. 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 . ed legs (JBimantopus mexicanus), great numbers of a speciesof jacana, dark, with a bright red frontal crest, and apparently allthe feathers in the last joint of their wings whitish (Jacana nigra),large crow-blackbirds, the females chocolate-colored (Quiscalus as-similis), long-tailed anis (Crotophaga sulcirostris), kingfishers,larger than ours but with the same discordant rattle (Ceryle tor-quata), pigeons, ground dove
. 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 . ed legs (JBimantopus mexicanus), great numbers of a speciesof jacana, dark, with a bright red frontal crest, and apparently allthe feathers in the last joint of their wings whitish (Jacana nigra),large crow-blackbirds, the females chocolate-colored (Quiscalus as-similis), long-tailed anis (Crotophaga sulcirostris), kingfishers,larger than ours but with the same discordant rattle (Ceryle tor-quata), pigeons, ground doves, and quantities of flycatchers of dif- BARRANQUILLA. 33 ferent kinds. As we drew nearer Barranqnilla I saw a flock ofbirds flying with rapid wing-beats, looking just like a flock of ourdoves ; but as they veered off, the sunlight struck them and I sawthat they were light green in color. They were parrakeets, thefirst birds that I had seen on the mainland answering my expecta-tions as regards tropical birds. Later on, several flocks flew by thetrain near enough for me to hear their harsh, screeching after leaving*; the seashore, I noticed on both sides of the. HOTEL VICTORIA AND AMERICAN CONSULATE, BARRANQUILLA. track among the trees a great many burrows with a little mound ofearth thrown up around the entrance, and in each of these I couldsee a large blue crab (Cardiosoma guanhumi). Our three guns, which were in their canvas covers and strappedin one bundle, had been passed by the inspector at Puerto Colom-bia, and we anticipated no more trouble about them; but, to our 34 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. disgust, when we were leaving the station at Barranquilla, an oldmulatto insisted on taking them to the custom-house. Argumentswere of no avail; we had to give them up. At the depot we took a carriage, a little open concern drawn bydiminutive mules, and drove first to the Pension Ingles, a hotel keptby a young Englishwoman, a Miss Hoare. Unfortunately for us,she had
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