The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . theminimum 43° and the mean 56 . The year is divided into two seasons, « , the dry and wet, the latter occumng from Apnl to October,when the temperature is also the highest. On the llanos thedrv season destroys the pasturage completely, dries up the smallstreams and lagoons, and compels many animals of semi-aquatichabits to aestivate. At Caracas the annual rainfall ranged Irora602 to 863 millimetres between 1894 and 1902. In general theclimate of Venezuela is healthy wherever the ocean winds have
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . theminimum 43° and the mean 56 . The year is divided into two seasons, « , the dry and wet, the latter occumng from Apnl to October,when the temperature is also the highest. On the llanos thedrv season destroys the pasturage completely, dries up the smallstreams and lagoons, and compels many animals of semi-aquatichabits to aestivate. At Caracas the annual rainfall ranged Irora602 to 863 millimetres between 1894 and 1902. In general theclimate of Venezuela is healthy wherever the ocean winds have Ireeaccess. Sheltered places in the lowlands, especially near streamsand lagoons, are malarial and enervating, and at some points on thecoast are subject to dangerous fevers. The sanitary condition isgenerally bad, and many forms of disease prevail that are not dueto the climate. .... , Fauna.—The fauna and flora of Venezuela are similar in nearlyall respects to those of the neighbouring regions of Guiana, Braziland Colombia, the open llanos of the Orinoco being something of ^SSjiflftlrt. Coptsl 0/ Fademl DiltriCefiltalM of SbUt (uttf 7i See G. P. Wall, On the Otology of a part of Venezuela and ofTrinidad. Quart. Journ. Ceol. Soc. London, vol. xvi. (i860), , pi. XXI.; H. Karsten, Clologie de la Colombie Bolivarunne(Berlin 1886); W. Sievers, Karten zur physikalischen Geographievon Venezuela, Peurm. Uillhcil. vol. xlii. (1896), pp. X. &asr/«3lxrr3c Coluber variabilis. Bir4 life is represented chiefly by migratoryspecies, particularly of genera that inhabit the shoresnf streamsand lagoons. The shallow lagoons of the llanos, like those of tjieArgentine pampas, are favourite fishing grounds for these the garzeras of Venezuela are to be found nearly every kind ofheron, crane, stork and ibis, together with an incredible numberof Grallatores. Ducks are also numerous in species and individuals,including a small bird called the guiriri, in imitation of i
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