70 PICTURE OF ORGANIZED NATURE. 



Northern Hemisphere are found A. hyperborea, about 

 Hudson's Bay, in Unalashka, and Kamtchatka ; 

 A. grandis in Kamtchatka and Siberia. Several 

 species inhabit Africa, Ceylon, New-Zealand, the 

 Falkland Islands, and Labrador. Humboldt found 

 a great number of Ducks on Chimborazo, at the 

 height of from 7000 to 10,000 feet. Thirty-nine 

 species of this Genus are met with also in Germany. 

 Moor Fowls (Grall&), which are closely allied 

 to the Sea Birds, spread, in some species, over both 

 Hemispheres, from the snow-line to the Torrid Zone; 

 whereas, other Genera, although less numerous in 

 species, are natural to warm countries only. This is 

 chiefly the case in the Genus of the Flamingo (Phce- 

 nicopterus), Spoonbill (Platalea), Jabiru (Mycteria), 

 Bootbill (Cancroma), and the Trumpeter (Psophai), 

 which is nearly related to the Herons. Of all these 

 birds, the White Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) is 

 the only one met with in the Temperate Zone, and 

 in the Northern parts of Europe. 



12. Herons (Ardea)are plentiful in the Tempe- 

 rate and Warm Zones. The common Rail is met 

 with in most countries of Europe, and in North Ame- 

 rica. The Crane is found as high as the Polar Circle. 

 The common Storks, in Europe, do not extend beyond 

 Sweden; nor, in Russia, beyond the 50th degree of 



