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| This fact I repeatedly saw, as, like
swallows, they continued to fly backwards and forwards
close before me. Occasionally when leaving the surface
of the water their flight was wild, irregular and rapid;
then they uttered loud harsh cries. When these birds are
fishing, the advantage of the long primary feathers of
their wings, in keeping them dry, is very evident. When
thus employed, their forms resemble the symbol by which
many artists represent marine birds. Their tails are
much used in steering their irregular course. These birds are common far inland along the course of the Rio Parana; it is said that they remain here during the whole year, and breed in the marshes. During the day they rest in flocks on the grassy plains, at some distance from the water. Being at anchor, as I have said, in one of the deep creeks between the islands of Parana, as the evening drew to a close, one of these scissor-beaks suddenly appeared. The water was quite still, and many little fish were rising. The bird continued for a long time to skim the surface, flying in its wild and irregular manner up and down the narrow canal, now dark with the growing night and the shadows of the overhanging trees. At Montevideo, I observed that some large flocks during the day remained on the mud-banks at the head of the harbor, in the same manner as on the grassy plains near the Parana; and every evening they took flight seaward. From these facts I suspect that the Rhynchops generally fishes by night, at which time many of the lower animals come most abundantly to the surface. M. Lesson states that he has seen these birds opening the shells of the mactrae buried in the sandbanks on the coast of Chile; from their weak bills, with the lower mandible so much projecting, their short legs and long wings, it is very improbable that this can be a general habit. |
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