. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. The Guacharo, or Oil-bird 189 ancient bird-life, so does another type of bird in South America appear to be entirely separated from any near ally. This is the Guacharo, or Oil-bird {Steatornis cariepeiisis), a curious creature which from its appearance and the texture of its plumage would be taken for a sort of Nightjar. Like the latter birds it is crepuscular and comes out to feed at night, and there the semblance ends. The accompanying figure shows the nest of the. The Nest of the Guachar( Guacharo, and this, it will be seen, is a hard structure in shape r

This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Alamy charges you a fee for access to the high resolution copy of the image.

This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. The Guacharo, or Oil-bird 189 ancient bird-life, so does another type of bird in South America appear to be entirely separated from any near ally. This is the Guacharo, or Oil-bird {Steatornis cariepeiisis), a curious creature which from its appearance and the texture of its plumage would be taken for a sort of Nightjar. Like the latter birds it is crepuscular and comes out to feed at night, and there the semblance ends. The accompanying figure shows the nest of the. The Nest of the Guachar( Guacharo, and this, it will be seen, is a hard structure in shape resembling a cheese, and not unlike, as I said before, the nest of a Flamingo. The Guacharo, strictly a bird of the night, breeds only in the darkest caves both on the sea-coast and inland, and it is principally known as an inhabitant of the island of Trinidad, whence the British Museum has received most of its specimens. To procure the nest, my friend, the late Dr. Bevan Rake, had to approach the caves in a boat from the sea, and he not only sent me specimens of the mud-built nest, but some of the young. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909. New York, Frederick A. Stokes company