GUACHARO

Adair's New Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 3
or OIL BIRD (Sic at ornis), a Picarian bird confined to Trinidad and the coastal region of the N.W. of South America; so called on account of _ the fat contained in the nestlings, which 4s used for lighting and as a butter substitute by the natives; a twilight feeder, which nests in caves. - province, i generally level; fertile; traversed by Tagus; produce chiefiy agricultural; area, 4676 sq. miles. Pop. 210,000. Capital, Guadalajara; has fine old ruined palace; cotton and woolen _W.), town, Mexico; capital of Jalisco State; contains cathedral, univ., art academy, mint; many interesting churches; ‘tant trade, cotton, woolen, iron, and steel manufactures, leather, pottery. Pop. 120,000. W.), river, Spain; rises in Sierra de Cazorla; flows 8.W. for 360 miles, into lentigal navigable to Seville; ancient | ~Baetis. W.), island in Le er Antilles (W. Indies), forming important Fr. colony with five island dependencies; capital, Ba e Terre; climate hot, but healthy; soil fertile and well cultivated. Sugar, coffee, and rum are exported. G. was discovered by Columbus; acquired by France, 1634; taken by British, 1794, 1810; restored to France, 1814. Area, 687 sq, miles. Pop. 190,000. river, Spain and Portugal; rises in Span. rovince, Albaceté; flows through Ciuad Real, Badajoz, and Portug. province Alemtejo; separates Huelva from Portug. province Algarve; falls into Atlantic; ength, 500 miles; navigable 40 miles above mouth; ancient Anas, town, Granada, Spain. Pop. c. 12,000. town, Colombia, S, America, near Magdalen a River, 50 miles N.W. o
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