








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.
Aeta, 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.