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TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



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FIG. 89. FAWN OF SMALL GRAY DEER 



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;52;^4 — Hanaquas S. E. E. ones answer. 



:;)3 — E. ones answer. 



:.5-i — New hanaqua cou2;)le S. S. E. 



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



insect. P'irst martin leaves nest. 

 :oG — Six more martins. 

 :57 — Six pairs lianaquas calling. 



:58 — Kiskadees and streaked flycatclier hawking. Indoor martins leave. 

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



forests, flying up and feeding. First butterfly out. 

 ():()() — 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. 

 :0y — Amazon parrots leave roost. 

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



flocks of swifts from jungle toward river. 

 :00 — Twenty swifts hawking very high in the air. 

 :07 — Grass-finches appear and sing. 

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



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