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Identifier: introductiontozo00dave Title: Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools; Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- Subjects: Zoology Publisher: New York, Macmillan company London, Macmillian and co., ltd. Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library


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Text Appearing Before Image: FIG. 282.— Conurus carolinensis, theCarolina paroquet. One-fifth nat. size.After Wilson. family are found almost exclusively in the tropics, inBrazil, the Moluccas, and in Australia. In general, thesebirds have a loud voice, and certain species may be trainedto articulate words and combine them into sentences.There is only one parrot native to the United States-the Carolina paroquet (Fig. 282j. This formerly occurred 298 ZOOLOGY north to the Ohio River, but it has been within recentyears practically exterminated by plumage hunters. The Raptores include eagles, hawks, and falcons; thevultures; condors; and owls. These birds feed chiefly on

Text Appearing After Image: FKJ. lifSo.—Sharp-shinned hawk (Ac-cipiter velox). FIG. 1^84. —Screech owl (Meya-scoj>s asio), birds and mammals, which they capture alive in theirclaws or beaks; a few live on carrion. They occur in allparts of the globe. The bald eagle, used as a symbol ofthe Republic, is the commonest of our eagles. Among THE ENGLISH SPARROW AND ITS ALLIES 299 our hawks, the sparrow-hawk, which is only about thesize of the robin, is one of our commonest; others arethe sharp-shinned hawk, which kills birds almost ex-clusively, and is especially destructive to poultry,1 andCoopers hawk, which is also destructive to birds. Thesetwo hawks have practically no redeeming qualities, ex-cept the fact that they prey upon the English sparrow.The vultures are represented in our fauna by theturkey-buzzard, which, like other members of the family,feeds on carrion. The European and African vultureseven exceed the turkey-buzzard in size. The condoris the largest of the American Raptores. It preys evenupon l


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