. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 370 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. on the branches in pairs close together. On moonlight nights however they were active and noisy, and came into the open to feed. The habit of crouching or settling down on the ])erch is very common with the Hoatzins, and it may be due to the weakness of the feet and toes. I am inclined. Fig. 153. (B) Fejiale Hoatzin in the SAire Position, the Male hav- ing FLOWN NEARER. however to consider it in connection with the general awk-
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 370 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. on the branches in pairs close together. On moonlight nights however they were active and noisy, and came into the open to feed. The habit of crouching or settling down on the ])erch is very common with the Hoatzins, and it may be due to the weakness of the feet and toes. I am inclined. Fig. 153. (B) Fejiale Hoatzin in the SAire Position, the Male hav- ing FLOWN NEARER. however to consider it in connection with the general awk- wardness in alighting and climbing, as a hint of the unadapta- bility of the large feet to the small size of the twigs and branches among which they live. Inexplicable though it may appear, the Hoatzin —although evidently unchanged in many respects through long epochs — yet is far from being per- fectly adapted to its present environment. It has a severe. 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
Size: 1694px × 1476px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, books, booksubjectnaturalhistory
