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I saw roany deer, 2 little yellow foxes on this trip^ t.nd a black 
ifiutum, much like a cassowary, but about the size of a small turkey. 
I got- a closer view of a pair of tu-yu-jai, and saw several flocks of 
curie-ca-ca, a black and white ibis. In the stretches of wooded country, 
the matto, I saw very large woodpeckers, and great blue and red macaws 
flew in pairs through the openings. They are called arara fron their cr-y. 
Little green parokeets and larger ones with red markings I saw only near 
Rio Araguaya. 
Naturally I noted gracing conditions. In Psrnambuco and Bahia^on 
lay earlier visit^ I sew country badly depleted by overgrasing. But in 
western Brazil, except along the roads^ the country has not suffered much. 
iTiere are thousands of cattle but r.hey are not crowded on the land. 
Burned areas are taken possession of by raolasses grass and jaragua. Ttese 
are both African grasses but were first described from Brazil, so early 
were they introduced. They are traveling across country so rapidly it 
makes a botanist's heart ache to think of how they will drive out the 
beautiful native species. From an economic standpoint Brazil is singularly 
blessed by this invasion, for unlike our invaders, injurious bromegrasses 
and goat grasses, these aggressive grasses are excellent forage. 
