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OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. 



tance are always to be seen Snowy Egrets 33 and immature 

 Blue Herons 34 spots of purest white, while near at hand, 

 absurdly tame, a big hawk forever soars slowly about or 



FIG. 33. THE HOME OF THE AMAZON PARROT IN THE MIDDLE OF 

 PITCH LAKE. 



perches on some great frond of a tall palm. It is a White- 

 headed Chimachima Hawk 5G with plumage of white, save for 

 back, wings, and tail. 



The two most abundant small birds are chiefly white in 



