. The naturalist in La Plata. a heterogeneous assemblage ofbirds with beaks like creepers, nuthatches, finches,tyrant-birds, woodpeckers, crows, and even curlewsand ibises. In legs, feet and tails, there are corre-sponding differences. There are tails of all lengthsand all forms ; soft and stiff, square, acuminated,broad and fan-like, narrow and spine-like, andmany as in the woodpeckers, and used as in thatbird to support the body in climbing. An extremelycurious modification is found inSittosoma : the tail-feathers in this genus are long and graduated, andthe shafts, projecting beyond the web
Image details
Contributor:
The Reading Room / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2AG9GJ5File size:
7.1 MB (228 KB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
1790 x 1395 px | 30.3 x 23.6 cm | 11.9 x 9.3 inches | 150dpiMore information:
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Alamy charges you a fee for access to the high resolution copy of the image.
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
. The naturalist in La Plata. a heterogeneous assemblage ofbirds with beaks like creepers, nuthatches, finches, tyrant-birds, woodpeckers, crows, and even curlewsand ibises. In legs, feet and tails, there are corre-sponding differences. There are tails of all lengthsand all forms ; soft and stiff, square, acuminated, broad and fan-like, narrow and spine-like, andmany as in the woodpeckers, and used as in thatbird to support the body in climbing. An extremelycurious modification is found inSittosoma : the tail-feathers in this genus are long and graduated, andthe shafts, projecting beyond the webs at the ends, curve downwards and form stiff hooks. Concern-ing the habits of these birds, it has only beenreported that they climb on the trunks of trees:probably they are able to run vertically up or downwith equal facility, and even to suspend themselves The Woodhewer Family. 239 by their feather-hooks when engaged in dislodginginsects. Another curious variation is found inSylviothorhynchus, a small wren-like bird and the.