. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. im WANDEUINGS IN Tin III) •TolHNKY. i^i t!i it lian^ down, it would bocome tho sport of th. 'v'nds. Thus his dofK'icncy of tail i;s a bonofit to hiin ; it is merely an apoU>fxy for a tail, scarcely exceeding au inch and a half in Ungth. 1 observed, when he was climbing, he never used his arms both together, but first one and
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. im WANDEUINGS IN Tin III) •TolHNKY. i^i t!i it lian^ down, it would bocome tho sport of th. 'v'nds. Thus his dofK'icncy of tail i;s a bonofit to hiin ; it is merely an apoU>fxy for a tail, scarcely exceeding au inch and a half in Ungth. 1 observed, when he was climbing, he never used his arms both together, but first one and then the other, and so on alternately. There is a singularity in his hair, different from that of all other aninuds, and, I believe, hitherto unnoticed by naturalists ; his hair is thick and coarse at the extremity, and gradually tapers to the root, where it becomes line as the finest spider's web. His fur has so much the hue of the moss which grows on the branches of the trees, that it is very difiicult to make liim out when he is at rest. The male of the three-toed JSh)th has a longitudinal bar of very fine black haii" on his back, rather lower than the shoukler-blades ; on each side of this black bar there is a space of yelloAV hair, ecpially fine ; it has the appearance of being pressed into the body, and looks exactly as if it had been singed. If we examine the anatomy of his fore-legs, avc shall immediately perceive by their firm and muscular texture, how very capable they are of supporting the pendent weight of his body, both in climbing and at rest; and, instead of pronouncing them a bungled composition, as a celebrated naturalist has done, we shall consider them as remarkably well calculated to perform their extraordiuaiy functions. 1 i-r i ';: Wk^. 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 w
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