. 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 . IliTnantojJUS mexiecmus), great numbers of a speciesof jagana, dark, with a bright red frontal crest, and apparently allthe feathers in the last joint of their wings whitish {Ja<;ana nigra),large crow-blackbirds, the females chocolate-colored [Quiscalus as-siniilis), long-tailed anis [Crotophaga sidcirosfris), kingfishers,larger than ours but with the same discordant rattle {Ceryle tor-quata), pigeons, ground doves,
. 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 . IliTnantojJUS mexiecmus), great numbers of a speciesof jagana, dark, with a bright red frontal crest, and apparently allthe feathers in the last joint of their wings whitish {Ja<;ana nigra),large crow-blackbirds, the females chocolate-colored [Quiscalus as-siniilis), long-tailed anis [Crotophaga sidcirosfris), kingfishers,larger than ours but with the same discordant rattle {Ceryle tor-quata), pigeons, ground doves, and quantities of flycatchers of dif- BARBANQUILLA. 33 fereiit kinds. As we drew nearer Barranquilla I saw a flock ofbirds flying- with rapid wing-beats, looking- just like a flock of ourdoves ; but as they veered oft, the sunlight struck them and I sawthat they were light green in color. They were parrakeets, theflrst 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 CONSILATE, 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 (Cardlosoma gufuihuml). 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 takino- them to the custom-house. Arafumentswere 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 h
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