United States or Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Among these were two kingfishers, Tanysiptera acis and Ceyx Cajeli; a beautiful sunbird, Nectarines proserpina; a handsome little black and white flycatcher, Monarcha loricata, whose swelling throat was beautifully scaled with metallic blue; and several of less interest. I also obtained a skull of the babirusa, one specimen of which was killed by native hunters during my residence at Cajeli.
Here too are the turtle of the Mediterranean, and the hawksbill turtle of Arabia, to which ladies are indebted for the choicest of their tortoise-shell combs. Having sufficiently dwelt upon the interesting histories of the tortoises, the visitor's way lies forward in the direction of the two cases next in order of succession, which are devoted to the Loricata, or
Encrinus liliiformis, Schlott. Syn. E. moniliformis. Body, arms, and part of stem. a. Section of stem. Aspidura loricata, Agassiz. a. Upper side. b. Lower side. Palatal teeth of Placodus gigas.
Word Of The Day