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A Deer 
in the 
While I was waiting for the Agouti to come my way, 
I was entertained hy many interesting sights and sounds. 
Every now and then the Howling Monkeys would break out in 
a great uproar. They were probably a mile away but I 
heard them with great distinctness. Tinamous gave their 
weird calls at short intervals and there were various 
strange wood sounds. The Coq bois whistled near me and 
presently appeared, walking steadily and swiftly exactly 
like a Rail and jerking up its tail at each step in the 
same manner — a pretty bird which I saw here for the 
first time, although Chapman introduced me to its call this 
morning. 
One of the most interesting things that I saw was 
an Emperor Butterfly, a superb creature with great blue 
wings. It flew slowly and with a flickering motion. 
After our return, when twilight wa.s falling, I 
went up the road to try for a Goatsucker. Hutton, who 
was with me and ahead, saw a Deer in the middle of the road 
and beckoned to me. I walked slowly to the crest of the 
knoll and at once saw the animal. It made a pretty pic¬ 
ture as it stood perfectly motionless in the middle of 
the road, its right side turned towards us. In the dim 
light it looked exactly like one of.our northern Deer, 
and its position was the same. 
