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TROPICAL AMERICA AND ITS ANIMALS 



are South American and the rest African. Very characteristic of South America 

 is the group represented by the carancho (Polyborus tharus), which ranges all 

 over South America. It is black on the back, lower-parts, and legs, but the breast is 



THE HARPY. 



brownish white marked with black cross-bands or spots. This hawk eats all 

 kinds of small animals, as well as carcases ; when excited the flesh-coloured skin 

 of its face turns yellow. Another caracara is the chimachima (Milvago chima- 

 chima), whose range extends from Brazil northwards to Panama, the allied 

 M. chimango ranging from south-eastern Brazil and Chile to the Straits of 



