The females only call, the females only fight — natives say that they fight for the males, and probably this is true. The males . . . only ... sit upon the eggs, the females meanwhile larking about, calling, and fighting, without any care for their obedient mates ; and, lastly, the males tend . . . the young brood." ^^-> t Digitized by LnOOQ IC 412 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD The group has a wide geographical range, occurring in Europe, Africa..., Madagascar, South Asia, the Indian Archipelago, and Australia. The Hoatzin This bird is one of the puzzles of the ornithologist. Its pedigree is still a mystery, but it is generally believed to have some relation to the Game-birds. Its whole life is passed in trees overhanging water, and its flight restricted to short journeys from tree to tree. In South America, its home, it is known by a variety of names, one of which means Stinking-pheasant. This is in allusion to the peculiar odour of its flesh, which smells, according to some, like musk, and to others like raw hides.
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