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rushed shrieking out of a boiling-house. ' Oh ! Massa Robert, 

 ■we all killed, Dar one great jumby-bird come in a hole atop 

 a roof. Oh ! Massa Robert, you no go in ; you killed, we 

 killed,' &c. &c. Massa Robert went in, and could see no bird. 

 ' Ah ! Massa Robert, him dai-ky him eye, but him see you all 

 da same. You killed, we killed,' &c., da capo." 



Not being able to identify any of Waterton's Goatsuckers, 

 I asked the opinion of Dr. P. L. Sclater, who kindly sent me 

 the following answer : — "As you say, the largest species must 

 be Nyctibius grandis. The other Caprimulgidse of which I 

 have seen examples from Guiana, are — 1. Nyctibius bracteatus. 

 2. Lwrocalis semitorquatus. 3. Antroatomus nigrescens. 4. 

 ChordeUes acutipennis . 5. Stempsis cayemiensis. 6. Hydrop- 

 salis schomburgki. 7. Nyatidromus albioollis. But, I regret 

 to say, there is nothing in "Waterton's words to assist you in 

 identifying them with this species." 



GoBE-MOUCHE, Geand. — Querula rubricollis. 



Gbeekheaet (Neatandra rodaei), called by the natives 

 Bibiri. — Here we have another of the neglected products 

 of Guiana. Kingsley thus mentions it in his At Last : — 



" The carapo is not the only tree of South America whose 

 bark may be used as a substitute for quinine. They may 

 be counted possibly by dozens. A glance at the excellent 

 enumerations of the uses of vegetable products to be found in 

 Lindley's Vegetable Kingdom (a monument of learning), will 

 show how God provides, and how man neglects and wastes. 



" As a single instance, the laurels alone are known already 

 to contain several valuable febrifuges, among which the De- 

 merara Greenheart, or Bibiri, claims perhaps the highest rank. 

 ' Dr. Maclagan has shown,' says Dr. Lindley, that ' sulphate 

 of Bibiri acts with rapid and complete success in averting 

 ague.' This tree spreads from Jamaica to the Spanish Main. 

 It is plentiful in Trinidad, still more plentiful in Guiana ; yet 

 all of it that reaches Europe is a little of its hard, beautiful 

 wood' for the use of cabinet-makers ; while in Demerara, I 

 am assured by an eye-witness, many tons of the precious 



