. 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 S KeudemajTs del Chromo , ICTERUS XANTHORNUS CURASOENSIS,i^Tv. Ciaracao Qpiole . daikoroft Librasty CURACAO AGAIN. 143 camera and went up to Fort Nassau on the hill hack of the town,whence I took several views of the liarhor. I passed on my waysome tamarind-trees in hloom, around which were quantities ofhumming-hirds of the two species. I also saw numbers of thechestnut-crowned yellow war
. 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 S KeudemajTs del Chromo , ICTERUS XANTHORNUS CURASOENSIS,i^Tv. Ciaracao Qpiole . daikoroft Librasty CURACAO AGAIN. 143 camera and went up to Fort Nassau on the hill hack of the town,whence I took several views of the liarhor. I passed on my waysome tamarind-trees in hloom, around which were quantities ofhumming-hirds of the two species. I also saw numbers of thechestnut-crowned yellow warblers, the honey-creepers, and the. ABORIGINES OF CURACAO. mockino-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 1 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 Ave passed many attractive-looking IM A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. country places surrounded hy cool groves of fruit and palm nisperos were in perfection. Tliey mucli resemble a russet apple,but are soft and jiulpy, 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
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