The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelJ. Fitzgerald, 1880 - 150 pages |
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Page 642
... seen in large flocks ; three or four are the greatest number observed to- gether . It seems to be less afraid of the neighborhood of man than any other mon- key . I sometimes saw it in the woods which border the suburban streets , and ...
... seen in large flocks ; three or four are the greatest number observed to- gether . It seems to be less afraid of the neighborhood of man than any other mon- key . I sometimes saw it in the woods which border the suburban streets , and ...
Page 649
... seen slung be between islands with long white sandy tween the tree - trunks , and the litter of a nu- beaches , over which , now and then , aquatic merous household lay scattered about . and wading birds were seen running . The forest ...
... seen slung be between islands with long white sandy tween the tree - trunks , and the litter of a nu- beaches , over which , now and then , aquatic merous household lay scattered about . and wading birds were seen running . The forest ...
Page 660
... seen . I searched well at Caripí , expect ing to find the Lophornis Gouldii , which I was told had been obtained in the locality . This is one of the most beautiful of all hum- ming - birds , having round the neck a frill of long white ...
... seen . I searched well at Caripí , expect ing to find the Lophornis Gouldii , which I was told had been obtained in the locality . This is one of the most beautiful of all hum- ming - birds , having round the neck a frill of long white ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
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afterward alligators animal ants appearance ashore banks beautiful birds boat branches Brazilian broad cacao Cafuzo called Cametá campos canoe Cardozo Caripí channel clothed coast color creek distance dry season Ecitons eggs farinha feet fish flocks foliage Fonte Boa forest fruit ground habits hammocks head height inches Indians inhabitants insects interior islands Japurá kind lake land larvæ leaves length live lower main river mameluco mandioca miles monkeys montaria morning mouth Mundurucús natives nearly neighborhood neighboring night o'clock Obydos paddle palms Pará Pará river passed plants Portuguese ramble Rio Negro road rocinha sand sandy Santarem seemed seen Senhor shade shape shore side Solimoens species stream Tabatinga tail Tapajos tion Tocantins Toucans travelling trees tribes trunks Tupí turtles Upper Amazons vegetation vessel Villa Nova village voyage walk wild wind wings woods yards young