. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. THE LIFE OF THE ABARY SAVANNAS. 375 Attention is called to the apparent immobility of the crest, which is as fully erect in the crouching Hoatzin (Fig. 155) as in the same bird a minute or two later, alert and about to fly (Fig- 156). Thus it was that we look the first photographs ever made of these most interesting Fig. 156. (E) taking flight, with wings fully ; A SECOND PAIR OF BIRDS LEAVING THEIR NEST, IN THE BACK- GROUND. In
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. THE LIFE OF THE ABARY SAVANNAS. 375 Attention is called to the apparent immobility of the crest, which is as fully erect in the crouching Hoatzin (Fig. 155) as in the same bird a minute or two later, alert and about to fly (Fig- 156). Thus it was that we look the first photographs ever made of these most interesting Fig. 156. (E) taking flight, with wings fully ; A SECOND PAIR OF BIRDS LEAVING THEIR NEST, IN THE BACK- GROUND. Insects were abundant on the island and if wc had taken time we could have made an interesting collection. Three species of bright Orange butterflies were numerous (Euploieta hegesia, Colaenis phaerusa and the familiar Red Silver-wing, Agraulis vanillae, of our northern fields), and with these were also a White (Pieris monuste) and a YtWo^'iCallidryas statira).. 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 Beebe, Mary; Beebe, William, 1877-1962, joint author. London, Constable
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