10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRESTED SCREAMER»
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1
An Encyclopedia of Natural History
Two species of Clutnna are known — the Crested Screamer (ft aistata) and tho
Derbian Screamer [0, chavaria). The latter is found in Venezuela ani Colombia,
while the Crested Screamer inhabits Argentina and the neighbouring provinces
of ...
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Ornithologia, or The birds, a poem, in 2 pt., with an intr. ...
... that the male and female are always found in pairs, evincing great attachment
for each other; that they are inseparable ; aud that, if one dies, the other does '
Lampyris noctiluca, or Glow-worm. See page 177. THE CRESTEd-SCREaMER.
James Jennings (of Huntspill.), 1828
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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the ...
... and Andors (1992), which were specifically designed to examine the
relationships of non- Fig. 130. Outline drawings of skulls of living and fossil "basal
" Anseriformes: (A), Crested Screamer, Chauna torquata (Anhimidae); (B),
Magpie Goose ...
Amongst such one might class the aerial concerts of the Chiloe wigeon and
crested screamer. Aerial evolutions, antiphonal singing and the like are indulged
in because birds, like ourselves, feel satisfaction in ordered movement and
rhythmic ...
Edward Allworthy Armstrong, 1942
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Darwin and the Memory of the Human: Evolution, Savages, and ...
In chapter 17, for instance, “The Crested Screamer,” hudson writes of live
specimens of these birds kept in the London Zoo and the melancholy effect their
cries have on him as he crosses through Regent's Park. At the end of the chapter,
which ...
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Becoming Marianne Moore: The Early Poems, 1907-1924
Man in a formal customary strain, of "past states, the present state, to promote
one's joy." | 124—26. Man "as high as deep as bright as broad as long as life
itself," | 134. Man a kind of overgrown cupid 147—48. Man its crested screamer
— that ...
Marianne Moore, Robin G. Schulze, 2002
7
The Naturalist in la Plata
Cattle, strangeinstinctsof,329-3 47 . Cavia australis, 13, 64-. Ceratophrys ornata,
78, 79. Cervus campestris, 16; instincts of doe and fawn, 110; powerful smell of
buck, 159. C. paludosus, aquatic habits, 144. Chaja. See Crested Screamer ...
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THE PENNY MAGAZINE FO THE SOCIETY FOT HE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL ...
... colour interspersed with white. The other species, which differs in some points
from the horned screamer, is described by Azara under the name of Chaja, and is
found in Paraguay. The chaja or crested screamer, which is figured in the cut at ...
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Concise English Dictionary
n. scream'ernnc who screams: a large spur-winged S. American bird {homed
screamer, crested screamer) with loud harsh cry: a different S. American bird, the
seriema (also called crested screamer): anything likely or intended to thrill with ...
10
Ducks, Geese and Swans: General chapters, species accounts ...
Chini(u(. (orqua(a. PLATE. 1. Chaja torquata Oken, 1816, Lehrbuch Naturges-
chichte, pt. 3, sec. 2, p. 639 'in Paragai, um Plata' Etymology: torquata L. for
collared. Other names: Crested Screamer. Portuguese: Tacha; Spanish: Chaja.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRESTED SCREAMER»
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crested screamer is used in the context of the following news items.
Special Edition Pentax K-S1 Trio Announced
Crested Screamer. Worsley Packet House. Bird Portrait. Crane. Mr and Mrs Mallard. James Howden. Screamer. On the March. Two Smew. «ePHOTOzine, Oct 14»
Mothers come in all stripes
A crested screamer baby at Safari West Wildlife Preserve in Santa Rosa, CA. Baby nyala at Safari West Wildlife Preserve in Santa Rosa, CA. «Santa Rosa Press Democrat, May 14»
South America: The Summer Bird Hunting Destination
You will see birds like the crested screamer, which is huge, has spurs on its wings and looks like Rodan, the winged Japanese movie monster. «Field and Stream, Jun 12»
Coyote is spotted in Uptown yards
... including two African shelducks, an African black duck, a black-necked swan and a crested screamer, Audubon officials said Monday. «NOLA.com, Apr 11»
