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 344
and, as it is a solitary and extremely retiring bird, is but seldom seen except by those who go in special search of it. This bird is remarkable, not only for the bright orange-colored plumage with which its whole body is covered, but for its beautiful crest, which extends over the head like the… … As it is a solitary and very wary bird, it is seldom shot by white men, the greater number of existing specimens having been procured by means of the poisoned arrow thrown through the deadly sumpitan, or blow-pipe, of the Macoushi Indians. As the skin commands a high price in the market, the…
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