. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE SPOONBILL. 551 Crustacea that are to be found at low water, but its usual places of resoi-t are rivei's and inland swamps. Its mode of angling is not unlike that of the kingfisher, as the Boat-bill perches upon some branch that overhangs the water, and thence pounces upon the prey below. It is not a large bird, the body being hardly bigger than that of a common duck, and the legs are rather short in proportion to the size of the body. The adidt male bird has the top of the head decor
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE SPOONBILL. 551 Crustacea that are to be found at low water, but its usual places of resoi-t are rivei's and inland swamps. Its mode of angling is not unlike that of the kingfisher, as the Boat-bill perches upon some branch that overhangs the water, and thence pounces upon the prey below. It is not a large bird, the body being hardly bigger than that of a common duck, and the legs are rather short in proportion to the size of the body. The adidt male bird has the top of the head decorated with a long and full plume of jetty black feathers, pointed and drooping over the back. In the female the elongated feathers are wanting. The tuft or plume of the neck and breast is grayish-white. The feathers of the back are elongated, and their color is gray with occasionally a wash of rusty red; there is also a patch of the same hue, but of a deeper tone, upon the middle of the under surface. The tail is white and the sides black. The bill is blackish-brow^l, and the legs nearly of the same color, but not quite so dark. Specimens of this bird have been kept in captivity, and were fed principally upon fish. t. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888; Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer; Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history; National Zoological Park (U. S. ), former owner. DSI. New York : Selmar Hess
Size: 1881px × 1328px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbr, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectzoology
