. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 44 THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. bird under the influence of conflicting emotions. Taking as the extreme in .one direction the attenuate, rigid aspect of the bird already described and illustrated by Plate IX., fig. 15, and placing against this, as its antithesis, such forms as those presented by Plate VIIL, fig. 6, and Plate IX., fig. 13 (which are all photographic presentments of the same individual), the impression would certainly be conveyed to anyone not cognisant of the fact, that the two portraits represented absolutely distinct species. In
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 44 THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. bird under the influence of conflicting emotions. Taking as the extreme in .one direction the attenuate, rigid aspect of the bird already described and illustrated by Plate IX., fig. 15, and placing against this, as its antithesis, such forms as those presented by Plate VIIL, fig. 6, and Plate IX., fig. 13 (which are all photographic presentments of the same individual), the impression would certainly be conveyed to anyone not cognisant of the fact, that the two portraits represented absolutely distinct species. In a less marked degree a corresponding diversity of aspect is found also among many other figures in this pictorial series. Special external influences were productive of the somewhat remarkable posturings illustrated by the two figures last quoted. Both of them are indicative of strong emotional excitement. There is thus represented in Fig. 6 an attitude which was commonly as- sumed by the male bird by way of a greeting to the writer at first sight of him on his returning home. ILLUSTRATINO REMARKABLE DISPARITY IN SIZE AND ASPECT OF PODARGI tfNDEK CONTRASTING EMOTIONAL INFLUENCES. after some days' absence. The bird's TF. SaviUe-Eent, Photo. manifestations of pleasurable excitement under the foregoing conditions were on all occasions most unmistakeably demonstrated. In Plate IX., fig. 13, the erected condition of the feathers is somewhat analogous, but the facial expression, if it may be so designated, typifies a very. 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 Kent, W. Saville (William Saville), d. 1908. London, Chapman & Hall
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