. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . this morningat 9 a. m., from the hotel, amid a crowdof curious onlookers, and much specu-lation as to my purpose. Leaving acity with a population as large asBogota, roughly dressed and thorough-ly armed might cause interest even inour own country, yet I was allowed toproceed through the streets out intothe country, unquestioned even by thepolice. Much relieved to be awayfrom Bogota I took my first longbreath in many a day. The trail led steadily upwardthrough paramo growth of centuryplants and low bushes resemblingmountain laurel.
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . this morningat 9 a. m., from the hotel, amid a crowdof curious onlookers, and much specu-lation as to my purpose. Leaving acity with a population as large asBogota, roughly dressed and thorough-ly armed might cause interest even inour own country, yet I was allowed toproceed through the streets out intothe country, unquestioned even by thepolice. Much relieved to be awayfrom Bogota I took my first longbreath in many a day. The trail led steadily upwardthrough paramo growth of centuryplants and low bushes resemblingmountain laurel. Quantities of deepred, and white foxglove grew in amongthe other vegetation together withmany other flowering plants that I didnot recognize. At 11 a. m. the cloud forest wasentered and here the trees and rockswere covered with beautiful mossesand lichens of every description. AsI neared the pass over the first ridgeat 10,700 feet, around one oclock,fierce winds sprang up and it becamealmost impossible to see for the cloudswhich swept the crest. The tempera-. Nest and eggs of Coues Flycatcher, taken in Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca, Ariz., June 5, 1913, by F. C. Willard. 202 THB OOLOaiBT ture dropped way down chilling methoroughly and soaking my clothes sothat I emerged dripping on the otherside. In the pass itself, were quantitiesof tiny wooden crosses made fromtwigs and bits of wood. They linedboth sides of the trail in hundredswhere they had been placed by thesuperstitious pack drivers and nativetravellers when starting over the moredangerous trails which I was yet toencounter. On both sides of the pass I notednumbers of humming birds, one aspecies of lesbia, with a tail fiveinches long and beautiful topaz were also many Andean White-throated sparrows, big dusky robinsand a species of finch or sparrow newto me. Descending to 9000 feet I found my-self in Chipaque, a tiny town set in ahuge valley. Here signs of prosperitywere in evidence. Great numbers ofcultivated fi
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