. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana . Amazon Parrot at Entrance of 34. Fifteen feet away. Fig. 35. Ten feet away. pitch and fallen logs. Their tails continually wag from sideto side, and they come within a few feet of us, uttering lowinquiring notes: pitl pill They too arc clad in white, exceptfor back, nape, wings, and tail. We follow one about, watching it through the ground-glass of the camera, when we blunder into a thicket of dry, 66 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. crackling twigs. A sudden rustling sound dr
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana . Amazon Parrot at Entrance of 34. Fifteen feet away. Fig. 35. Ten feet away. pitch and fallen logs. Their tails continually wag from sideto side, and they come within a few feet of us, uttering lowinquiring notes: pitl pill They too arc clad in white, exceptfor back, nape, wings, and tail. We follow one about, watching it through the ground-glass of the camera, when we blunder into a thicket of dry, 66 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. crackling twigs. A sudden rustling sound draws our atten-tion, and we look up and find ourselves within a few feet of adry palm stub. Around the roughened stringy bark peers agreen head with wide, yellow eyes, and we stiffen intoimmobility. The position is anything but comfortable;thorns are scratching us, flies are tickling our faces, but we. Fig. 36. Amazon Parrot about to take Flight. dare not move. After five minutes, which seem hours, thebig Yellow-fronted Amazon Parrot84 withdraws, and we heara scuttling within the stub. Silently and with the greatestcaution we step backward, and after a rest we arrange ourplan of attack. These birds usually nest in hollows in the tops of the tallest,most inaccessible trees, and this is a golden opportunity THE LAKE OF PITCH. 67 — one in a lifetime — for a photograph of a Parrot athome. The entrance is rectangular, about three by six inches, andsome five feet above the ground. Painfully I pick my wayto the side of the stub, and bracing myself, focus on that spot
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