. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 15 properly treated their existence can be maintained in captivity for a number of years. They prefer to pick their food out of the water and visitors at the Zoo watch with much interest the attempts of one of these birds which has unfortunately lost the. JUNE 24th, 1907 sight of one eye to impale portions of food with its bill. It is sometimes necessary to make a half a dozen unsuccessful at- tempts before the coveted object is finally secured. In their natural state, however,
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 15 properly treated their existence can be maintained in captivity for a number of years. They prefer to pick their food out of the water and visitors at the Zoo watch with much interest the attempts of one of these birds which has unfortunately lost the. JUNE 24th, 1907 sight of one eye to impale portions of food with its bill. It is sometimes necessary to make a half a dozen unsuccessful at- tempts before the coveted object is finally secured. In their natural state, however, these birds are wonderfully accurate with their bills, capturing a rapidly moving fish in the water without effort. They will stand for hours on one leg watching for their prey when suddenly with lightning speed the bill goes. 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 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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