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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo14amer (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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246 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL vigor never equalled by any bee and made the victim imagine he had been struck by a snake at least. Concentration of animal life had taken place at the rising of Gatiin Lake, and most of the islands formed had many inhabitants at first. The Gatun Hunt Club however soon reduced the population of these islands by hunting them with hounds and as the quarry in most instances could not leave the island the result was a clean sweep of all the larger species. We were too late, consequently, to find abundant game on any of the islands near Gatiin. I accompanied this Hunt Club on one occasion, securing two peccaries. The most efficient method of hunting the Panamanian jungle was by means of a headlight at night. The rays of the light, worn on the hunter's head, are reflected by the eyes of the animal which shine like two orbs of fire — red, green or bluish depending on the animal "shone." The hunted animal will see nothing but the approaching light and falls an easy victim to the rifle or shotgun. On account of the danger to domestic stock and to people by promiscuous shooting at night, this method has been pro- hibited on the Zone but beyond Zone limits it is to-day the favorite mode. The trip resulted in a good series of flash-light photographs of opossums and some of the smaller mammals. The apparatus for "flashing" the animals was set out by some runway or water- course where animals were apt to pass, and consisted of a mechanism to fire a magnesium flash and at the same time
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Photogr Flash-light picture of paca (Agouti paca virgata), one of the largest of the existing rodents, the closely-related carybara alone exceeding it in size. The paca is an animal of nocturnal habits and therefore can be photographed only by means of flash-light apparatus set at night. Note in the animal's mouth the mango which was used as bait. This is one of the game animals of the natives who call it conejo pintado or spotted "rabbit"

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