Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Birds of Porto Rico

1902; Oxford University Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/4069597

1938-4254

B. S. Bowdish,

Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

Bowontsu, Birds of Porto Rico.Aue conspicuous that it is hunted much, but the embryo hunters have found, much to their chagrin, that it is next door to impossible to stalk the wary bird.Despite this, the Curlew decoys readily and is often 'whistled down' by an imitation of his call.Wound one and his yelping will attract every other Sickle-bill within hearing distance, and they will circle and return time and again until the last one is killed.The nest is a mere depression in the ground, sometimes with a small lining of dead grass, in which are placed three or four ashy clay-colored eggs, covered with a few brown or chocolate spots and blotches.In the Northwest the nest may often be found under or at the foot of a sage bush but more often it is right out on the open prairie where both birds, male and female, help in the task of incubation and upbringing.BIRDS OF PORTOMP RICO: BY B. S. BOWDISH.WHEN, in 1898, I began to study the birds of Porto Rico, I was somewhat surprised to find how meagre was the literature on the subject.Later, as my work slowly progressed, I felt a growing desire to add at least a little to the general