. 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. Pi, ', 484 EXPLANATOKY INDEX. whole subsistence from the ground, and none from the tree, and, as is shown by the sketches of the Ivy Tower on pages 43 and 66, flourishes as well on stone walls as on trees. The floweis grow in spikes, and are richly porfuraed, and the pods are very flat, and open along the side. Very littlu genuine vanil
. 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. Pi, ', 484 EXPLANATOKY INDEX. whole subsistence from the ground, and none from the tree, and, as is shown by the sketches of the Ivy Tower on pages 43 and 66, flourishes as well on stone walls as on trees. The floweis grow in spikes, and are richly porfuraed, and the pods are very flat, and open along the side. Very littlu genuine vanilla finds its way into England, not more than ii few hundred-weight being imported. Its place is supplied by the common and much cheaper balsam of Peru. Vulture, Aura {Cathartes aura).—The name of this bird will always call to mind the memorable controversy between I r. Ii:. VULTURE, AURA. Waterton and Audubon, in which the former came off the victor. The whole controversy is printed in the volumes of Essays, and it is too long to be inserted in this book, and too valuable to be judged by means of extracts. I strongly recommend the reader to procure these essays, and admire the masterly manner in which Waterton handled the subject, and the completeness with which he cut away the ground from under the feet of his 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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