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hottest part of the day, when my people lay asleep, 
and watch the movements of animals. Sometimes a 
troop of Anus (Crotophaga), a glossy black-plumaged 
bird, which lives in small societies in grassy places, 
would come in from the campos, one by one, calling to 
each other as they moved from tree to tree. Or a 
Toucan (Rhamphastos ariel) silently hopped or ran 
along and up the branches, peeping into chinks and 
crevices. Notes of solitary birds resounded from a 
The Jacaaru (Teius teguexim). 
distance through the wilderness. Occasionally a sulky 
Trogon would be seen, with its brilliant green back and 
rose-coloured breast, perched for an hour without moving 
on a low branch. A number of large, fat lizards two 
feet long, of a kind called by the natives Jacuaru (Teius 
teguexim) were always observed in the still hours of mid- 
day scampering with great clatter over the dead leaves, 
apparently in chase of each other. The fat of this 
bulky lizard is much prized by the natives, who apply 
