KALACOON WILD LIFE 



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July 10th Fresh brood of red-spotted heliconias sleeping close together. 

 Tinamus major has almost completed wing molt. 



July llth Third young martin from the box nest flies for the first time. 



July 12th New broods of small butterflies in the forest; small white 

 heliconias and small whites. A nestling of pygmy wedge- 

 billed woodhewer leaves nest. A nestling of cayenne 

 wood rail caught. 



July 13th White-necked crake chick ready to hatch. 



July 14th Hundreds of lizards about one-third grown appear suddenly. 



July 15th Baby howler seen, only a few days old. Summer is surely 

 here, butterflies increasing daily in species and numbers. 



July 16th Orange-plant papilios out. A single nestling of Leotand 

 dusky flycatcher just flown. 



July 17th Nest and two eggs of coereba ; eggs purplish black; in 

 mucka-mucka near water across Mazaruni. Last night 

 many curious micro-lepidoptera came to light in Kala- 

 coon, one with enormously elongated hind-legs. 



July 18th New brood of banded blue morphos. Moriche oriole nest- 

 ing again in palm. 



Photo by P. G. H. 



FIG. 94. MOLE CRICKET AND YOUNG 



