. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 194 THE LYRE-BIRD. "Of all the birds 1 have ever met with, the Menura is far the most shy and difficult to procure. While among the mountains I have been surrounded by these birds, pouring fonn the loud and liquid calls for days together, without being able to get a sight of them, and. LYRE-BIKD.—ifCTii/TO sujitrha. it was only by the most determined perseverance and extreme caution that I was enabled to effect this desirable object, which was rendered more difficult by their often
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 194 THE LYRE-BIRD. "Of all the birds 1 have ever met with, the Menura is far the most shy and difficult to procure. While among the mountains I have been surrounded by these birds, pouring fonn the loud and liquid calls for days together, without being able to get a sight of them, and. LYRE-BIKD.—ifCTii/TO sujitrha. it was only by the most determined perseverance and extreme caution that I was enabled to effect this desirable object, which was rendered more difficult by their often frequenting the almost inaccessible and precipitous sides of gullies and ravines, covered with tangled masses of creepers and umbrageous trees ; the cracking of a stick, the rolling down of a small stone,. 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
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