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A VERY realistic description of the abundance and variety of animal life in the tropics is given by Mr. C. W. Beebe in Zoologia, vol. ii., published by the Zoological Society of New York. Mr. Beebe has had a wide experience of jungle-life in many lands, and hence his latest experiences in Brazil have the greater value, though his stay there was confined to a few days in the neighbourhood of Para. Abundance of species and a relative fewness of individuals, he remarks, are pronounced characteristics of any tropical fauna. This was abundantly confirmed during the trip now under discussion. He quickly discovered that more was to be obtained by watching particular trees which afforded special attractions in the form of vividly coloured fruit than in aimless wandering.
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P., W. New Aspects in the Study of Jungle Life . Nature 97, 552 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097552b0
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