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Through the BrazUiaii U'ildcnicss. 
Altliou,!^]) not an al)undant, it was an interestin;^- fauna which 
the two naturahsts found in this upland country, wliere hitherto 
no collections of birds and nianituals had been made 
Cherrie ,i;ot many birds which he did not recos^'nise. At this 
camp, amon.i;- totally strani;e forms, he found an old and 
familiar acquaintance. Before breakfast he brought in several 
birds; a dark-coloured flycatcher, with white forehead and 
rump and two very long tail-feathers: a black and slate-blue 
tanager; a black ant-thrush, with a concealed white spot on 
its back, at the base of the neck, and its dull-coloured mate; 
and other birds which he believed to be new to science . . . 
In thi s nigiibourhood (Campos Novos) the two naturalists 
found many birds with which we had not hitherto met. The most 
conspicuous was a huge oriole, the size of a small crow, with a 
naked face, a black-and-red bill, and gaudily variegated plumage 
of green, yellow, and chestnut. Very interesting was the false 
bell-bird, a grey bird, with loud, metallic notes. There was 
also a tiny, soft-tailed woodpecker, no larger than a kinglet; 
a queer humming bird with a slightly flexible bill; and many 
species of ant-thrush, tanager, mannakin, and tody. Among 
these unfamiliar forms was a vireo, looking" much like our 
solitary vireo .... Miller and one of the dogs caught a 
Sariema — a big long-legged, bustard-like bird — in rather a 
curious way. We were on the march, plodding along through 
as heavy a downpour as it was our ill-fortune to encounter. 
The Sariema, evidently as drenched and uncomfortable as w 
were, was hiding under a bush to avoid the pelting rain. The 
dog discovered it, and, after the bird valiantly repelled him 
Miller was able to seize it. Its stomach contained about half 
a pint of grasshoppers and beetles and young leaves. At Vilhena 
there was a tame sariema, much more familiar and at home 
than any of the poultry. It was without the least fear of man 
or dog. The sariema (like the screamer and the curassou) 
ought to be introduced into our barnyard and on our lawns, 
at any rate in the Southern States; it is a good-looking, friendly, 
and attractive bird. Another bird we met is in some places far 
more intimate, and domesticates itself. This is the pretty little 
honey-creeper. In Columbia, Miller found the honey-creepers 
habitually coming inside the houses and hotels at meal-times, 
hopping about the table, and climbing into the sugar-bowl." 
