. 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 . J. &.Keulemans del. T „ ^ _ ,_, T T ^ ^ „ _ _ T Chromo ICTERUS .XANTHORNUS CURASOENSIS,ifc% Qpiole . CURACAO AGAIN. 143 camera and went up to Fort Nassau on the hill back of the town,whence I took several views of the harbor. I passed on my waysome tamarind-trees in bloom, around which were quantities ofhumming-birds of the two species. I also saw numbers of thechestnut-crowned yello
. 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 . J. &.Keulemans del. T „ ^ _ ,_, T T ^ ^ „ _ _ T Chromo ICTERUS .XANTHORNUS CURASOENSIS,ifc% Qpiole . CURACAO AGAIN. 143 camera and went up to Fort Nassau on the hill back of the town,whence I took several views of the harbor. I passed on my waysome tamarind-trees in bloom, around which were quantities ofhumming-birds of the two species. I also saw numbers of thechestnut-crowned yellow warblers, the honey-creepers, and the. ABORIGINES OF CURACAO. mocking-birds, and three sparrow-hawks. In the afternoon we wentfor a long drive to the southeast of the town. At a point on thesouthern edge of the Lagoon we passed some large shallow salt-water pools, where I saw wading about sand snipe of three differentsizes, but could recognize none of them. I also saw at a distance alarge hawk that flew like our marsh-hawk. I regret that we couldnot stay here long enough to work up thoroughly the birds of theisland. In the course of our drive we passed many attractive-looking 144 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. country places surrounded, by cool groves of fruit and palm nisperos were in perfection. They much resemble a russet apple,but are soft and pulpy, with large flat seeds. The pulp is verysweet, like unrefined sugar, and though I did not care for them atfirst, I soon grew to like them. I also tried some cashews, or cachiis,and found them not unpleasant, but my unfortunate curiosity led meto bite into one of th
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