"Clean and dainty and proud as a Spanish Don."
It is an arboreal and cliff-loving bird, feeding chiefly on mammals,
very fierce and strong. The under parts are mostly white, with a greyish
zone on the chest. The upper parts are blackish-grey. The harpy occurs
from Mexico to Paraguay and Bolivia.]
[Illustration: _Photo: W. S. Berridge, F.Z.S._
THE DINGO OR WILD DOG OF AUSTRALIA, PERHAPS AN INDIGENOUS WILD SPECIES,
PERHAPS A DOMESTICATED DOG THAT HAS GONE WILD OR FERAL
It does much harm in destroying sheep. It is famous for its persistent
"death-feigning," for an individual has been known to allow part of its
skin to be removed, in the belief that it was dead, before betraying its
vitality.]
[Illustration: WOODPECKER, HAMMERING AT A COTTON-REEL, ATTACHED TO A
TREE
Notice how the stiff tail-feathers braced against the stem help the bird
to cling on with its toes. The original hole, in which this woodpecker
inserted nuts for the purposes of cracking the shell and extracting the
kernel, is seen towards the top of the tree. But the taker of the
photograph tied on a hollowed-out cotton-reel as a receptacle for a nut,
and it was promptly discovered and used by the bird.]