. 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. 410 KXPLANATORY IXDEX. ii Tho feaihors aro mostly white with a slight pink tin^o, but tho wing feathers an? mostly brilliant scarlet, an«l havo earned for tho bird tho generic title of PhdmicopteruH, * scarlot-wingod.' The curving bend, or angle in the beak of the Flamingo, is given to the bird in order to onnble it to feed after i
. 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. 410 KXPLANATORY IXDEX. ii Tho feaihors aro mostly white with a slight pink tin^o, but tho wing feathers an? mostly brilliant scarlet, an«l havo earned for tho bird tho generic title of PhdmicopteruH, * scarlot-wingod.' The curving bend, or angle in the beak of the Flamingo, is given to the bird in order to onnble it to feed after its own juuuiliar fashion. Like the duck, the Flamingo feeds hv dabbling with its beak in muddy water, and filtering out the nutritive matter by means of an arrangement which nHi(;li resembles a pair of very fine, soft, and il-wible combs, litting ftin''. 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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