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: ; \ cry, are familiar ex-amples. The order Columbinaeincludes the pigeons andallies, characteristic ofthe Eastern Hemisphere.The most interestingspecies of the group -the dodo and the soli-taire, formerly inhabit-ants of the islands ofMauritius and Rodri-guez, r e s p e c ti v e 1 y -have become extinct within historic times through thesettlement of these islands by white men. These birdshad rudimentary wings and tail. Their nearest living FIG. 2S!). — Passenger pigeon (Ectop/sfesmigratorius). 1 Fig. 288. 804 ZOOLOGY ally seems to be the u maiiu-mea1 of the Samoan Islands.The pigeons proper are represented in North America bythree wild species (Fig. 289). The domesticated pigeon,Columba livia, is a native of southern Europe or westernAsia. The order Gallinacei includes a number of terrestrialbirds of large size, especially the grouse or partridges, thepheasants and common fowl, the guinea fowl, and the tur-

Text Appearing After Image: FIG.290.—Ruffed grouse (Bonaxa keys. On account of their large size and well-flavoredflesh, they are much used as human food. The grouseof America include the familiar kb bob-white or quail,which is undergoing a rapid extermination in populousregions ; the Canada grouse, which does not occur southof New York; the ruffed grouse of the Eastern States;2and the prairie chicken of the Great Plains, which hasalso become almost exterminated. In Europe the large 1 Red-bird. 2 Fig. 290. THE KXfJLffUf RPAHHOir A.\I) ITS ALLIES 30) capercallie v and the blackcock are favorite game-birds.The pheasants are characteristic of southern Asia andChina; they comprise some of the most brilliantly coloredand greatly ornamented of birds, such as the peacock andthe golden pheasant. Here also belong our barnyardfowl, derived from a \vild species, Grallus kmikiva* inhabit-ing northern India, the Hast Indies, and the Philippines.The guinea-fowl is a native of Africa, where it goes inlarge flocks and is diffi

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