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is on the way for him. He had much to suffer from hunger and 

 want of shelter during the rainy season ; this however did not abate 

 his zeal. His collection for our Museum has considerably increased ; 

 for he announces 70 Mammalia, more than 500 Birds, Reptiles, 

 Fishes, 1100 Coleoptera, 200 Lepidoptera, and a hundred Conchylia, 

 with several other remarkable objects, plants and fossils. The as- 

 sistance sent will enable M. Tschudy to embark with his rich booty, 

 and return to his native country. — Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung, 

 June 19. 



Mr. Schomburgk's recent Expedition in Guiana. 

 [Continued from p. 348.] 



In my former remarks I gave some account of the manners and 

 habits of the Jabiru {Mycteria Americana), and alluded to two 

 young ones which I received while in Georgetown. They were 

 brought to me from the Pomeroon, and when keeping their neck 

 erect they were about five feet high. Their plumage was still grey, 

 and they might have been about a year old. They were so tame 

 that I allowed them to run about the yard, to which, however, they 

 did not restrict their perambulations, and they extended their walks 

 frequently to the street. As they were a great curiosity, they had 

 frequent visitors ; or when in the street, a crowd collected generally 

 around them, until annoyed by too great familiarity, they would 

 begin to clack the under chap against the upper, and partly spread- 

 ing their wings, those unacquainted with the bird fancied these to 

 be the first preparations for a formidable attack ; and the little knot 

 of by-standers which had formed round opened their ranks without 

 further contention, and allowed them to return leisurely to the 

 yard. 



I shall never forget the effect which the sight of them produced 

 upon a woman of colour, who no doubt had never seen a Jabiru before. 

 The woman with a tray on her head was walking down the street, 

 when one of the Jabirus came with its measured step out of the gate. 

 At the first sight of this gigantic bird she stared with half- open 

 mouth at what she must have considered a monster ; at that moment 

 the bird spread its wings to their full extent, and changing its 

 leisurely step into a hop, it approached her rapidly : this was too 

 much for her ; and throwing the tray upon the ground, she fled for 

 protection as quick as her legs would carry her to the nearest shop, 

 throwing together her arms during her rapid flight violently over her 

 head. The ridiculousness of the scene cannot be described ; it must 



