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STAY AT MORRO d'aRARA, 



Iraras, Mustela - - 4 



Mbaracayas, Felts pardalis - 4 



Gattos pintados, Felis tigrina ? - 3 



Gattos muriscos, Felis yaguarundi - 2 



Tatus, T>asypus - - 30 



Pacas, Ccdogenys paca - I9 



Cutias, Dasyprocta aguti - 46 



EATABLE BIRDS. 



Mutum, Crax alector. Linn. - 8 



Jacutingas, Fenelope leucoptera - 5 



Jacupembas, Penelope marail. Linn. 2 



Macucas, Magoiin, BufFon - 5 



Chororao. Tinamus variegatus, Latham 6 



Patos, Anas moschata, Linn. 4 



In all, 181 quadrupeds, and 30 large eatable birds. 



With the monkeys that we killed, many young ones also fell into 

 our hands; we were however unable to preserve these tender little 

 creatures alive for any length of time, probably because we had not 

 proper food for them. 



Besides the supplies for our kitchen, our hunting excursions fur- 

 nished me with materials for researches in natural history, and thus 

 the time passed very quickly in this solitude. Among the animals 

 found in these forests, I mention only some hitherto non-descript 

 species; among others, the purple chatterer, or silk-tail*, the sabia- 

 sicca-f, a parrot with a remarkable varying note; the maitaca with 



* Ampelis atro-purpnrea ; 7 inches 9 lines long ; the plumage of the old birds is dark pur- 

 ple, on the crown inclining to bright red ; quill feathers white. The plumage of the young 

 birds is ash grey, with white quill feathers. 



t Psittacus cyanogaster ; plumage beautiful dark green ; on the belly an azure blue spot ; 

 the tail rather long : this species is frequently kept in houses on account of its \ov , 



