Tour groups averaging about 30, each member will have 

 ample opportunity to ask questions about the animals, 

 birds and plant life encountered in Brazil. 



Brazilian specialists will also be available to talk with 

 Tour members at various stops. Dr. Ruschi will discuss 

 birds, orchids and bromeliads, his principal specialties, 

 during the Espirito Santo stop, and Burle Marx will express 

 his views on garden design and botany at Petropolis. 

 There will also be a meeting with gem cutters and a talk 

 by the geologist, Francisco Mueller Basto, at a dinner at 

 Belo Horizonte. 



Guides familiar with the various local areas will join 

 the Tour at all major stops. The Tour is designed so that 

 members will be given a wide ranging and many-dimen- 

 sioned survey of Brazil's natural history and people. 



Four Tour meetings will be scheduled during Decem- 

 ber and January as preparation for the Tours. 



Further information or copies of the June Bulletin, 

 with the Tour itinerary, may be obtained by writing: 

 Field Museum Brazil Tour, Field Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 

 60605. A deposit of $500 is required and single room 

 accommodations for the Tour are $95 extra. 



Royal palms in Kio's Botanic Garden make a dramatic fore- 

 ground for the Christ the Redeemer figure on Corcovado Mountain. 



Roberto Burle Marx is the originator of a new school 

 of landscape design based on abstract art. 



Above: Modern sculpture and landscaping add to the impact of 

 Brasilia's startling impression. This work is on the first floor 

 of the foreign ministry. 



Below: Blue and green hummingbird sits on her tiny eggs in a 

 nest in a small hanging bromeliad, Neoregelia punctatis.sima. 



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