. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. RnSKATK Ti;r!N 3; nnd acvcnil iiicllidos iiiaiiy aiidsdiiii'liinls. tn>]iicH iiiili'SH ti) sour ior 11 settle. It is i. iralion dF tlui rpivy. Wliilc its presence ni !<t<!l I "^^ : ~- tlie Boatswiiiu iJiojectiiig tail- tliroe huiulred occasion when ts of the Troitic Ills, or weavinj; , tllO IfOSEATE irpeses, and are closely in their The ' red caps' nds ar(! ibrnied n the island of the natives of in the red tail- unity, and they !e, -withont any which the red I for Ka
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. RnSKATK Ti;r!N 3; nnd acvcnil iiicllidos iiiaiiy aiidsdiiii'liinls. tn>]iicH iiiili'SH ti) sour ior 11 settle. It is i. iralion dF tlui rpivy. Wliilc its presence ni !<t<!l I "^^ : ~- tlie Boatswiiiu iJiojectiiig tail- tliroe huiulred occasion when ts of the Troitic Ills, or weavinj; , tllO IfOSEATE irpeses, and are closely in their The ' red caps' nds ar(! ibrnied n the island of the natives of in the red tail- unity, and they !e, -withont any which the red I for Kale at the : of ; DWiTEH-l'tuUii anliiii ija. Tlie Tropic Bird ni the Alanvdins. The younj; are odd little things, not S,ni ./r^r'T" 'â¢"^..â¢^^'/'â â¢'â l^'"'"^*'^' ^""^"^ '' ,Kf covered with white"dowu tn o1 ^ fi H''^"'"!'"/'"' I' "* "" 'â ^'""â â¢' l'^'^''''''-^^' .i'''''^'"S- '''â «^'â¢'fi"^' character. The Ibo'ut fii"Sn hfeie: '"'' " '"^'""^ *"° '"' '''' ""^^â¢^^' '' ^^'^"^^^ "'^ '^-'^^"^'^^ ^-W The singular Darters are inhabitants of two parts of the world, one species inhabiting Airica, and another being found in America. With their slender heads, their Ion" snake- hke necks, and their evidently bodies, they really look as if they had been formed on the same mod(d as the well-known plcsiosaurus. _ The common Darter inhabits many i)arts of America, and is found along the banks of nra-s and marshy grounds Mv. Ord writes as follows of these birds: -The first niclividual that I saw in Honda was making away to avoid me along the shore of a reedy marsh which was lined with alligators, and the first impression on my mind was tliat I behe d a snake, but the recollection of the habits of the bird soon undeceived me. 10 âo Miese birds at such times is
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