. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 406 EXPLANATOEY INDEX. In many parts of Guiana the Egret is called by the name of White Gauldin. F. Fig, Wild {Clusia alba). Finch, Red-headed (Probably Passerina gularis). FiEEFLY.—In Tropical America there are so many lumi- nous insects which go by the popular name of firefly that no particular species can be here designated. Most of these, h
. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 406 EXPLANATOEY INDEX. In many parts of Guiana the Egret is called by the name of White Gauldin. F. Fig, Wild {Clusia alba). Finch, Red-headed (Probably Passerina gularis). FiEEFLY.—In Tropical America there are so many lumi- nous insects which go by the popular name of firefly that no particular species can be here designated. Most of these, however, are beetles belonging to the group of elaters. Many species exist in England, and are well-known as skip-jack beetles, spring-beetle's, or click-beetles, because if laid on their backs, they spring up in the air with a smart click, and take. EGBET ASLEEP. their chance of falling on their legs. The terrible wire-worm is the larva of one of these beetles. The species which is most common is the Cuoujo {Pyro-' phorus Iwminosus.) As is the case with our glow-worm, the light disappears after death, and, indeed, how it is produced in life is an unsolved mystery. Even the spectroscope yields no information, giving only a ' continuous ' spectrum, one which is not crossed by lines, either dark or luminous. Still, the light which the insect emits is so powerful that, as Waterton mentions, it will, if held over a paper at night,. 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 ; New York : Macmillan
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