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 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 Women ...
... 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 Women ...
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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