Reptiles and Birds

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Author

Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894

Title

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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Produced by Chris Curnow, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Reptiles

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45873

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45873

Release Date

June 3, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.REPTILES AND BIRDS.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ERRATA.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY. — Amphibia —( Batrachia, Cuv. ) — Chelonia, or Turtles. — Lacertilia. — Ophidia. — Crocodilia.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. AMPHIBIA, OR BATRACHIANS. — I. Batrachia. — Tailed Batrachians ,
7. 7.CHAPTER II. OPHIDIAN REPTILES, OR TRUE SNAKES. — Ophidians. — First Sub-order. Ophidii Coluberiformes (Günther), Innocuous Snakes. — The Sea Snakes ( Hydrophidæ ), — The Colubrine Venemous Snakes. — The Viperine Snakes,
8. 8.CHAPTER III. The Order of Lizards.—Saurians. — Pachyglossa, — Strobilosaura — Flying Lizards. — Geckotidæ, or Thick-Tongued Lizards. — Chameleo. (Laurenti.) — Emydosaurians — Crocodiles. — The Alligatoridæ
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. CHELONIANS, OR SHIELDED REPTILES. — Land Tortoises. — Marsh Tortoises. — Potamians, or River Tortoises. — Thalassians, or Sea Tortoises.
10. 10.BIRDS.
11. 11.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. — Aves—Birds. — I. Natatores, or Palmipedes. — II. Grallatores. — III. Rasores. — IV. Cantores. — V. Volitores. — VI. Scansores. — VII. Raptores.
12. 12.CHAPTER I. THE NATATORES, OR SWIMMING BIRDS. — The Divers ( Brevipennes ). — The Great Northern Diver ( Colymbus glacialis ). — The Black-throated Diver ( Colymbus arcticus ). — The Red-throated Diver ( Colymbus septentrionalis ). — The Penguins ( Aptenodytes ) — The Grebes. — The Crested Grebe. — The Common Guillemot ( Uria Troile ).
13. 13.CHAPTER II. DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS. — The Common Duck, or Mallard. — The Golden-eyed Garrot. — The Poachard. — The Shoveller. — The Shieldrake. — The Eider Duck. — The Common Teal. — The Velvet Duck. — The Black Scoter. — The Great-billed Scoter. — The Goosander. — The Smew. — The Wild Goose. — The White-fronted Bernicle Goose. — The Swan ( Cygnus ). — The Whooping Swan. — The Black Swan ( Cygnus atratus ). — The Frigate Bird ( Fregata , Ray). — Pelicans. — The Tropic Bird ( Phaeton ). — The Darter ( Anhinga ). — The Gannet ( Sula ). — The Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax ). — The Green Cormorant, or Shag. — Pelicanidæ. — The White Pelican. — The Crested Pelican. — The Brown Pelican ( P. fuscus ). — The Spectacled Pelican ( Pelicanus conspicillatus ).
14. 14.CHAPTER III. THE LARIDÆ. — The Longipennes ( Cuvier ). — The Tern ( Sterna hirundo , Linn.). — The Little Tern ( Sterna minuta , Linn.). — The Scissors-bills, or Sea Skimmers ( Rynchops , Linn.). — Gulls and Allied Species.
15. 15.CHAPTER IV. GRALLATORES, OR WADING BIRDS. — The Palmidactyles — Macrodactyles. — Longirostres ( Cuvier ). — Cultrirostres. — Pressirostres (Compressed Bills). — Brevipennes (Short-winged Birds). — Extinct Brevipennæ.
16. 16.CHAPTER V. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. — Gallinaceæ Proper — Tetraonidæ. — Perdicides. — Tinamides. — Chionidæ. — Megapodidæ. — Phasianidæ. — Columbidæ. — Colombi-Gallines. — Colombes. — Colombars.
17. 17.CHAPTER VI. SCANSORES, OR CLIMBERS. — Parrots. — Toucans. — Cuckoos. — Woodpeckers. — Jacamars.
18. 18.CHAPTER VII. PASSERINES. — Syndactyles. — Tenuirostres. — Conirostres. — Fissirostres. — Dentirostres.
19. 19.CHAPTER VIII. RAPTORES, OR BIRDS OF PREY. — Nocturnal Birds or Prey. — Horned Owls. — Hornless Owls. — Diurnal Birds of Prey. — Falcons. — Sea Eagles. — Vultures. — The Serpent-eaters ( Gypogeranus , Illiger).
20. 20.FOOTNOTES.

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