Original Tour Booked Solid 



NEW GROUP SCHEDULED 

 FOR BRAZIL TOUR 



Above: Fishes and birds of Brazil 

 often have varied and brilliant color- 

 ing. This piranha appears in bright 

 tones of pearl and ruby. Left: With 

 20 times the water flow of Niagara, 

 Iguacu Falls forms two giant horse- 

 shoes in a tropical setting. Falls 

 divarf boat at beach below. (Photos 

 by Phil Clark) 



A second Field Museum Brazil Tour is being organized, 

 with departure January 22, if a minimum of 15 persons 

 subscribe. 



So great is the interest among Field Museum Members 

 in this specialized natural history approach to Brazil that 

 all 35 places on the February 14-March 11 Tour have 

 been taken. In response to continuing requests for places, 

 the new Tour was announced by Phil Clark, Field Mu- 

 seum Public Relations Counsel and plant specialist, who 

 will lead both tours. 



"The January 22 Tour is a mirror image of the Feb- 

 ruary 14th," Mr. Clark said. "All the same places will 

 be visited, but in opposite order. The January 22 people 

 will tour Manaus and the Amazon first, the other group 

 will end its trip there. Both groups will participate in 

 the Carnival at Bahia, but this will be the end of the Tour 

 for the January 22 group and the beginning for that of 

 February 14th — the two tours will meet and enjoy a Car- 

 nival Ball together on February 15, the first night in Brazil 

 of one group and the final night of the other." 



Prices on the 26-day Tour are the same for both 

 groups, of course. Including all expenses (even tips to 

 guides) and a tax deductible $500 donation to Field Mu- 

 seum, the tour costs $2,050. 



Stops on the Tour are: Manaus and the Amazon, the 

 modern capital of Brasilia, the gem center of Belo Hori- 

 zonte, the Portuguese colonial village of Ouro Preto, Rio 

 de Janeiro and its beaches of white sand, Petropolis and 

 its imperial museum and stunningly different private gar- 

 dens designed by Roberto Burle Marx, the home of Burle 

 Marx at Barra Tujuca, Sao Paulo and the Butantan Sanke 

 Farm, Curitiba, Vila Veiha, Iguacu Falls, the Augusto Ruschi 

 estate and hummingbird center in Espirito Santo and the 

 excitement of Carnival in Salvador, Bahia. 



In addition to Mr. Clark, whose field is plants and 

 gardens, each tour will also be accompanied by an emi- 

 nent zoologist. Dr. Austin Rand, Chief Curator of Zoology 

 and an expert on birds, will accompany the Tour which 

 begins February 14, and another zoologist specializing in 

 birds will be found for the January 22 Tour. With the 



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