Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 136
is a very fine and beautifully marked bird, its plumage being richly mottled with black and brown upon its upper surface, while the under surface is rusty gray, curiously variegated with buff. The tail is barred with darker bands. This bird is very owl-like in its appearance and many of its habits,… … carried out by the sharp, angry hiss which it emits when irritated. Like the owls, it also possesses the habit of twisting its head so that the beak is brought on a level with the spine. The New Holland Goat-sucker resides in the hollow branches of the eucalypti, technically called ‘‘ spouts”? by…
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