. 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. 4M ia snowy white, her under parts a rich brown. Her breast and all her upper plumage and long tail, glitter with golden green. There is light enough it seems, in the ; The morpho, by the way, is a butterfly, and not a GREAT JACAMAR. Jag
. 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. 4M ia snowy white, her under parts a rich brown. Her breast and all her upper plumage and long tail, glitter with golden green. There is light enough it seems, in the ; The morpho, by the way, is a butterfly, and not a GREAT JACAMAR. Jaguar {Leopardus onca).—^Waterton did not see much of the jaguars (which he sometimes calls tigers), and certainly was not afraid of them. Mr. Brown gives the following account of the mode in which the jaguar is successfully hunted:— " On returning to the head of the New River for provisions, we were followed for many miles by a Tigor, for on going back we saw its huge tracks in the swampy places on our path. " With good hunting-dogs fine Jaguar and Puma hunting might be obtained on the banks of this river, where without doubt they are exceedingly numerous. " Many of the Indian hunting-dogs, trained for deer or tapir, will hunt Tigers. When on the track of either of those animals, should they come across the scent of a Tiger, their. 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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