. 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. Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Zoology; Zoologie. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 405 owed to and to icribes is nd not a splendid dolphin, apon the esembles iHtead of ingularly blubber- ge. of West ly recog- I grained, jart-wood like the e is rare, chiefly in ired and s seldom )ird, like d, but is 3id twigs, ofed, and or nine as those c
. 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. Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Zoology; Zoologie. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 405 owed to and to icribes is nd not a splendid dolphin, apon the esembles iHtead of ingularly blubber- ge. of West ly recog- I grained, jart-wood like the e is rare, chiefly in ired and s seldom )ird, like d, but is 3id twigs, ofed, and or nine as those cnish the obtained beautiful little heron {drdea egretta), ia pure white in colour exoept the delicate train feathers, which have a slight creamy tinge. They are long enough to hung over the tail, which they conceal when the bird is in BURET Owing to their beauty, these plumes are in great request for the ornamentation of head-dresses, not only for the natives, but for ladies in Europe. The natives, who take great pride in their head-dresses of ceremony, and arrange the feathers with marvellous taste, make much use of the plumes, which they mingle with the feathers of macaws and parrots. The second sketch was taken from a fine specimen in the possession of J. F. Jackson, Esq., of Bexley. As evening had come on the bird had retired to a sort of small grotto on the edge of a pond, and had sunk to sleep, as represented (p. 406). Owing to the darkness of the evening I had nearly passed the bird without seeing it, and but for the snowy whiteness of its plumage, it would have escupHd 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; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London; New York : Macmillan
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