are all little birds, being on an average, about as large as the TIGER-CAT. One of the small Leopards known as Margays It was TINAMOU. These birds all belong to the genus Tinamotis, TIRANA.-See "Sun bird." TORTOISE. This is the Box-Tortoise (Cistuda Carolina), within the shell, but can fold the shell together, so that it It is always to be found in dry situations, preferring the TOUCAN.-Tropical America produces an inexhaustible Kingsley seems to have been greatly impressed with the in "A Toucan out of the primeval forest, as gorgeous “His enormous and weak bill seems made for the purpose of swallowing bananas whole; how he feeds himself with it. in the forest is difficult to guess (see "Banana"); and when he hops up and down on his great clattering feet-two toes turned forward and two back-twisting head and beak right and left (for he cannot well see straight before him) to see whence the bananas are coming; or when again, after gorging a couple, he sits gulping and winking, digesting them in serene satisfaction, he is as good a specimen as can be seen of the ludicrousdare I say the intentionally ludicrous ?—element in nature.” It is true that in confinement the Toucan will eat little birds, just as a monkey will eat a mouse, but I very much doubt whether either toucan or monkey touches animal food in its native woods. Toucans make great inroads on the plantations of oranges, guavas, and other fruit, but, as they are shot in considerable numbers, the delicacy of their flesh makes amends for their depredations. Waterton seems to have eaten his Toucans boiled. The There are many species of Toucan. The Bouradi of Waterton is Rhamphastos erythrorhynchus, and the Scirou is Rhamphastos Ariel, as shown in the illustration. Toucanet is Rhamphastos vitellinus. It is an active little bird, uttering its yelping cry either by day or in the evening, and jerking its head about in a most ludicrous fashion. TRIBES, NATIVE.-The five great tribes are given on p. 237. Taking them in their order, the Waraws, or Guaraons, as Humboldt calls them, are more exclusively aquatic than the others, one great division of them living wholly in lake dwellings built in the stems of the ita or moriche palm. See "Æta." They are also the best canoe makers, and can carve canoes out of tree trunks, some of which are able to carry very large numbers of men. They sell these canoes to other tribes. The Arowacks are taller and fairer than the other tribes, averaging from 5 ft. 4 in. to 5 ft. 6 in. in height, and the mixed progeny of Arowack and European is said to be remarkable for its beauty and intellect. The Acoways wear scarcely The Caribs are also nude, and wear ornaments in their The In the accompanying illustration I have brought together wavy hair, sloping shoulders, ample brow, full eyes, and straight delicate nose. Substitute an English archery dress for the skin robe, and a bow for the spear, and there is a handsome English girl at an archery meeting. The Sculptor's Ideal of the same subject is wholly Greek. Substitute a crescent diadem for the plumed circlet, a light classical chiton for the feather apron, and there is Diana. How different is the real figure of the Guianan type of female beauty, copied exactly from a photograph in my possession! Note the difference of size, the coarse, straight hair, the little eyes, the high cheek-bones, the short neck, the square shoulders, the in-turned feet, and the spreading toes. Dress her as you will, or even change her complexion, she can never look English or Greek. TROELY. This is a palm with very long and wide leaves, which are much used in the construction of houses. Stedman mentions the palm under the name of Trooly, and states that the leaves diverge directly from the ground, like those of the young coucourite. The leaves sometimes reach a length of thirty feet, and are proportionately wide. They will last for ten or twelve years when made into thatch, so that a native will make a week's voyage in order to obtain a boat-load. Another name is Bussú. The scientific name is Manicaria saccifera. TROPIC BIRD (Phaeton æthereus).-This beautiful bird is one of the Pelican family, and derives its popular name from the fact that it is never seen outside the tropics unless blown by gales too violent to be resisted, even by its powerful wings. Like its relative, the frigate bird, it can remain on the wing during the whole day, and has been met at sea at least a thousand miles from the nearest land. It can, however, rest its wings by sitting on the water. There are several species of these birds, one named the Roseate Tropic Bird, being in great request among the natives of the South Seas, who use their long tail-plumes as ornaments in their head-dresses of ceremony. In this species, the tail |