Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 351
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… … OUTLINE OF ONE OF THE CLAWS.The young birds use these like claws or fingers. The adult bird shows no trace of these claws,but the nestlings, soon after hatching, crawl about,holding and hooking to surrounding objects byboth bill and wings, and scrambling on all foursif disturbed, plainly showing a…
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