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heads apparently, passing within a foot or less of our 
faces. I tried to shoot another hut the light was too poor. 
This specimen measured 22 inches in alar extent. 
The Owls these dark nights hoot or screech only 
in the evening and morning tvirilight but to-night at about 
9 o’clock we heard a Barn Owl very near the house. Its cry 
seemed to me .iiuch like that of a young child. It is the 
only time we have heard it here. 
The superb big fireflies are also rather crepuscular 
than nocturnal, for I rarely see them after it is fairly 
dark. As they wave to and fro through the cacao grove, 
they light up the ground beneath almost as brightly as 
would a small lantern. 
