Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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52 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL covered areas, the latter type of country pre- dominating. It is in the dark swamps that the precious quebracho trees grow. It was also from these same swamps that clouds of ravenous mos- quitoes issued with the first signs of failing daylight, and drove us to the refuge of our net-covered hammocks. There we sweltered through the long hours of the night, listening to the angry buzzing of our outwitted assail- ants, which was not unlike the soiuid pro- duced by a swarm of enraged bees. I could distinguish a number of different pitches and qualities in the music, blending harmoniously in one general chorus. The varying size of the insects, which ranged from individuals nearly an inch long to the small, infection- bearing Anopheles, doubtless accounts for the different tones produced by the vibrations of the wings. Small brockets ^ were plentiful in ' Brocket: a small South American deer having unbranched horns.
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Through the courtesy of the Brazilian government, the steamer "Nyoac" was turned over to the expedition for its exclusive use. The men of the expedition lived on board for many weeks and traveled wherever they wished

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