. La nostra ricerca per un deserto; un conto di due spedizioni ornitologica in Venezuela e Guiana britannica. Storia naturale; uccelli. La vita nella giungla a AREMU. 325 gioco è facile da ottenere come vc trovata, e quando uno può Ijuild una casa in una metà di un minuto con un paio di coltello strolces! Durante tutta la fase di acquazzone abbiamo visto solo un lungo-tailed Hummingbird 'â ' che unconcernedly cercato la sotto- lati di foglie per gli insetti. Francesco ha detto il suo nido era appeso sul lato della punta di un frond tooroo. Un albero scanalato di grandi dimensioni vicino a noi ha chiamato ballicusan, dicendo che è stato utilizzato per la fabbricazione di palette come ruru

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. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. JUNGLE LIFE AT AREMU. 325 game is as easy to obtain as vc found it, and when one may Ijuild a house in a half a minute with a few knife strolces! During the entire downpour we saw only a Long-tailed Hummingbird 'â ' which unconcernedly searched the under- sides of leaves for insects. Francis said its nest was hung on the side of the tip of a tooroo frond. A fluted tree of large size near us he called ballicusan, saying it was used for making paddles like ruruli. A section would look something like this: The folds when cut off are so thin that a very little additional shaping forms them into blades. As we were walking along after the shower, several twigs fell on us, which Wi 1 .â 1 I Fig. I!3. Section have been unnoticed by me, as â' â ofPaddi.e-wood leaves and even branches are continually tree. dropping in these forests. But Francis looked up at once and whispering "liaboon" pointed to where a great male red howler (Myccks seniculus) was walking slowly along a branch overhead. A care- fully aimed shot brought it to earth, stone dead. It was a magnificent specimen weigliing just twenty pounds and the hyoid bone protruded like an exaggerated Adam's apple.* These howling monkeys are of course not really baboons, as these latter monkeys live only in the Old World and * The color of the back and sides was a hght gold, shading into dark maroon or red on the head, tail and limbs. The skin of the face, ears, palms and scantily haired under parts was dark slate. The eyes were hazel brown. The total length was 50! inches, 25 of which consisted of the tail. The bare prehensile portion along the lower side of the tail extended 11J inches backward from the tip. The forearm and hand was 16 inches long; the hind leg iS inches. The hair of the beard was 1J inches long. The Monkey had been feeding on leaves and some kind of fruit wi

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