BERTHE ICAO SPELLING ALPHABET PATCH

BERTHE ICAO SPELLING ALPHABET PATCH

Unsure of its classification, Tattersall provisionally considered it a variant of the silky sifaka in his 1982 book, The Primates of Madagascar, citing its mostly off-white to yellowish fur, but also noting its uncharacteristic orange crown patch and tufted ears. The golden-crowned or Tattersall's sifaka, known locally as ankomba malandy (or akomba malandy, meaning ' white lemur'), was discovered in 1974 north of Vohemar in northeast Madagascar by Ian Tattersall, who observed but did not capture the animal. In Madagascar, lawlessness resulting from the 2009 political coup led to increased poaching of this species, and many were sold to local restaurants as a delicacy. The small colony was maintained from 1988 to 2008. Attempts have been made to keep the golden-crowned sifaka in captivity at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina. Its range was originally not covered by any national parks or protected areas in Madagascar, but a new protected area was established in 2005 to include a 20,000 ha (49,000 acres 77 sq mi) portion. The golden-crowned sifaka is listed by the IUCN Red List as Endangered. Forest fragmentation, habitat destruction, poaching, slash-and-burn agriculture, and other human factors threaten its existence. The small range and fragmented populations of this species weigh heavily on its survival. Infants are weaned during the wet season to ensure the best chances of survival. Reproduction is seasonal, with gestation lasting six months and lactation lasting five months. Scent is used to mark territories, which are defended by growling, chasing, and ritualistic leaping displays. The golden-crowned sifaka lives in groups of around five to six individuals, containing a balanced number of adult males and females. It sleeps in tall emergent trees and is preyed upon by the fossa. It is primarily active during the day, although it also tends to be active at dawn and dusk during the rainy season. Its estimated population is between 6,000 and 10,000 individuals. Illustration from Punch magazine, published in October 1890, which accompanied the poem Death and His Brother Sleep by Edwin James MillikenДЇound in gallery, deciduous, and semi-evergreen forest, its restricted range includes 44 forest fragments, totaling an area of 44,125 hectares (109,040 acres 170.37 sq mi), centered around the town of Daraina in northeast Madagascar. Some seconds hence they in pain may writhe.ДЇor the pace is hot, and the points are near,ДЄnd Sleep hath deadened the driver's ear ДЄnd signals flash through the night in vain.Дeath is in charge of the clattering train!

His nerves collapse, and, with sleep-sealed eyes,

Though tougher than leather, tenser than steel. Strained too fiercely will faint and swerve. The shadows fleet, and the gas-gleams dance Have told their tale on the man's tired brain,ДЄnd Death is in charge of the clattering train! Midst the fume of sulphur, the reek of oil, Of a slumbering man,-and it smacks of death! What is that sound? 'Tis the stertorous breath The hiss of steam-spurts athwart the dark. So the thud, thud, thud of wheel upon rail On the night-dark track, that he will not fail. They cheerily chat, or they calmly sleep, In this fellow of fustian, grease, and dust. Of the Man in charge of the clattering train. These are the matters that fill the brain Those eyes have stared on this many a year.ДЄn oil-can, a fist-full of 'cotton waste,' With grave grey eyes, and a knitted brow, ManВ is in charge of the thundering train! Or steersman's wheel, theyВ must bear the brunt So on rattling rail, or on wind-scourged wave, The northern blast o'er the beating brine,

The stokehole's heat and the crow's-nest's cold, With a bit of brain, and a conscience, behind,Д«etter, and longer, and harder all round 'Tis safer to trust them to sinew than steel. Wealth knows it well, and the hucksters feel You may talk of iron, and prate of force Why, flesh and blood, as a matter of course! We must make it up on our flight to town.Д¬latter and crash! That's the last train down, The axles creak, and the couplings strain.ДЄnd we're twenty now to the bad-no less! Who is in charge of the clattering train?

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