. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . BIRD COLLECTING IN EASTERN COLOMBIA The writer in the jungle at Buenavista. Note the black mass at the left whichis the butt of a single forest giant. —Photo by G. K. Cherrie. THE OOLOGIST ed from its hole. For a second I feltall gone inside but this was only mo-mentary, for the beast proved to benothing but an Armadillo, more fright-ened than I! Much relieved I foundmy Manacus and retreated, but sincethat time it has occcured to me whata wonderful protection for this animallies in its triangular, scaled head andits ability to his
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . BIRD COLLECTING IN EASTERN COLOMBIA The writer in the jungle at Buenavista. Note the black mass at the left whichis the butt of a single forest giant. —Photo by G. K. Cherrie. THE OOLOGIST ed from its hole. For a second I feltall gone inside but this was only mo-mentary, for the beast proved to benothing but an Armadillo, more fright-ened than I! Much relieved I foundmy Manacus and retreated, but sincethat time it has occcured to me whata wonderful protection for this animallies in its triangular, scaled head andits ability to hiss like a large snake. After getting all the birds I couldhandle during the day, I turned myattention to the interesting wasps ofthe region. I found two large bell-shaped nests of paper and also a col-ony of tiny social bees that build atubular mud entrance to their nestwhich consists of a hole in a tree orold stump. There were many beautiful flowersgrowing along the river banks, one inparticular, a huge vermillion ball withspine-like stemens, resembling a l
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