. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Fig. 2 is the same bird as it appeaxed at feeding time, whenit was scolding another for eating a fish which it wanted foritself. Fig. 3 shows the attitude of a pelican while sunning itself,with the pouch slightly expanded. Fig. 4 gives the attitude when the bird is startled by anunexpected noise. Fig. 5 represents the bird in the act of preening the feathersof the breas
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Fig. 2 is the same bird as it appeaxed at feeding time, whenit was scolding another for eating a fish which it wanted foritself. Fig. 3 shows the attitude of a pelican while sunning itself,with the pouch slightly expanded. Fig. 4 gives the attitude when the bird is startled by anunexpected noise. Fig. 5 represents the bird in the act of preening the feathersof the breast. This attitude gave rise to the fable of the EXPLANATOKY INDEX. 453 pelican feeding its young with its own blood drawn from itsbreast, the red tip of the beak having a blood like look againstthe white Fig. 6 shows the bird with the mouth half open, and , 8, 9 are ordinary attitudes.
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