. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. I 1 I I
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. I 1 I I 1 p 11 li '1 I, |: 1 'MH,' r'lU^i '\Viit\ â 11:. â r\>- i' â â ! ! "i I .(â â â ', !â mil. * â ; â â â I 1 Ifi ly lli 420 Tin: por-Aii W()i{Li). clean. Tli()iii,'l> llioso blnls, wliieh well Hiipply tlio nlaco of our oanioti-cntwn inaLrpii's, ami ravens, licnerally fenl in coiniiKMi, llu-y aro by no means on n frienilly t'oolinir. When tlif <'urninelia is ipiietly seated on the luam li (,t a tree or nri tlie iH'oinul, the eiiinianyo ofii'ti eoiitiiHies for a hmi,' time l)afi<\vartl ami lorwanl, up and (h»wn, in a seniieirele, tryin'^ eaeii time at tlio bottom <d' the curve, to striku its larger relative, which lakes lillle notice ex- cept l»y liohiiiiii,' its liead. T\n' carranclia, whicli is c(»mmon in tiie div and open conntries,!ind likewiNc on the aric' slntres of the I'acilie, is also I'ound in- hahitini,'the l<Mesls of West l'atat,'oiiia an<l Tierra del Fuei;o. The chimaii".) is iiiiich smaller than the <iiirrancha. Of till the carrion feeders, it, is ijenerallv the last which h'aves the skehton id' a dciid animal, iiiid may fre<|iientlv hcMcIi within the rihs of a horse, like a prisoner behind a .Lfratiie^. It is freiinentlv found on the sea-coast, where it lives on small li-hes. The condor may likewise be reckoned ainoii!,' the Palaj^onian birds, as it follows its prey, the yiianaco, iicross the Strtiit
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