. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. THE LAKE OF PITCH. 47 reversal being almost instantaneous and without an instant's loss of the smoothness of the rhythm. Now and then their circles overlapped, but at the first danger of collision the tiny dervishes both retreated without stopping their dance. Presendy one iiew away, and the other shifted to another leaf. Fig. 24. Nest and Eggs of Great Blue near by, and recommenced his waltz alone. It was a sur- prise to find these little winged mil


. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. THE LAKE OF PITCH. 47 reversal being almost instantaneous and without an instant's loss of the smoothness of the rhythm. Now and then their circles overlapped, but at the first danger of collision the tiny dervishes both retreated without stopping their dance. Presendy one iiew away, and the other shifted to another leaf. Fig. 24. Nest and Eggs of Great Blue near by, and recommenced his waltz alone. It was a sur- prise to find these little winged millers in the role of graceful dancers. The reason of it remained a mystery. These incidents are quoted as some among the myriad interesting doings of the little folli which we observed in the heart of these great jungles. As we walked on, virgin forest surrounded us, with great trees centuries old, chained and netted together by miles upon miles of lianas. Now and. 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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