. 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. â , ⢠1 fig CHAPTER III. The Houtou.âCurious halut of trimming the tail and feathersâits habits. âThe Guianan Jay.âThe Boclora.âSlight attachment of the feathers. âThe Cuia. â Rice-birds.â Cassiquesâtheir habit of mockery.â Pendulous nests.âGregarious nesting of different species.âWood- peckers of America and England.âKingfishers.âJaca
. 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. â , ⢠1 fig CHAPTER III. The Houtou.âCurious halut of trimming the tail and feathersâits habits. âThe Guianan Jay.âThe Boclora.âSlight attachment of the feathers. âThe Cuia. â Rice-birds.â Cassiquesâtheir habit of mockery.â Pendulous nests.âGregarious nesting of different species.âWood- peckers of America and England.âKingfishers.âJacaniars and their ily-catching habits.âTroupiales and their songs.âTangaras.âMani- kins.âTiger-birds.âYawaraciri.âAnt Thrushes.âParrot of the Sun. âAras, or Macaws.âBitterns.âEgret, Herons, etc.âGoatsuckeiu.â Whip-poor-Will.âSuperstitions.âTinanious. â Powis and Maroudi. â Horned Screamer.âTrumpeter.âKing Vulture.âAnhinga.âDangers of travel.âQuartan ague. The Houtou ranks high in beauty amongst the birds of Demeraraâhis whole body is green, with a bluish cast in the wings and tail; his crown, which he erects at pleasure^ consists-of black in the centre, surrounded with lovely blue of two different shades : he has a triangular black spot, edged with blue, behind the eye extending to the ear; and on his breast a sable tuft, consisting of nine feathers edged also with blue. This bird seems to suppose that its beauty can be increased by trimming the tail, which undergoes the same operation as our hair in a barber's shop, only with this difference, that it uses its own beak, which is serrated, in lieu of a pair of scissors; as soon as his tail is full grown, he begins about an inch from the extremity of the two longest feathers in it, and cuts away tlie web on both sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long; both 3 Mill ) t * :, ! : 1 ^11 in. J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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