. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 476 EXPLANATORY INDEX. It is always to be found in dry situations, preferring the pine forests, because they also love a dry soil. It is of small size, and as it is very prettily coloured, it is sometimes manu- factured into a snuff-box, being mounted in silver, and having the movable plates fitted with hinges, and spring-clasps. The colour is
. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 476 EXPLANATORY INDEX. It is always to be found in dry situations, preferring the pine forests, because they also love a dry soil. It is of small size, and as it is very prettily coloured, it is sometimes manu- factured into a snuff-box, being mounted in silver, and having the movable plates fitted with hinges, and spring-clasps. The colour is most variable, but black and yellow are the most conspicuous hues. Toucan.—Tropical America produces an inexhaustible variety of living creatures, and there is perhaps none more remarkable than that extraordinary group of birds known as Toucans, from the native name Kingsley seems to have been greatly impressed with the appearance of the toucan, and agrees with Waterton that it is essentially a fruit-eating bird :— "A Toucan out of the primteval forest, as gorgeous in colour as he is ridiculous in shape. His general plumage is black, set off by a snow-white gorget fringed with crimson; crimson and green tail coverts, and a crimson and green beak, with blue cere about his face and 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 Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London ; New York : Macmillan
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