. Bird lore . MARSH HAWKS, 34 DAYS OLD. The Egret Hunters of Venezuela BY GEORGE K. CHERRIE Curator of Birds, Brooklyn Institute ofArts and Sciences HE country on both sides of the River Apureand its tributaries is low and flat, with innu-merable swamps and marshes. This country ofllanos is the Egret country, comparatively fewplumes being collected in the valley of theOrinoco proper. The center of the plumeindustry is at San Fernando de Apure, where-^^ almost every business house, of whatever char- acter, has a prominent sign before its door of Aqui se compraPLUMAS (Plumes are bought here)

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. Bird lore . MARSH HAWKS, 34 DAYS OLD. The Egret Hunters of Venezuela BY GEORGE K. CHERRIE Curator of Birds, Brooklyn Institute ofArts and Sciences HE country on both sides of the River Apureand its tributaries is low and flat, with innu-merable swamps and marshes. This country ofllanos is the Egret country, comparatively fewplumes being collected in the valley of theOrinoco proper. The center of the plumeindustry is at San Fernando de Apure, where-^^ almost every business house, of whatever char- acter, has a prominent sign before its door of Aqui se compraPLUMAS (Plumes are bought here). I have visited San Fernandotwice during my stay of a year and a half in this region, and eachtime counted about fifty bungos which were employed by theirowners in plume hunting. These plume hunters bungos are, as a rule, long, light dugoutcanoes, with an arched covering like a wagon top for full a third oftheir length, made of light matched lumber so as to keep provis-ions and plumes dry. This word regarding the style of covering, or

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