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A Sloth, which I refer to Bradipus tridactylus, is common on the sea 
coast, but is never found in the interior. Cyclotherus didactylus also 
occurs. 
I must now notice a few of the Birds of Ilheos, 
Commencing with the Urabus, the first on the list is the Sarcorumpus 
papa, which is very rare on the coast, but more frequent on the inland 
plains. 
Two species of Cathartes are common everywhere, viz. Cathartes fo&tidus 
and Cathartes aura. I fancy there are indeed more species than these, but 
I avoided shooting those nasty yet useful birds. I once shot a specimen of 
Cathartes fattidus, and can most positively affirm that it well deserves its 
name. It measured seven feet across the wings. Tt is rather a singular 
fact, that these carrion birds should eat any vegetable food, but they are 
especially fond of the nuts of the species of palm, from which the true 
palm oil is extracted. 
Passing to the Falcons, the next bird I can take note of is the Caracara. 
The Ilheos species scarcely appears to me to be the Polyboras Braziliensis, 
but if not the same, it is very closely allied to that species. 
Hawks are generally abundant. I know more than twenty species, some 
large, others scarcely larger than a thrush. 
Owls occur, but are not abundant. Three or four species only are 
common. 
Passing to the Parrot family. The Ararauna is by no means rare, but is 
never seen in numbers— I think I have seen a dozen together, but never 
more— in this respect differing from its congeners, especially the Maracana. 
About six species of Maracanas occur. Though found throughout the 
whole year, they are most abundant during the rainy season. They are, I 
believe, untameable. 
About the members of the Parrot family, I can give but very little infor- 
mation. Upwards of sixty species occur, chiefly during the rainy season. 
They are caught for the purpose of food in large numbers, chiefly by means 
of bird lime and a decoy bird. Many species are very local even in their 
migrations, different species being found at stations only twenty miles 
apart. For example : at Rio-das-contas a large green Parrot with a yellow 
head, occurs more or less frequently every year, but I believe it has never 
been taken at Itahype, eighteen miles off, probably because its favourite food 
does not occur there. 
A large number of beautiful Woodpeckers are to be found, and some of 
them are as tame as the Robins in England. I have frequently taken down 
epithetical plants from a tree while the Woodpeckers were busy overhead. 
I found two species of Orotophaga on the coast, and a third on the plains 
of the interior. The coast species are blue black, the other is black 
