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.