. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . of the tiniestand shyest of all — the Beardless Flycatcher. It wasundoubtedly a i)ird of this species, and we were sorrythat we did not succeed in getting close enough to itto learn some of its habits. All of this species whichwe saw later were feedinjr on small berries and noton insects. THE STREAM AND ITS FICJ-TREES Whether we sat quietlv by the foaming stream orj)icked our way through bushes and over rocks alongits banks, there was always something new and strangeto see, and if we could have remained years instead ofa week or two, there would have been no lesse
. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . of the tiniestand shyest of all — the Beardless Flycatcher. It wasundoubtedly a i)ird of this species, and we were sorrythat we did not succeed in getting close enough to itto learn some of its habits. All of this species whichwe saw later were feedinjr on small berries and noton insects. THE STREAM AND ITS FICJ-TREES Whether we sat quietlv by the foaming stream orj)icked our way through bushes and over rocks alongits banks, there was always something new and strangeto see, and if we could have remained years instead ofa week or two, there would have been no lessening ofinterest on our part. Mexican Cormorants flew backand forth, and, for an experiment, one day we had Ri-cardo parboil one for us and then make it into a stew,and we were suri)rised to find that the meat was tenderand that it had no disagreeable odour. These cor-morants varied their diet of fish with certain aquaticplants, which grew in the more (piiet pools. Mallards «4 190 ^ ::::C NEAR THE TWIN VOLCAXOS ;*:::::::::. »Mj VIEW IN THE BARRANCA and Cinnamon Teal passed now and then, seldomalighting. Perhaps the most constant haunters of the streamwere the Violet-green Swallows, whose white breastswere seen all day long, darting up and down its course; «4 191 #* :::::::::*; TWO BIRD-LOVERS IN MEXICO B- now shooting ahead and suddenly bringing up, bal-ancing a moment on half-spread wings, then dartingon again. Back and forth they would go, in loose,irregular iiocks, winnowing the air of insects. Fiftyor more would straggle past and a few minutes laterreturn downstream, apparently remaining in the warmzone, sheltered from the winds, where insects were moreabundant. These swallows and the Black Plicebes wereactive even during the greatest heat of the day. Not far from camp were several groves of wide-branchino; wild fiji-trees. These were the grandesttrees of this part of Mexico, branching almost fromthe ground and stretcliing out their vast mass of foli-age on all sides. S
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