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This is a very much smaller animal than the Great Ant- 

 bear, and while the one feeds on insects which it finds in the 

 ground, so does the other subsist on the ants and termites 

 which live in trees. Its tail is long and prehensile, and when 

 dissected its ribs are seen to be so flat, so thin, and so wide 

 that this part of the skeleton reminds the observer of the 

 bands of an armadillo. The very characteristic sketch of a 

 Little Ant-eater in repose was drawn by a lady, and lent to 

 the late C. Kingsley, from whose delightful At Last it is 

 taken. 



ANT-BIRDS. These are also called Ant-Thrushes, and belong 

 to the Formicarince. They are all thick-bodied birds, with large 

 heads, long legs, short tails, and very strong bills, as perhaps 

 is needful, considering the food on which they almost entirely 

 subsist. The largest of them is called the Giant Pitta, and 

 is about equal in size to our English rook. It is a native of 

 Surinam. 



Several species of Ant-Thrush are to be found in India 

 They find an English representative in the well-known 

 Dipper of our streams and lakes. 



APRON. This ornament, for it can hardly be called a dress, 

 is made of various sizes, the average being that of the beautiful 

 example shown in the illustration, and drawn from a specimen 

 in my collection. It is eight inches in width, and four in 

 depth, and the colours are most artistically arranged, so as 

 to produce definite patterns in blue, yellow, green, carmine 

 chalk-white, and opaque vermilion. Other specimens are 

 rather larger, and some are not half the size. According to 

 Mr. C. B. Brown, the Accoway tribe seem to be the best 

 Apron makers. 



" I started from the Weynamou landing and walked to the 

 village, which consisted of four or five palm-thatched houses 

 with open sides, situated in a clearing, in which dwelt some 

 Ackawoise Indians. 



" I was struck with the manner in which the men of the 

 place wore their hair, allowing it to grow long and fall far 



