. The Andes and the Amazon : or, Across the continent of South America. Natural history -- South America; Ecuador -- Description and travel; Amazon River; Andes -- Description and travel. Animals of the Great Forest. 309. Brazilian Hummers. uniform time for breeding. The majority, however, build their nests between September and ]S"ew Year's, and rare- ly lay more than two eggs. Amazonia, like Australia, is poor in teiTestrial mam- mals, and the species are of small size. Nearly the only game a hunter can depend upon for food, besides toucans and macaws, is peccari. One species of tapir,
. The Andes and the Amazon : or, Across the continent of South America. Natural history -- South America; Ecuador -- Description and travel; Amazon River; Andes -- Description and travel. Animals of the Great Forest. 309. Brazilian Hummers. uniform time for breeding. The majority, however, build their nests between September and ]S"ew Year's, and rare- ly lay more than two eggs. Amazonia, like Australia, is poor in teiTestrial mam- mals, and the species are of small size. Nearly the only game a hunter can depend upon for food, besides toucans and macaws, is peccari. One species of tapir, to represent the elephants and rhinoceroses of the Old World; three small species of deer, taking the places of deer, antelopes, buffaloes, sheep, and goats of the other continent; three species of large Felidse ; one peccari, and a wild dog, with opossums, ant-eaters, armadilloes, sloths, squirrels (the only rodents which approach ours),* capybaras, pacas, agoutis, and monkeys, comprise all the quadrupeds of equatorial America. The last two are the most numerous. Marsu- pial rats take the place of the insectivorous mammals. Of ant-eaters, there are at least four distinct species; but they are scattered sparingly, and are seldom found on the low * Large rats abound on the ^laranon, but they are not 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 Orton, James, 1830-1877. New York : Harper & Brothers
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