Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . llected steadily in this interesting region, goingout in early morning toward Duefias, where Osbert Salvin, the Englishnaturalist, had worked extensively 70 years ago, or climbing the slopesof Agua, Fuego, or Acatenango, the three great volcanoes that standguard over this and adjacent valleys. By a somewhat longer journeyI could reach the upper edge of the Tropical Zone, below Las Lajas,at 3,200 feet elevation. Flocks of black-headed, black-breasted jaysscolded and chattered from trees along the roadways, and long-tailedgrackle
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . llected steadily in this interesting region, goingout in early morning toward Duefias, where Osbert Salvin, the Englishnaturalist, had worked extensively 70 years ago, or climbing the slopesof Agua, Fuego, or Acatenango, the three great volcanoes that standguard over this and adjacent valleys. By a somewhat longer journeyI could reach the upper edge of the Tropical Zone, below Las Lajas,at 3,200 feet elevation. Flocks of black-headed, black-breasted jaysscolded and chattered from trees along the roadways, and long-tailedgrackles, found in fiocks through the country, were seen glossy black males were called clarincros because of their curioussongs, while the brown females were known as saiiafcs in the beliefthat they were a different species. On the sides of the volcanoes above the cultivated fields were deepravines or steep slopes covered with a heavy deciduous forest in whoseundergrowth were many interesting birds. From the darkest shadows 23 24 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Fig. 17.—Antigua, founded b\ the Spaniards in 1543 under the sonorous nameof Santiago de los Cahalleros de Guatemala, lies in the picturesque valley ofPanchov.
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