CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER III 



The Houtou — Curious habit of trimming the tail and feathers 

 — its habits — The Guianan Jay — The Boelora — Slight at- 

 tachment of the feathers — The Cuia — Eice-birds — Cas- 

 siques, their habit of mockery — Pendulous nests — Gregari- 

 ous nesting of different species — Wood-peckers of America 

 and England — Kingfishers — Jacamars and their fly-catch- 

 ing habits — Troupiales and their songs — Tangaras — Mani- 

 kins — Tiger-birds — Yawaraciri — Ant Thrushes — Parrot of 

 the Sun — Aras, or Macaws — Bitterns — Egret, Herons, etc. 

 — Goatsuckers — Whip-poor-Will — Superstitions — Tinamous 

 — Powis and Maroudi — Horned Screamer — Trimipeter — 

 King Vulture — Anhinga — ^Dangers of travel — Quartan 

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TEIED JOURNEY 



CHAPTER I 



From the Clyde to Demerara — Yellow fever — A deserted Plan- 

 tation — Black John — Medicines for tropical climates — 

 Bats — The lancet — Severe accident and recovery — A primi- 

 tive spear — History of the Sloth — An inhabitant of the 

 trees — Structure of the limbs — A domesticated Sloth — A 

 life of suspense — Structure of the hair — Mark on the back 

 — Capture of a Sloth — Release and escape — Ants — Ant- 

 bears — The great Ant-bear — Its powers of defence — Atti- 

 tude when standing — How it catches its prey — Glutinous 

 saliva — The Vampire and its habits — Bleeding gratis — __ 



Coushie Anta — Armadillo and its habits — Tortoise — Eggs " ~~/ 

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CHAPTER II 



The Vanilla; — ^Meaning of the word — Small Cayman — Daddy 

 Quashi — Wasps — Venomous reptiles and wild beasts — 

 Poison of the Labarri snake — Experiment with a Labarri 

 — The Bete-rouge — The Chegoe — Its nest — Ticks, and how 

 to get rid of them — The five tribes — Their habitations and 

 mode of life — Piwarri — The Pee-ay-man — A nation with- 



