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Little Owl. Saline Streams. Level Plains. Mastodon. St. Fe. Change in Landscape. Geology. Tooth of extinct Horse. Relation of the Fossil and recent Quadrupeds of North and South America. Effects of a great Drought. Parana. Habits of the Jaguar. Scissor-beak. Kingfisher, Parrot, and Scissor-tail. Revolution. Buenos Ayres. State of Government. In the evening I set out on an excursion to St.
The scissor-tail is common throughout the open country, and the long tail feathers, which seem at times to hamper its flight, attract attention whether the bird is in flight or perched on a tree. It has a habit of occasionally soaring into the air and descending in loops and spirals. The scarlet tyrant I saw in the orchards and gardens.
In summer I was never tired of watching this tree, since high up in one of the branches, which in those days seemed to me "so close against the sky," a scissor-tail tyrant-bird always had its nest, and this high open exposed nest was a constant attraction to the common brown carrion-hawk, called chimango a hawk with the carrion-crow's habit of perpetually loitering about in search of eggs and fledglings.
The scissor-tail is one of the most courageous of that hawk-hating, violent-tempered tyrant-bird family, and every time a chimango appeared, which was about forty times a day, he would sally out to attack him in mid-air with amazing fury. A second red willow was the next largest tree in the plantation, but of this willow I shall have more to say in a later chapter.
Fe Change in Landscape Geology Tooth of extinct Horse Relation of the Fossil and recent Quadrupeds of North and South America Effects of a great Drought Parana Habits of the Jaguar Scissor-beak Kingfisher, Parrot, and Scissor-tail Revolution Buenos Ayres State of Government. SEPTEMBER 27th. In the evening I set out on an excursion to St.
Living with trees Winter violets The house is made habitable Red willow Scissor-tail and carrion-hawk Lombardy poplars-Black acacia Other trees The foss or moat Rats A trial of strength with an armadillo Opossums living with a snake Alfalfa field and butterflies Cane brake -Weeds and fennel Peach trees in blossom Paroquets Singing of a field finch Concert-singing in birds Old John Cow- birds' singing Arrival of summer migrants.
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