. 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. 11 i â 4 i I7 piiio forosts, hccaiiso tlicy also lovo a dry soil. It is of .siiiiill size, and as it is very prettily colountd, it is soiu 'tiiiuis niauii- facturod into a suull'-hox, boind in silver, and having the niovabh< plates tiited with hinges, and s[)rint(-elaspa. The colour is most varialilo, but black and yellow are the
. 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. 11 i â 4 i I7 piiio forosts, hccaiiso tlicy also lovo a dry soil. It is of .siiiiill size, and as it is very prettily colountd, it is soiu 'tiiiuis niauii- facturod into a suull'-hox, boind in silver, and having the niovabh< plates tiited with hinges, and s[)rint(-elaspa. The colour is most varialilo, but black and yellow are the most eonspi(!uous hues. Toi'CAN.âTropical America produces an inexhaustible variety of livini^ creatures, and there is perhaps none more remarkable than that extraordinary },'roup of birds known as Toucans, from the native name TullAS. Kingsley seems to have been greatly impressed with the appearance of the toucan, and agrees with Waterton that it is essentially a fruit-eating bird : â "A Toucan out of the primaival , as gorgeous in colour as ho is ridiculous in shape. His general plumage 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 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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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectzoology, bookyear1879
