. 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. Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Zoology; Zoologie. \ 868 EXPLANATORY INDEX. drops into the water so silently that the river seems as if it were made of oil. It is an excellent swimmer, keeping its body submerged, and writhing its long and pliant neck in so serpentine a manner that it has often been mistaken for a water-snake
. 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. Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865; Zoology; Zoologie. \ 868 EXPLANATORY INDEX. drops into the water so silently that the river seems as if it were made of oil. It is an excellent swimmer, keeping its body submerged, and writhing its long and pliant neck in so serpentine a manner that it has often been mistaken for a water-snake. In conRequence of a habit of darting its long neck and pointed beak through the foliage among which it is resting, it has been called the Darter. Sometimes it is known by the name of Ducklar. Ant, Black {Ponera grandia).—It is one of the largest and most venomous of the Ants, and is here given of its natural size. The sting of this Ant is not only painful, but absolutely dangerous. Mr. Brown mentions that one of his men nearly lost his life from the stings of three of these terrible Ants. (\. ui GREAT BLACK AMT (Ml'NIRl). Indeed, so much are they dreaded, that travellers have been fairly turned out of their houses by the entrance of only a few Muniris, as they are called. Ant, Coushie {(Ecodoma cephcdotea).—Coushies are veritable plagues in tropical America. They make burrows in all directions, sometimes entering houses and giving no notice of their presence until their tunnel is broken, in which case, the inhabitants have to vacate the premises for a time I know of an instance where the Coushies ruined a gold mine for a. 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; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London; New York : Macmillan
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