10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUACHARO»
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guacharo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
(Taylor 1864:89) ◊ There was another Guacharo cave in the Monos channel. (
Kingsley 1880:132) ◊ Guacharo or Diablotin... the young only are acceptable,
and they are caught in the nest during February and March: the fledged bird is
not ...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
The guacharo is of the size of our fowls, has the mouth of the goatsuckers and
procnias, and the port of those vultures, the crooked beak of which is surrounded
with stiff silky hairs. It forms a new genus, very different from the goatsucker by the
...
3
The Edinburgh philosophical journal
The guacharo is of the size of our fowls, has the mouth of the goatsuckers and
procnias, and the port of those vultures, the crooked beak of which is surrounded
with stiff silky hairs. It forms a new genus, very different from the goatsucker by the
...
The plumage of the guacharo is of a dark bluish gray, mixed with small streaks
and specks ot black. Large white spots, which have the form of a heart, and which
are bordered with black, mark the bead, the wings, and the tail. The eyes of the ...
5
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, ...
The plumage of the guacharo is of a dark bluish gray, mixed with small streaks
and specks of black. Large white spots, which have the form of a heart, and which
are bordered with black, mark the head, the wings, and the tail. The eyes of the ...
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
The guacharo is of the size of our fowls, has the mouth of the goatsuckers and
procnias, and the jiort of those vultures, the crooked beak of which is surrounded
with stiff silky hairs. It forms a new genus, very different from the goatsucker by the
...
Sir David Brewster, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Jameson, 1820
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The Babbler; or, Weekly literary and scientific intelligencer
The Indians enter into the Caeva tlel Guacharo once a year, near midsummer,
armed with poles, hy means of u-liich they destroy the greater part of the nests. At
this season, several thousands of hirds are killed; and the old ones, as if to
defend ...
8
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of ...
The plumage of the guacharo is of a dark bluish grey, mixed with small streaks
and specks of black. Large white spots of the form of a heart, and bordered with
black, mark the head, wings, and tail. The eyes of the bird, which are dazzled by
the ...
Alexander von Humboldt, Aimè Bonpland, Thomasina Ross, 1852
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A "pure Excess of Complexity": Tropical Surfeit, the ...
Humboldt visits the Cavern of the Guacharo, a location known to the indigenous
Chayma tribes simply as the “mine of fat” (3: 120). This cave is the nesting area
for huge numbers of the guacharo, a nocturnal, cave-dwelling, and frugivorous ...
Jason Howard Lindquist, 2007
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
The cavern of Guacharo, • another of the same description, of which an accurate
account was first given by Humboldt, is so well de- scribed by that accomplished
traveller, that we shall offer no apology for giving the following extracts from his ...
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, David Brewster (sir), sir David Brewster, 1830
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUACHARO»
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Rains put poaching of oilbirds on hold
A large colony of the guacharo or oilbird (steatornis caripensis) inhabits the ledges and roof of this cavern. Poachers had a profitable period ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jun 15»
Bienvenidos - Bajada de Emergencia
El Conde del Guacharo, Cuánto Vale El Chiste, G. González Venevisión - Duration: 7:10. by edanper 470,197 views. 7:10. Play next; Play now. «Venevision International, Apr 13»
Harlem Shake: Isla Presidencial
Er Conde del Guacharo "Otra Vaina Loca" 2013 (AUDIO SINCRONIZADO) Puerto la Cruz - Duration: 1:06:27. by Ender Mujica 1,326,281 views. «YouTube, Feb 13»
GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam weigh-in results
Guacharo 'Jienotsu' Nagashima(154lbs); Jason 'Tyson' Wilnis(185lbs) vs. Toshio Matsumoto(187bs); Mutsuki Ebata(116.5lbs) vs. Sang Jae ... «Pro MMA Now, Dec 12»
In the steps of Teddy Roosevelt
"I made an interesting trip with three friends into the northern mountains of Trinidad to see a guacharo cave," Roosevelt wrote about his trip in ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Sep 12»
Choque pastor Maldonado los Proceres 2012
Luis Chataing y Er Conde del Guacharo. - Duration: 44:45. by alexandralc14 732,022 views. 44:45. Pastor Maldonado's crash 2014 China FP2 ... «YouTube, Aug 12»
Zoologger: The troglodyte bat bird of South America
This split-personality, cave-dwelling oddity, known to North Americans as the guacharo, doesn't seem to know whether it is bat or bird. «New Scientist, Feb 10»
