314 The Andes a:^d the Amazon. 



the ground. The gallinaceous birds, as the cigana and 

 curassow — the pheasant and turkey of the Amazon — perch 

 on the trees, while the great number of arboreal frogs and 

 beetles is an additional proof of the adaptation of the 

 fauna to a forest region. Even the epiphytous plants sit- 

 ting on the branches suggest this, arboreal feature in ani- 

 mal life. 



