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Q. 



Quail {Ortyx virginana).— 'Partly migratoi'y. 

 Quake. — A basket of open work and very elastic and ex- 

 pansive. The drawing is from my own specimen. 



Quivers. — Th?se are of t^A"o kinds, the one for holding the 

 arrows for the blow-gun, and the other for containing the 

 poisoned heads of the hog-arrows. A very fine specimen of 

 one of the former was given to me by Waterton, and is here 

 represented. 



The cover is not of peccary but of capybara skin, and has 

 th3 hair inside, so that by giving it a kind of screw when put 

 on, it remains finnly in its place. 



The layer of kurumanni wax, Avith which the quiver is 

 wholly covered, is of considerable thickness, so that if the 

 hunter were to allow the quiver to fall into the water, it 

 might float for hours with:)ut any moisture penetrating to the 

 interior, and so weakening the wourali on the arrows. 



The coil of silk-grass, and the scraper of pera'-teeth are 

 seen hanging to the quiver. "When the scraper is used, the 

 arrow-point is placed between two of the teeth, which are flat, 

 pointed, and edged like razors. The arrow is then drawn 



