The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelDover Publications, 1975 - 394 pages |
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Page 339
... birds ; but now and then the surrounding bushes and trees appear suddenly to swarm with them . There are scores , probably hundreds , of birds , all moving about with the greatest activity - woodpeckers and Dendrocolaptide ( from ...
... birds ; but now and then the surrounding bushes and trees appear suddenly to swarm with them . There are scores , probably hundreds , of birds , all moving about with the greatest activity - woodpeckers and Dendrocolaptide ( from ...
Page 340
... birds as the Uirá - pará , I gave up the story as a piece of humbug . The simplest expla- nation appears to be this , that the birds associate in flocks from the instinct of self - preservation , and in order to be a less easy prey to ...
... birds as the Uirá - pará , I gave up the story as a piece of humbug . The simplest expla- nation appears to be this , that the birds associate in flocks from the instinct of self - preservation , and in order to be a less easy prey to ...
Page 341
... birds gathered together from the neighbouring Ygapó forests , which are then flooded and cold . The birds have now become exceedingly tame , and the troops travel with heavy laborious flight from bough to bough amongst the lower trees ...
... birds gathered together from the neighbouring Ygapó forests , which are then flooded and cold . The birds have now become exceedingly tame , and the troops travel with heavy laborious flight from bough to bough amongst the lower trees ...
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