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 TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 704
... rest following the example . They grasp , on fall- ing , with hands and tail , right themselves in a moment , and then away they go along branch and bough to the next tree . The Caiarára owes its name in the Tupí language , macaw or ...
... rest following the example . They grasp , on fall- ing , with hands and tail , right themselves in a moment , and then away they go along branch and bough to the next tree . The Caiarára owes its name in the Tupí language , macaw or ...
Page 750
... rest of the large - sized Amer- Martius and the Count de Castelnau , whose ican species ; but it differs from all its rel- acquisitions have been deposited in the atives in having only the rudiment of a tail , public museums of Munich ...
... rest of the large - sized Amer- Martius and the Count de Castelnau , whose ican species ; but it differs from all its rel- acquisitions have been deposited in the atives in having only the rudiment of a tail , public museums of Munich ...
Page 755
... rest , as though led away by some will - o ' - the - wisp . The native women , even the white and half - caste inhabitants of the towns , attach a superstitious value to the skin and feathers of the Uirá - pará , believing that if they ...
... rest , as though led away by some will - o ' - the - wisp . The native women , even the white and half - caste inhabitants of the towns , attach a superstitious value to the skin and feathers of the Uirá - pará , believing that if they ...
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