THE CARIAMA. 





The Adjutant. 



The Cariamn. 



The Cariama is considered to be related to the waders, the gallinacious birds and the Ostriches. 

 found in the mountain-plains of Brazil. It lives on lizards, insects, molluscous animals, and seeds. 



It is 

 It is 



difficult to catch, running with such swiftness as to distance a fleet horse. 

 domesticated. It lays two eggs, in a nest built of sticks. 



When caught, it is easily 



The Tiger Bittern is a native of Guiana. It is about thirty inches long. It lives in savannahs, fre- 

 quenting occasionally the banks of rivers. It resembles the common Bittern in appearance and voice. It 

 builds its nest upon the ground, and lays seven or eight roundish eggs. 



The Tiger Bittcra. 



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The Skylark. 



