. 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. ^^â ^m.^^^-^mm^ EXPLANATORY INDEX. 471 be easily light. male is most singular, and looks exactly as if it had been stamped with an oval-shaped iron, very hot along the centre, 80 as to bum away the hair nearly to the skin, and blacken it. Then, if the iron be not quite so ho
. 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. ^^â ^m.^^^-^mm^ EXPLANATORY INDEX. 471 be easily light. male is most singular, and looks exactly as if it had been stamped with an oval-shaped iron, very hot along the centre, 80 as to bum away the hair nearly to the skin, and blacken it. Then, if the iron be not quite so hot on either part of the centre, it would press down the fur and turn it brown. Lastly, supposing the iron to be only hot enough towards the edges to scorch the fur slightly, we shall produce a fair imitation of the mark impressed by nature upon the other- wise long, and hay like fur. tubali, or 16, all be- 1 to the buildirg, m woods in better la among 3ll, it is and the ouch it, </ltis). â Kjcurale £ of the. At. The central line then is black, nnd very decidedly marked. On either side, the fuV is still short, but of a creamy colour, and it fades by short bands of brown into the grey hue of the fur. Stedman says that the animal is popularly called the Loggurree or Sheep-Sloth, and that the names Ai, or Heeay, are given to it on account of its plaintive cry. The natives seemed to be very much afraid of its claws, and the first specimen which was brought to him had been deprived of all its feet, so as to render it harmless. The illustrations are taken from a specimen in Waterton's. 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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