. 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. 484 EXPLANATORY INDEX. whole BubMistonce from the ground, and none from the tree, and, as is shown by the Hkotches of the Ivy Tower on pages 43 nnd 00, flourislies as wll on stone walls as on trees. The flowers grow in spikes, and are richly perfumed, and the pods are very f
. 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. 484 EXPLANATORY INDEX. whole BubMistonce from the ground, and none from the tree, and, as is shown by the Hkotches of the Ivy Tower on pages 43 nnd 00, flourislies as wll on stone walls as on trees. The flowers grow in spikes, and are richly perfumed, and the pods are very flat, and open along the side. Very little genuine vanilla flnds its way into England, not more than a few hundred-weight being imported. Its place is supplied by the common and much clicaper balsam of iV>ru. VuLTUiin, Aura (Catharfes aura).—The name of this bird will always c:iU to mind the memorable controversy between ( t. VULTUKE, AURA. Waterton and Audubon, in which the former came off th'^ victor. The whole controversy is printed in the volumeb A EssaySy and it is too long to be inserted in this book, and too valuable to be judged by means of extracts. I strongly recommend the reader to procm^e these essays, and admire the masterly manner in which Waterton handled the subject, and the completeness with which he cut away the ground from under the feet of his 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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