. 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 . , Curacao ....... 100 Mountain at Curacao -m0 Curacao Oriole (Colored Plate) 142 Aborigines of Curacao 14o Donkey Team, Curacao 144 Breakwater and Harbor of La Guayra .... 145 Red Snapper -. .r. Section of Cup ....... 17A Red-Tailed Hawk (Living Bird) 17o Green Heron (Mounted Skin) ...... 173 White Perch 174 x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Sea Bass 174 Scqlpin . 175 Sculpin 175 Lobster ........ 176 Tailpiece . 176 A FLYING TR
. 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 . , Curacao ....... 100 Mountain at Curacao -m0 Curacao Oriole (Colored Plate) 142 Aborigines of Curacao 14o Donkey Team, Curacao 144 Breakwater and Harbor of La Guayra .... 145 Red Snapper -. .r. Section of Cup ....... 17A Red-Tailed Hawk (Living Bird) 17o Green Heron (Mounted Skin) ...... 173 White Perch 174 x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Sea Bass 174 Scqlpin . 175 Sculpin 175 Lobster ........ 176 Tailpiece . 176 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE. I have alwaysbeen fond of Nat-ural History in gen-eral, but especiallyof the study ofbirds, and at everynew place that Ihave visited I havemade it a point tolook up the birds ofthe neighborhoodon every opportu-nity, to study theirhabits and to ac-quaint myself withthem as thoroughlyas possible. As aresult of this, it hap-pens that I haveseen a large per-centage of our com-moner birds of theAtlantic seaboard, and that, from familiarity with plates, drawings,and descriptions, I can recognize at once nearly every new one thatI 2 .1 FLYING Tliir TO THE TMOPICS. In the tall of L891 I was stationed at the Military Academy,Wesi Point, New York. Mv duties as instructor kepi me occupiedthroughout the greater pan of the week, but on Saturday after-noons I had a few hours which I usually devoted to rambling through the forests in the rearof the governmentreservation, on theLookout tor whateverbirds 1 might meet. One such afternoonm November, I hadreturned from a longtramp over vow rag-ged ground with atotal of three speciesof birds observed :a pair of crows, adowny woodpecker,ami a little band o\st\ tomtits, — verymeagre results for thoseven or eight milesthat 1 had gone over;and I was complainingabout tt to my tho course of ourconversation, 1 waslod on to remark upon what 1 considered must bo tho enjoyment ofa naturalist wh
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