. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. THE LAKE OF ITTCH. 39 we were troubled scarcely at all with noxious insects. "Jig- gers" there were in moderate numbers but one could "col- lect" more in one day in Virginia than in a month here at this season. During our entire stay we saw only about three or four minute ticks, while mosquitoes were absent, except at night. If we dug in rotten logs, we were sure to unearth centipedes and scorpions, many of them, — but otherwise we. Fig. 19
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. THE LAKE OF ITTCH. 39 we were troubled scarcely at all with noxious insects. "Jig- gers" there were in moderate numbers but one could "col- lect" more in one day in Virginia than in a month here at this season. During our entire stay we saw only about three or four minute ticks, while mosquitoes were absent, except at night. If we dug in rotten logs, we were sure to unearth centipedes and scorpions, many of them, — but otherwise we. Fig. 19. Scorpion and its Young taken from Milady's Shoe. rarely saw them. Once, indeed, a mother scorpion (Cenlru- rus margaritatus) with half a hundred young ones on her back was discovered in a shoe, bringing to mind the old nursery rhyme. We found that much of the jungle was almost impene- trable, and on one of our first excursions we were fortunate enough to find a means of making the birds come to us from the deeper recesses of the forest. As we left the doorway, a silent litde shadow fitted into the pommerosa tree in front of us, and soon among the glossy leaves came a sound which we. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beebe, Mary; Beebe, William, 1877-1962, joint author. London, Constable
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