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In the latter, it was once the sun-heron ; and is sometimes a " fly-catcher, " and often a " butterfly-bird " ; but recent discoveries having found it minus the schizognathous-slit, I believe it has not yet got beyond the puzzle-stage with the systematists. We will call it a sun-bird, its commonest designation on the Amazon. It is certainly a most extraordinary creature, even if we consider no other of its characteristics than its curious antics. In life it is continually on the move ; yet it s...eldom flies, and never very far at a time : for though the wings appear large enough for the bird, they are peculiarly shaped, and evidently weak ; and their action is similar to that of a butterfly's wings : that is, the bird flutters along instead of progressing by measured strokes ; hence one of its colloquial names. A common motion of the bird is to 166 THE RIVER AMAZON raise the wings above the back and stretch them out- wards and upwards so as to display all the beautiful markings. It also flaps them together, but without noise, trails them on the ground ; and makes a great display of them in other ways.
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