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THE NATURALIST IX XICARAGUA. [Ch. II, 



although it rained heavily again, I was better prepared 

 for it, and, coiling myself up under an umbrella beneath 

 the tarpaulin, managed to sleep a little. 



We started again before daylight, and at ten stopped 

 at a small clearing for breakfast. I strolled back a 

 little way into the gloomy forest, but it was not easy 

 to get along on account of the undergrowth and 

 numerous climbing plants that bound it together. I 

 saw one of the large olive-green and brown mot-mots 



HEADS OF MOT-MOTS. 



(Momotus martii), sitting up on a branch of a tree, 

 moving its long curious tail from side to side, so that 

 it was nearly at right angles to its body. I afterwards 

 saw other species in the forests and savannahs of 

 Chontales. They all have several characters in. 



