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TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



dour the enamel of the flowers*, ghde out of the 

 leaves, the hollows of the trees, and holes in the 

 ground, and, creeping up the stems, bask in the 

 sun, and lie in wait for insects or birds. From this 

 moment all is life and activity. Squirrels, troops 

 of gregarious monkeys t issue inquisitively from 

 the interior of the woods to the plantations, and 

 leap, whistling and chattering, from tree to tree. 

 Gallinaceous jacus, hoccos, and pigeons t, leave 

 the branches and wander about on the moist 

 ground in the woods. Other birds of the most 

 singular forms, and of the most superb plumage §, 

 flutter singly, or in companies, through the fra- 

 grant bushes. The green, blue, or red parrots ||, 

 assembled on the tops of the trees, or flying 

 towards the plantations and islands, fill the air 

 with their screams. The toucan 4, sitting on the 



* Natrix Ahoetulla, cyanea, bicarinata nob., lacertina nob., 

 plumbea Neuw., caninana; Elaps venustissimus, formosus Neuw., 

 lemniscatus ; Leposternon microcephalus nob.; Amphisboena 

 fuliginosa, alba, oxyura, vermicularis nob. ; Coecilia annulata 

 nob. 



•f Midas Rosalia Lin. ; Cebus xanthocephalus nob. ; Brachy- 

 teles macrotarsus nob. ; Sciurus aestuans. 



J Penelope Marail, cristata ; Crax Alector variet. Co- 

 lumba frontalis. 



§ Falco brasiliensis, Sparveri ; Strix flammea, Huhula V. ; 

 Vultur Aura ; Crotophaga Ani ; Tanagra auricapilla Neuw., 

 brasilia, Jacapa, Mississipensis ; Euphone tricolor, violacea ; 

 Emberiza brasiliensis ; Fringilla flaveola ; Loxia grossa ; Lanius 

 undulatus, lineatus, naevius, atricapillus, Nycthemerus nob. 



II Psittacus brasiliensis, menstruus, viridissimus nob., cru- 

 entatus Neuw., auricapillus, severus, miiitaris. 



4- Rhamphastos Tucanus, dicolorus ; Pteroglossus Aracari, 

 Bailloni V. 



