KALACOON WILD LIFE 



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July lOth- 



July nth- 

 July 12th- 



July 13tli- 



July 14th- 



July 15th- 



July 16th- 



July 17th- 



Julv 18th- 



-Fresh brood of red-spotted heliconias sleepmg close together. 

 Tinamus major has almost completed wing molt. 



-Third young martin from the box nest flies for the first time. 



-New broods of small butterflies in the forest; small white 

 heliconias and small whites. A nestling of pygmy wedge- 

 billed woodhewer leaves nest. A nestling of cayenne 

 wood rail caught. 



-White-necked crake chick ready to liatcli. 



-Hundreds of lizards about one-third grown appear suddenly. 



-Baby liowler seen, only a few days old. Summer is surely 

 herC;, butterflies increasing daily in species and numbers. 



-Orange-plant papilios out. A single nestling of Leotand 

 dusky flycatcher just flown. 



-Nest and two eggs of coereba ; eggs purplish black ; in 

 mucka-mucka near water across ^lazaruni. Last night 

 many curious micro-lepidoptera came to light in Kala- 

 coon, one with enormously elongated hind-legs. 



-New brood of banded blue morphos. Moriche oriole nest- 

 ing again in palm. 



I'h<,l<, hii P. G. II. 



FIG. 94. MOLE CRICKET AND YOUNG 



