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TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



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FIG. 89. FAWN OF SMALL GRAY DEKR 



5:52;]4 — Hanaquas S. E. E. ones answer. 



5:53 — E. ones answer. 



5:54 — New hanaqua couple S. S. E. 



5:55 — White-throated kingbird goes to thorn-bush perch and catclies first 



insect. First martin leaves nest. 

 5 :56 — Six more martins. 

 5 :57 — Six pairs hanaquas calling. 



5:58 — Kiskadees and streaked flycatcher hawking. Indoor martins leave. 

 5:59 — Every higli bush has its flycatcher now, dozens all over cecropia 



forests, flying uj) and feeding. First butterfly out. 

 () :00 — Pigeons belling in three directions ; courting. Seedeaters still 



asleep. Moriche orioles leave ]>alm nest. Harsh cries of 



flycatchers dominant for the last ten minutes. Sun rises in 



clouds. 

 G:03 — Amazon parrots leave roost. 

 6:04 — Tinamou in distance; then one close to compound. First small 



flocks of swifts from jungle toward river. 

 6:06 — Twenty swifts hawking very high in the air. 

 6 :07 — Grass-finches appear and sing. 

 6:08 — Heavy mist blowing from forest, clouds whole sky. 



