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Title: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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NO. S MAMMALS OF PANAMA—GOLDMAN 37 eastward to the Bayano River. Savannas also occur in the valley ofthe Chagres River, east of the Canal Zone. Some mammals andbirds are not very definitely assignable to either area, as they findtheir most congenial habitat along the forest borders where theyseek food in the open spaces and retire to the woodland for shelter.The savannas are now devoted largely to stock raising and duringthe dry season large parts of their surface are swept by fire whichdestroys much of the smaller animal life. Some of the hawks aresaid to have learned to patrol the fire lines, ready to pounce uponsmall rodents and other creatures attempting to escape. While view-ing the smoking plains from a vantage point on Cerro Azul, one ofmy native packers told me that a large hawk is locally known as bebe-humo (literally, drink smoke ) from its habit of flyingclose to the fire. Mammals of Savanna Area and Semi-forested Savanna Borders Marmosa mexicana savannarum, SavannaMarmos

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