. 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. EXPLANATORY INDKX. 40o Egret.—This beautiful little heron {drdea eyretta), is pure white in colour except the delicate train feathers, which have a slight creamy tinge. They are long enough to hang over the tail, which they conceal when the bird is in repose. ' 1 '! .;. ;i'!l Owing to their Ijauty, these plumes are in gi^eat request
. 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. EXPLANATORY INDKX. 40o Egret.—This beautiful little heron {drdea eyretta), is pure white in colour except the delicate train feathers, which have a slight creamy tinge. They are long enough to hang over the tail, which they conceal when the bird is in repose. ' 1 '! .;. ;i'!l Owing to their Ijauty, these plumes are in gi^eat 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, Es^q., 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 escaped unnoticed. -Hi. 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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