gaviao

Updated: May 22, 2025

If he proudly hooted, displaying in the air the long white plumes of his tail, he in his turn meekly took to flight when in the loftier heights there appeared the "gaviao," the large white-headed eagle, the terror of the whole winged population of these woods. Minha made Manoel admire the natural wonders which could not be found in their simplicity in the more civilized provinces of the east.

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