274 TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



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Photo l>n ir. 11. 



FIG. 89. FAWN OF SMALL GRAY DEER 



5:52^4 Hanaquas S. E. E. ones answer. 



5:53 E. ones answer. 



5:54- New hanaqua couple S. S. E. 



5 :55 White-throated kingbird goes to thorn-bush perch and catches first 



insect. First martin leaves nest. 

 5:56 Six more martins. 

 5 :57 Six pairs hanaquas calling. 



5 :58 Kiskadees and streaked flycatcher hawking. Indoor martins leave. 

 5:59 Every high bush has its flycatcher now, dozens all over cecropia 



forests, flying up and feeding. First butterfly out. 

 6:00 Pigeons belling in three directions; courting. Seedeaters still 



asleep. Moriche orioles leave palm nest. Harsh cries of 



flycatchers dominant for the last ten minutes. Sun rises in 



clouds. 



6:03 Amazon parrots leave roost. 

 6 :04 Tinamou in distance ; then one close to compound. First small 



flocks of swifts from jungle toward river. 

 6:06 Twenty swifts hawking very high in the air. 

 6:07 Grass-finches appear and sing. 

 6:08 Heavy mist blowing from forest, clouds whole sky. 



