IV. 
^hc fitbitiit of the firbs 
A GENERAL RETROSPECT. 
Let us glance at the character of some of the 
localities favoured by the birds. 
In the forests of the Upper Amazon, the 
traveller may wander for days and see no birds; 
yet, in truth, the country is tenanted by some 
hundreds of species. But the frugivorous kinds 
are to be met with only in the season when 
' \ the wild fruits are ripe, and then they con- 
gregate in the particular districts where these 
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5*. A 
Bearded Titmouse.— 5« Pa^e ii& 
