See also:

• GUACHARO (said to be an obsolete Spanish word signifying one that cries, moans or laments loudly)

GUACHARO (said to be an obsolete See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish word signifying one that cries, moans or laments loudly)  , the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-See also:

• AMERICAN

American name of what See also:

• ENGLISH

English writers See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call the oil-See also:

• BIRD

bird, the Steatornis caripensis of ornithologists, a very remarkable bird, first described by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander von See also:

• HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, BARON
• HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835)

Humboldt (Voy. aux reg. equinoxiales i . 413, Eng. trans. iii . 119; Obs . Zoologie ii . 141, pl. xliv.) from his own observation and from examples obtained by Aime J . A . See also:

• BONPLAND, AIMS JACQUES ALEXANDRE (1773-1858)

Bonpland, on the visit of those two travellers, in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1799, to a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave near See also:

• CARIPE

Caripe (at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a monastery of Aragonese See also:

• CAPUCHINS

Capuchins) some See also:

• FORTY

forty See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles S.E. of See also:

• CUMANA

Cumana on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America . A few years later it was discovered, says Latham (Gen . Hist . Birds, 1823, vii . 365), to inhabit See also:

• TRINIDAD

Trinidad, where it appears to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the name of Diablotin ;l but by the See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of specimens procured at.Sarayacu in See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, See also:

• CAJAMARCA, or CAXAMARCA

Cajamarca in the Peruvian See also:

• ANDES

Andes, and Antioquia in See also:

• COLOMBIA

Colombia (Proc . Zool .

Society, 1878, pp . 139, 140; 1879, p . J32), its range has been shown to be much greater than had been supposed . The singularity of its structure, its curious habits, and its See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar economical value have naturally attracted no little See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention from zoologists . First referring it to the genus Caprimulgus,.its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original describer soon saw that it was no true See also:

• GOATSUCKER

goatsucker . It was subsequently separated as forming a sub-See also:

• FAMILY

family, and has at last been regarded as the type of a distinct family, Steatornithidae—a view which, though not put forth till 187o (Zool . See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record, vi . 67), seems now to be generally deemed correct . Its systematic position, however, can scarcely be considered settled, for though on the whole its predominating See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance may be with the Caprimulgidae, nearly as much See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity may be traced to the Strigidae, while it possesses some characters in which it differs from both (Proc . Zool . Society, 1873, pp . 526-535) .

About as big as a See also:

• CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

crow, its plumage exhibits the blended tints of See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate-See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey, barred and pencilled with dark-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown or See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, and spotted in places with See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, that prevail in the two families just named . The See also:

• BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak is hard, strong and deeply notched, the nostrils are prominent, and the., gape is furnished with twelve See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long hairs on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . The legs ,and toes are comparatively feeble, but the wings are large . In habits the See also:

• GUACHARO (said to be an obsolete Spanish word signifying one that cries, moans or laments loudly)

guacharo is wholly nocturnal, slumbering by See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in deep and dark caverns which it frequents in vast See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers . Towards evening it arouses itself, and, with croaking and r Not to be confounded with the bird so called in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ANTILLES

Antilles, which is a See also:

• PETREL

petrel (Oestrelata) . 643 clattering which has been likened to that of See also:

• CASTANETS (Fr. castagnettes, Ger. Kastagnetten, Span. castanuelas)

castanets, it approaches the exit of its See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat, whence at nightfall it issues in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of its See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, which, so far as is known, consists entirely of oily nuts or fruits, belonging especially to the genera Achras, Aiphanas, See also:

• TAURUS (" the Bull ")

Taurus and Psichotria, some of them sought, it would seem, at a very See also:

• GREAT

great distance, for Funck (See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull . Acad . Sc . Bruxelles xi. pt . 2, pp . 371-377) states that in the See also:

• STOMACH (Gr. vrbsaxos from arbga, a mouth)

stomach of one he obtained at Caripe he found the See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed of a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree which he believed did not grow nearer than 8o leagues . The hard, indigestible seed swallowed by the guacharo are found in quantities on the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor and the ledges of the caverns it frequents, where many of them for a time vegetate, the See also:

• PLANTS

plants thus growing being etiolated from want of See also:

• LIGHT

light, and, according to travellers, forming a singular feature of the gloomy See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene which these places See also:

• PRESENT

present .

The guacharo is said to build a bowl-like See also:

• NEST

nest of See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, in which it See also:

• LAYS

lays from two to four white eggs, with a smooth but lustreless See also:

• SURFACE

surface, resembling those of some owls . The See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young soon after they are hatched become a perfect See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat, and while yet in the nest are sought by the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, who at Caripe, and perhaps elsewhere, make a See also:

• SPECIAL

special business of taking them and extracting the oil they contain . This is done about midsummer, when by the aid of torches and long poles many thousands of the young birds are slaughtered, while their parents in alarm and rage hover over the destroyers' heads, uttering harsh and deafening cries . The grease is melted over fires kindled at the cavern's mouth, run into earthen pots, and preserved for use in cooking as well as for the See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting of lamps . It is said to be pure and limpid, See also:

• FREE

free from any disagreeable See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste or See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell, and capable of being kept for a See also:

• YEAR

year without turning rancid . In Trinidad the young are esteemed a great delicacy for the table by many, though some persons See also:

• OBJECT

object to their peculiar See also:

• SCENT

scent, which resembles that of a cockroach (Blatta), and consequently refuse to eat them . The old birds also, according to E . C . See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor (See also:

• IBIS

Ibis, 1864, p . 90), have a strong crow-like odour . But one See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus Steatornis is known . In addition to the See also:

• WORKS

works above quoted valuable See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about this curious bird may be found under the following references: L'Herminier, See also:

• ANN

Ann .

Sc . Nat . (1836), p . 6o, and Nouv . Ann . See also:

• MUS

Mus . (1838), p . 321; Hautessier, Rev . Zool . (1838), p . 164; J . See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, Monatsb .

Berl . Acad . (1841), p . 172, and Archiv See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Anat . (1862), pp . 1-r 1; See also:

• DES

des Murs, Rev. zool . (1843), p . 32, and Ord . Orn. pp . 26o-263; See also:

• BLANCHARD, SAMUEL LAMAN (1804-1845)

Blanchard, Ann . Mus . (1859), xi. pl .

4, fig . 30; See also:

• KONIG, KARL RUDOLPH (1832-1901)

Konig-Warthausen, Journ. flee Orn . (1868), pp . 384-387; Goering, Vargasia (1869), pp . 124-128; Murie, Ibis (1873), pp . 81-86 . (A .