. 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 . II/KTMoknis SUPBROILIOSUS.(From Elliot.) THE MULE ROAD AND GUADUAS. 109. CHRYSOLAMPIS MQSCHITUS. (From Elliot.) ruby feathers on the crown and a few topaz ones on the we saw great numbers of humming-birds, we had to selectour shots carefully, for if onefell in the thick underbrush,it was a hopeless task tolook for it. We found thatwe had either to wait untilthey were over an open spaceor else shoot them i
. 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 . II/KTMoknis SUPBROILIOSUS.(From Elliot.) THE MULE ROAD AND GUADUAS. 109. CHRYSOLAMPIS MQSCHITUS. (From Elliot.) ruby feathers on the crown and a few topaz ones on the we saw great numbers of humming-birds, we had to selectour shots carefully, for if onefell in the thick underbrush,it was a hopeless task tolook for it. We found thatwe had either to wait untilthey were over an open spaceor else shoot them immedi-ately overhead, so that theywould drop at our feet, andeven then we lost a good third new kind that Ikilled was a small bird, green above, green and white below, chin,spot back of eye, and flanks white, and gorget amethyst. Its tailwas peculiar, black, and forked, the two outer feathers on each sidebeing reduced almost to a bare stem (Acestrura mulsanti). In the grove we picked some of the most delicious oranges thatI ever tasted. We started back to the hotel shortly after ten oclock,and on our way stopped to fish in the little stream that we used grasshoppers for bait, and in a few minutes caught a half dozen small fi
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