. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 139 state, the colour of its plumage altered to a reddish, a white, and a gray and black colour. But it never lost the habit of walking about in flocks, and of laying its eggs in thickets, in a shapeless nest, which the young chicks leave the second day after they are hatched. Lastly, the Aztec name of the turkey—totoU—is applied by the Indians to simpletons and cowards. Lucien then told I'Encuerado about the magpie and the am- phisbaena. " You killed a maquiz coatl, a two-headed serpent!" cried the &qu
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 139 state, the colour of its plumage altered to a reddish, a white, and a gray and black colour. But it never lost the habit of walking about in flocks, and of laying its eggs in thickets, in a shapeless nest, which the young chicks leave the second day after they are hatched. Lastly, the Aztec name of the turkey—totoU—is applied by the Indians to simpletons and cowards. Lucien then told I'Encuerado about the magpie and the am- phisbaena. " You killed a maquiz coatl, a two-headed serpent!" cried the "I only wounded it, for it got away; but it had only one ; "Then you didn't examine it thoroughly; for it would not turn round when it crawled ; " I did not notice. I saw it leap up in the air, and that was ; " Have you searched well under the stones 1 Let us go back ; the skin of the maquiz coatl enables the blind to see. Why did you let it escape 1". 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 Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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