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FIG. 88. THE OPEN CLEARING OF KALACOON COMPOUND 



of tlie who-are-voii or the indescribably mournful wail of the 

 poor-nie-one, echoed from the darkness at the edge of the 

 compound. Or later, in the half-light, these were replaced 

 by the harsh squawks of caracaras, the shrill scream of par- 

 rots or macaws, an early risen kiskadee, or the never-absent 

 duets of the little guans or hanaquas. 



II 



Many mornings I made notes on the awakening of 

 tropical life, as I observed it through the senses of sight 

 and hearing, beginning at daybreak, at 5:80 A. jNI., and con- 

 tinuing it for a half or a full hour, I print three of these 

 tables of observation, made respectively in JMarch, jNIay and 

 July. 



