. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. llllEAâ]:hca A imrkdim first I heard it while standing in th nudst of some hillorks, I (! it was ;y .ujne w-,ld beast, tor it is sueh a soun,l that one tell fror wheliee it comes m- tinni liow tar distant. ^"'" ui Wh(.n we were at Bahia , in tlie months of Septenil and October the e-o.^ wen- louiid in extraordinary numbers all over the eountrv. I'liey either lie seitterod sin.^dv, ,â whudi case tlay are never halehed. and are called'by the Snaniard
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. llllEAâ]:hca A imrkdim first I heard it while standing in th nudst of some hillorks, I (! it was ;y .ujne w-,ld beast, tor it is sueh a soun,l that one tell fror wheliee it comes m- tinni liow tar distant. ^"'" ui Wh(.n we were at Bahia , in tlie months of Septenil and October the e-o.^ wen- louiid in extraordinary numbers all over the eountrv. I'liey either lie seitterod sin.^dv, ,â whudi case tlay are never halehed. and are called'by the " hii' ni " or they are collected together into a 'ollow excavation, wliicli ibrms the nest " Oiit'of the toiiv nests which [ saw^ three coutaiiud twenty-two eggs each, and the fourth twentv «T. '. _ In one day's hunting on horseback sixty-four eggs were found ; forty-four of these wor 111 two nests, and the remaining twenty, scattered huachos. " he Chuebos unanniiously aflirm, and there is no reason to doubt their statement, that the male b .-^ hatches the eggs, and that he, tor some time afterwards, accompanies the your The cock while in the nest, lies very close ; I have myself almost ridden over one It k asserted that at such times they are occasionally fierce, and even daivmrous and that thev- iHrn known to attack a man on horseback, trying to kick and" leai)'on liini AFv ,,.ll y â Mil i. lilivc minnmmt pointed out to me an old man whom he had seen much' tenilied by one of those liinls (hasiiig him," -^ "^^^^. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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