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→ OMIT 1869 1872
of La Plata 1861 1866
→ OMIT 1872
all told me plainly of 1861 1866
all plainly declared 1869
→ woodpecker is plainly declared; yet, 1872
species; yet it is a woodpecker, 1861 1866
woodpecker; yet, 1869
→ in certain large districts it does not climb trees, and it makes its nest in holes in banks! 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
→ modified in relation to its new habits of life; whereas the woodpecker of La Plata has had its structure only slightly modified. 1869 1872
modified. 1859 1860
modified in relation to its new habits of life; whereas the woodpecker of La Plata has its structure only slightly modified. 1861 1866
→ bird, which is allied to the 1869 1872
anomalous member of the terrestrial 1866
→ diving— 1872
diving,—grasping the stones with its feet, and 1866
diving—using its wings under water, and grasping stones with its feet. 1869
→ water, and grasping stones with its feet. 1872
water. 1866
OMIT 1869
→ it exhibits no 1872
not the least 1866 1869
→ OMIT 1872
can be detected 1866 1869
↑ 1 blocks not present in 1866 1869 1872; present in 1859 1860 1861
On the other hand, the acutest observer by examining the dead body of the water-ouzel 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 and using its wings under water.
→ not furnished with membrane of the 1872
of 1859 1860 1861
not furnished with membrane, of the 1866 1869
The beak, however, is not so straight or
strong
so strong
as in the typical
woodpeckers;
woodpeckers,
but it is strong enough to bore into
wood;
wood.
and
....
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
....
for
....
its
....
future
....
consumption!
....
Hence
the
this
Colaptes →OMIT in all the essential parts of its
organization
organisation
structure
is a
woodpecker,
woodpecker.
and
....
until
....
recently
....
was
....
classed
....
in
....
the
....
same
....
typical
....
genus.
....
Even
such
in such
trifling characters as
its
the
colouring, the harsh tone of
its
the
voice, and undulatory flight, →OMIT its close blood-relationship to our common →woodpecker is plainly declared; yet, as I can
assert
assert,
not only from my own
observation,
observations,
but from
that
those
of the accurate Azara, →in certain large districts it does not climb trees, and it makes its nest in holes in banks! 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.
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,
its
in its
manner of
swimming,
swimming
and of flying when
unwillingly it
made to
takes
take
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 had its structure only slightly modified. 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 →bird, which is allied to the thrush
family
family,
wholly
....
subsists by →diving—
using
using
its
its
wings
wings
under
under
→water, and grasping stones with its feet. All the members of the great order of
Hymenoptera
Hymenopterous
are
insects 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 →it exhibits no modification in
its
....
structure →OMIT in accordance with
such
its
abnormal habits. ↑
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
....
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
....
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
sea.
ocean.
On the other
hand
hand,
grebes and coots are eminently aquatic, although their toes are only bordered by membrane. What seems plainer than that the long
toes
toes,
→not furnished with membrane of the
grallatores
Grallatores
are formed