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→ of La Plata 1861 1866
OMIT 1869 1872
→ all told me plainly of 1861 1866
all plainly declared 1869
OMIT 1872
→ species; yet it is a woodpecker, 1861 1866
woodpecker; yet, 1869
woodpecker is plainly declared; yet, 1872
→ which never climbs a tree! 1861 1866
it never climbs a tree! I may mention as another illustration of the varied habits of the tribe, that a Mexican Colaptes has been described by De Saussure as boring holes into hard wood in order to lay up a store of acorns, but for what use is not yet known. 1869
in certain large districts it does not climb trees, and it makes its nest in holes in banks! 1872
↑ 2 blocks not present in 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869; present in 1872
In certain other districts, however, this same woodpecker, as Mr. Hudson states, frequents trees, and bores holes in the trunk for its nest. I may mention as another illustration of the varied habits of this genus, that a Mexican Colaptes has been described by De Saussure as boring holes into hard wood in order to lay up a store of acorns.
→ modified in relation to its new habits of life; whereas the woodpecker of La Plata has its structure only slightly modified. 1861 1866
modified. 1859 1860
modified in relation to its new habits of life; whereas the woodpecker of La Plata has had its structure only slightly modified. 1869 1872
↑ 2 blocks not present in 1859 1860 1861; present in 1866 1869 1872
In the case of the water-ouzel, the acutest observer by examining its dead body would never have suspected its sub-aquatic habits; yet this anomalous member of the terrestrial thrush family wholly subsists by diving,—grasping the stones with its feet, and using its wings under water. All the members of the great order of Hymenoptera are terrestrial, excepting the genus Proctotrupes, which Sir John Lubbock has recently discovered to be aquatic in its habits; it often enters the water and dives about by the use not of its legs but of its wings, and remains as long as four hours beneath the surface; yet not the least modification in its structure can be detected in accordance with such abnormal habits.
→ case of the waterouzel, 1861
other hand, 1859 1860
→ OMIT 1861
of the water-ouzel 1859 1860
has
has
been
been
described
described
by
by
De
De
Saussure
Saussure
as
as
boring
boring
holes
holes
into
into
hard
hard
wood
wood
in
in
order
order
to
to
lay
lay
up
up
a
a
store
store
of
of
acorns
acorns
for
for
its
its
future
future
consumption!
consumption!
Hence
this
the
Colaptes →of La Plata in all the essential parts of its
organisation
structure
organization
is a
woodpecker.
woodpecker,
and
and
until
until
recently
recently
was
was
classed
classed
in
in
the
the
same
same
typical
typical
genus.
genus.
Even
in such
such
trifling characters as
the
its
colouring, the harsh tone of
the
its
voice, and undulatory flight, →all told me plainly of its close blood-relationship to our common →species; yet it is a woodpecker, as I can
assert,
assert
not only from my own
observations,
observation,
but from
those
that
of the accurate Azara, →which never climbs a tree! ↑
Petrels are the most
aërial
aërial
and oceanic of birds,
yet
but
in the quiet
sounds
Sounds
of Tierra del Fuego, the Puffinuria berardi, in its general habits, in its astonishing power of diving,
in its
its
manner of
swimming
swimming,
and of flying when
made to
unwillingly it
take
takes
flight, would be mistaken by any one for an auk or
grebe;
a grebe;
nevertheless
nevertheless,
it is essentially a petrel, but with many parts of its organisation profoundly →modified in relation to its new habits of life; whereas the woodpecker of La Plata has its structure only slightly modified. ↑
On
In
the →case of the waterouzel, the acutest observer by examining
the
its
dead body →OMIT would never have suspected its sub-aquatic habits; yet this anomalous member of the
strictly
....
terrestrial thrush family wholly subsists by diving,— grasping the stones with its
feet
feet,
and using its wings under water.
He who believes that each being has been created as we now see it, must occasionally have felt surprise when he has met with an animal having habits and structure not
at all
at all
in agreement. What can be plainer than that the webbed feet of ducks and geese are formed for swimming?
Yet
yet
there are upland geese with webbed feet which rarely
or never
or never
go near the water; and no one except Audubon has seen the frigate-bird, which has all its four toes webbed, alight on the surface of the
ocean.
sea.