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S:MITHS()N1AN MISCET-LAXEOUS coi.eections 



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de Quime (Alt. 11.500 ft.) above the timber line, a stop was made 

 for several days and eonsiderable zoological material gathered. From 

 here to Espia the journey was by mule train. Espia is a spot at 

 the junction of the Megilla and La Paz rivers which form the Rio 

 Bopi. In August it was exceedingly dry and not ver}- productive 

 of specimens. 



Fig. 54. — Nest of Hoatzin, Little Rio Negro, Bolivia. 

 ( Pliotograph by Mann.) 



]Mositana Indians at their village down the river built balsas or rafts 

 and towed them up to where the party waited and the meml)ers 

 floated down the Bopi into the Rio Beni and to Huachi. a small settle- 

 ment, and remained in this vicinity for over a month, with several 

 excursions to nearby regions, as Covendo where the mission is located, 

 and up the Cochabaml)a River to Santa Helena, a localitv visited 



