. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. M EXPLANATORY INDEX. 365 below their shoulders, giving them a very feminine appear- ance. The head man had his hair hound round at the end with cord in such a manner that it sturk out at a right angle behind. The old fellow's corporation projected in front quite as far as his pig-tail did behind, and gave liim a most ridicu- lous appear
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. M EXPLANATORY INDEX. 365 below their shoulders, giving them a very feminine appear- ance. The head man had his hair hound round at the end with cord in such a manner that it sturk out at a right angle behind. The old fellow's corporation projected in front quite as far as his pig-tail did behind, and gave liim a most ridicu- lous appearance. Neither men nor women had eyebrows, having, according to Indian custom, plucked them out. Their upper lips and both sidrs of the morji were tattooed with blue curved lines. The dress of the women was exceedingly simple, consisting only of a email cotton and bead-work apron, made fast to a cotton cord round the body above th&. APRON. hips. The apron, called a * queyou,' is manufactured by the wearer in a most ingenious manner, each bead being slipped on the cotton thread in its proper place as it is being woven. The patterns of these dresses are marked out with red, blue, and white beads, and they generally have an ornamented ; Aras.—These magnificent birds are popularly known as Macaws. The Blue and Yellow iMacaw is scientifically termed Ara ararauna, and the Scarlet and Blue Macaw is Ara macao. Both birds are tamed by the natives, and kept about their houses, in with spider monkeys and other pets. Their long and splendid tail feathers are much used in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London : Macmillan
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