GLOSSARY

Acaiari, the resinous gum of the hiawa-tree. Acouri, one of the agutis; a rodent about the size of a rabbit. Acuero, a species of palm. Æta, a palm of great size; it may reach a hundred feet before the leaves begin. Ai, the three-toed sloth. Albicore, a fish closely related to the tunny. Anhinga, the darter or snake-bird; a cormorant-like bird. Ant-bear, now called the ant-eater. Ara, a macaw. Ara, Scarlet, the scarlet macaw. Bisa, one of the Saki monkeys. Cabbage Mountain, one of the most beautiful of the palm-trees. Camoudi, the anaconda. Campanero, the bell-bird. Caprimulgus, one of the goat-suckers. Cassique, a bird of the hang-nest family. Cayman, an alligator, as here used. Cotingas, chatterers. Couguar, the puma. Coulacanara, the boa-constrictor. Courada, the white mangrove tree. Crabier, the boat-bill--a small heron. Crickets, cicadas. Cuia, one of the Trojans. Curlew, Scarlet, the scarlet ibis. Dolphin, a coryphene--a true fish--not a cetacean. Guana, the iguana lizard. Hannaquoi, one of the curassows. Houtou, one of the motmots. Humming-bird Ara or Karabimiti, the crimson topaz. Jacamar, Jacana, as anglicized--the spur-winged waterhen. Labba, a rodent allied to the cavies. Naudapoa, an ibis. Patasa, unidentified. Phaeton, the tropic bird. Pi-pi-yo, unidentified. Porcupine, the tree-porcupine. Quake, a basket of open-work, very elastic and expansive. Redstart, quite distinct from the English redstart. Sacawinki, one of the squirrel monkeys. Sangre-do-buey, the scarlet tanager. Tangara, now called tanager. See Sangre-do-buey. Waracaba, the trumpeter. Whip-poor-will, one of the goat-suckers. Who-are-you? one of the goat-suckers. Willy-come-go, one of the goat-suckers. Work-away, one of the goat-suckers. Yawaraciri, one of the blue creepers.