. 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. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 401 Crabier.—The Boat bill (Cancroma cancrophaja).—It is a Fmall heron, having an oddly-shaped beak, much resenabling a boat turned upside down. It frequents the shoi'es, and feeds chiefly on the smaller Crustacea. Sometimes it is called the Wallaba Bird. Cricket.—Waterton uses the collo(|uial term. The so-called C
. 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. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 401 Crabier.—The Boat bill (Cancroma cancrophaja).—It is a Fmall heron, having an oddly-shaped beak, much resenabling a boat turned upside down. It frequents the shoi'es, and feeds chiefly on the smaller Crustacea. Sometimes it is called the Wallaba Bird. Cricket.—Waterton uses the collo(|uial term. The so-called Crickets are in fact Cicadas, several species of which are common in the southern parts of Europe. Only one Britit>h species is known, and may be found in the New Forest. In Guiana, the Cicadas attain a very large size, and their cry has been compared to the whistle of a railway engine. Cuckoo, IMetalijc (Coccygus Americanus). Curlew, Scarlet.—Waterton here employs the colloquial name for the Scarlet Ibis {Tantalus ruber). There are several species of Ibis, the most familiar being the sacred Ibis of Egypt, which figures so largely in the ancient Egyptian .sculptures and paintings. This is but a dull bird in colour, being only white and black, and with a neck quite bareof feathers, and looking as if made of a very eld and very crumpled black kid glove. The Scailet Ibis, however, is far more beautiful than any of its congeners, being of a mosst brilliant scarlet, with a few patches of jet CLllLKW. The accompanying illu^tlation represents one of theije biids at it appeared when running in the Zoological Gardens. It bowed its head until the tip of the curved beak nearly n n. 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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