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any exertion, tlie left elbow supporting its weight, and the 

 muscles of the loins supplying the power. The Macoushies 

 are very fastidious as to the straightness of 

 the pucuna, which th?y never allow to lean 

 against a tree, but always suspend by a 

 ^^^ loop just below the foresight. When on foot, 



^1^ they never carry the pucuna horizontally, as 



M we 'trail' arms, but hold it perpendicularly, 



and keep it as upright as the vegetation will 

 permit. In fact, the position of the holder is 

 almost identical with that of a soldier when 

 ' ordering arms.' 



There is a shorter and much heavier Blow- 

 gun used by some tribes. - It has no ourah, 

 and is made of a young palm, first split, then 

 hollowed, then put together and bound spirally 

 with vegetable fibre. 



Boat-Bill.— /^ee " Crabier." 

 BocLOEA {Trogon melanopterus) . — This species 

 of Trogon seems to have a wider range than 

 the generality of its kind. Mr. C. B. Brown 

 was fortunate enough to have an opportunity 

 of watching the bird and her young. 



" Close to my tent at that place there was 

 the nest of a common dark-coloured trogon, 

 called Bowclora, which merely consisted of a 

 hole scooped out of a large, round termite's 

 nest, built on the stem of a tree. In it were 

 two young ones which kept up a most doleful 

 whistling all day, while the mother sat on a 

 tree-bough near by, being afraid, from our 

 BLow-GDN, near proximity, to approach them. 



From examination of the stomach of the 

 Boelora, its food seems to be of a rather mixed nature, portions 

 of fruit and the remains of insects, chiefly the mantis, being 

 found in it. 



