. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. The Argentine Little Bittern !3 and perched him on my hand, upon which he flew only fifty or sixty }'ards off, and dropped into the dry grass. Here he again put in practice the same instinct so ably that I groped about for ten or twelve minutes before refinding him, and was astonished that a creature to all appearance so weak and frail should have strength and endurance. Little Bittern in reed-bed. sufficient to keep its body rigid and in one attitude for so long a ; An interesting corollary to this story was told me by my friend, Mr. F. V. McConnc
. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. The Argentine Little Bittern !3 and perched him on my hand, upon which he flew only fifty or sixty }'ards off, and dropped into the dry grass. Here he again put in practice the same instinct so ably that I groped about for ten or twelve minutes before refinding him, and was astonished that a creature to all appearance so weak and frail should have strength and endurance. Little Bittern in reed-bed. sufficient to keep its body rigid and in one attitude for so long a ; An interesting corollary to this story was told me by my friend, Mr. F. V. McConncll, who has explored with Mr. J. J. Quelch, the well-known Director of the Museum at Georgetown in British Guiana, the slopes of Roraima and the savannahs of the interior of the country. On a recent. 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 Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909. New York, Frederick A. Stokes company
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