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Quail {Ortyx virginana). — Partly migratory. 

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

 pansive. The drawing is from my own specimen. 



Quivers. — These are of two kinds, the one for holding the 

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

 poisoned heads of the hogarrows. A very fine specimen of 

 oiie 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 

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

 on, it remains firmly in its place. 



The layer of kurumanni wax, with 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 without any moisture penetrating to the 

 interior, and so weakening the wourali on the arrows. 



The coil of silk-grass, and the scraper of perai-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 



