CONTENTS 



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DEDICATION VII 



INTRODUCTION BY COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT IX 



PREFACE XIII 



PART I BY WILLIAM BEEBE. 



I ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TROPICAL RESEARCH STATION 23 



IL HISTORICAL BARTICA . 31 



III THE NATURALISTS OF BARTICA DISTRICT 38 



IV THE GENERAL FIELD OF WORK 43 



V THE OPEN CLEARING AND SECONDGROWTH 51 



VI THE JUNGLE AND ITS LIFE 69 



VII THE BIRD LIFE OF BARTICA DISTRICT 91 



VIII LIST OF THE BIRDS OF BARTICA DISTRICT 127 



IX AKAWAI INDIAN AND COLONIAL NAMES OF BIRDS AND 



MAMMALS OF BARTICA 138 



X METHODS OF RESEARCH 147 



XI FURTHER NOTES ON THE LIFE HISTORY OF HOATZINS 155 



XII THE HOMES OF TOUCANS 183 



XIII ORNITHOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES 211 



XIV YOUNG GREY-BACKED TRUMPETERS 247 



XV THE WAYS OF TINAMOU 253 



XVI WILD LIFE NEAR KALACOON 271 



XVII THE ALLIGATORS OF GUIANA 283 



PART II BY G. INNESS HARTLEY. 



XVIII NOTES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JACANA 293 



XIX NOTES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMOOTH-BILLED 



A NI 307 



XX NOTES ON A FEW EMBRYOS 321 



XXI NESTING HABITS OF THE GREY-BREASTED MARTIN 328 



XXII PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 



WING 



XXIII NOTES ON THE PERAI FISH 359 



