. 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. 476 RXPLANATOUY INDKX. It if alwAyi to b« fouiitl in dry ititiMiiona, pmfvrring the pine forente, bttoAUiw they uIno love m dry Noil. It iM uf â nmll â¢iie, and m it in very prettily oolounul, it ia somi^titiieii luttnu fuotiired into n MnulT-l>(>x, being mounted in a
. 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. 476 RXPLANATOUY INDKX. It if alwAyi to b« fouiitl in dry ititiMiiona, pmfvrring the pine forente, bttoAUiw they uIno love m dry Noil. It iM uf â nmll â¢iie, and m it in very prettily oolounul, it ia somi^titiieii luttnu fuotiired into n MnulT-l>(>x, being mounted in ailver, and hnvin^ the uiovublu pliitu* fitted with hingttN, and â prinx-ola«|M., The colour ia nioMt variable, but black and yellow are the moat conHpiououM iiuwa. Toucan.âTropical America pi*oducca an inexhauatible variety of living croaturvM, and there ia |)orhupa none more remarkable than that oxtriiordinary group of birdH known aa Toucana, from the native name Toco. <i of int hopa for. TOUCAN. 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 primaeval forest, as gorgeous in colour as he is ridiculous in shape. His general plumage is black, set oS by a snow-white gorget fiinged 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; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London; New York : Macmillan
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