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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 351

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THE DUCK. WOOD. accompanying photograph made by Professor D.L. Earnest shows the roots resemblance to aduck to be really remarkable. 268 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Jan., BIRDS WITH WING-CLAWSTHE HOACTZINS The birds shown in our illustration are inter-esting for the traces they show of the… … THE HOACTZINS—BIRDS THAT HAVE WING-CLAWS. other classes of animals than to-day, both inform and habits. The hoactzins, found in SouthAmerica, are not very distant cousins of thefossil Archaeopteryx, the toothed bird. For atime, the young birds of this species are armedon each wing with two very…

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