. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . OUR PILOT WAS TAKEN OFF BY HIS BOAT. dashingGulf throusfh the Gulf StreamI was at once struckby the change inthe color of thewater; it had nowbecome of a mostbrilliant and beau-tiful dark blue, en-tirely different fromthe greenish blueof the water nearerthe coast. Lookingtowards the sternof the vessel, I saw that we were still followed by a flock of the small petrels that I had seen the daybefore. They circled around t
. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . OUR PILOT WAS TAKEN OFF BY HIS BOAT. dashingGulf throusfh the Gulf StreamI was at once struckby the change inthe color of thewater; it had nowbecome of a mostbrilliant and beau-tiful dark blue, en-tirely different fromthe greenish blueof the water nearerthe coast. Lookingtowards the sternof the vessel, I saw that we were still followed by a flock of the small petrels that I had seen the daybefore. They circled around the stern, every now and then drop-ping down to the foam in our wake to pick up some particle offood, and then hastening on to rejoin the retreating ship. Theycame within a few feet of the rail, and I, encouraged by a tempo-rary lull in my symptoms, took my camera and went back to take a THE VOYAGE. 9. snap shot at some of them, but themotion over the screw was so muchgreater than that amidships that Igave in before I succeeded, and re-treated to my stateroom more wretch-ed than ever. In the afternoon Isaw a few flying-fish, and some Por-tuguese men-o-war, the latter offer-ing a beautiful sight as they sailed lightlyover the waves, resplendent with variousshades of violet, purple, and pink. Sunday night the wind freshened, andall day Monday we pitched through a headsea, the wind being from the all felt worse than ever. I thoughtthe sea very rough, as the waves repeat-edly washed over the decks. A flying-fishcame on board and was caught. I exam- jjjjjined it as closely as I could. It was a jj§, .small one, about six inches long, a deep j§blue color above and silvery white below, 111/ ;a splendid example of protective colora- j|tion, as its colors harmonized with the HHdeep blue of the water and snowy white fijjof the foam. Later in the day I saw a |j§bird about the si
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