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Title: Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Niles, Blair Beebe, William, 1877-1962
Subjects: Natural history Birds
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company

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Fig. 36. Amazon Parrot about to take Flight. dare not move. After five minutes, which seem hours, thebig Yellow-fronted Amazon Parrot84 withdraws, and we heara scuttling within the stub. Silently and with the greatestcaution we step backward, and after a rest we arrange ourplan of attack. These birds usually nest in hollows in the tops of the tallest,most inaccessible trees, and this is a golden opportunity THE LAKE OF PITCH. 67 — one in a lifetime — for a photograph of a Parrot athome. The entrance is rectangular, about three by six inches, andsome five feet above the ground. Painfully I pick my wayto the side of the stub, and bracing myself, focus on that spot
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Fig. 37. Eggs and Young of Amazon Parrot in the Nest. of black on the trunk. Then Milady rustles the weeds in therear of the stub. Again a rustling, and on the ground-glass ofmy Graflex flashes the green head. Snap! I have her! andwith the slowest of motions I change plates. While she isengrossed with the disturber in the rear I advance a step andget another picture. Then screwing up my speed-button, Ipush slowly forward, and just as she is about to hurl hersell 68 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. from the stub I secure a third photograph. Off she goes tothe nearest palms, shrieking at the top of her lungs, and isjoined by her mate. We cut a hole in the trunk near the ground, and there findthe nest of the parrot. Three white eggs, one of which ispipped, and a young bird just hatched reward us, all restingon a bed of chips. The diminutive polly is scantily clothedwith white down, and while in the shade lies motionless.When a ray of warm sunlight strikes it the little fellow be-comes uneasy

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