. 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. 47(; KXPLAXATOKV INDKX. •1 It in ahviiys to ho found in thy .sitiiutions, piofei'rin^ tlir pino forests, Im-cjuiso tlu^y also love a dry soil. It is of hIzo, and as it is very pn-ttily coloiuvd, it is sonu'tinios niium factured into a sniilf-liox, boin;^ mounted in silver, and liavin;,' tho movable plates litted with hini,'es,
. 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. 47(; KXPLAXATOKV INDKX. •1 It in ahviiys to ho found in thy .sitiiutions, piofei'rin^ tlir pino forests, Im-cjuiso tlu^y also love a dry soil. It is of hIzo, and as it is very pn-ttily coloiuvd, it is sonu'tinios niium factured into a sniilf-liox, boin;^ mounted in silver, and liavin;,' tho movable plates litted with hini,'es, and sprin;,' clasps. TLo colour is most variable, but black and yellow are the most conspicuous hui'S. T<»rcAN.—Tropical Ameri(!a produces an inexhaustible variety of living' creatures, and there is perhaps noim uioir renuirkablo than that extraordinary grouj» of birds known as Toucans, from tho native name Toco. iv n. TOUCAN. I Kingsley seems to have been greatly impressed with the appearance of tlie toucan, and agrees with Waterton that it is essentially a fruit-eating bird :— " A Toucan out of the primaeval forest, as gorgeous in colour as he is ridiculous in shape. His general plumage is black, set off by a snow-white gorget fringed with crimson; crimson and green tail coverts, and a crimson and green beak, with blue cere about his face 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 Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London : Macmillan
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