. 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 . er were called lobos, or wolves, by our boatmen. It had now become too hot to remain out longer, so we turnedback, and reached the market about eleven. On our way we passedseveral dug-outs loaded almost to the waters edge with mangoes,which are eaten here in great quantities. We saw birds too numer-ous to mention : great flocks of parrakeets, numbers of kites, herons,ducks, etc. In the market we found some men skinning
. 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 . er were called lobos, or wolves, by our boatmen. It had now become too hot to remain out longer, so we turnedback, and reached the market about eleven. On our way we passedseveral dug-outs loaded almost to the waters edge with mangoes,which are eaten here in great quantities. We saw birds too numer-ous to mention : great flocks of parrakeets, numbers of kites, herons,ducks, etc. In the market we found some men skinning a manati, which theyhad just harpooned in the river. It was upon its back, and washalf skinned, so I could not get a good look at it. It was aboutseven feet long and as thick through as a small horse. Its colorwas that of a hippopotamus, its skin very thick with a few coarsehairs, its flesh like coarse beef in appearance and covered with heavyblubber. Its tail was flat and fan-shaped, with no divisions, and notso pointed as in the figure given. Its fore flippers were like longpaddles and smooth, but when skinned, the different bones were IM A FLYING TRIP TO THE THE MANATI. (FromT. S. Fisli Commission Report.) easily seen. Its lips were thick and fleshy, and well covered withstiff hairs. I promised the man a reward if he would bring me theskull, but he failed to do so. When we reached the hotel we hadbreakfast, after which I skinned the birds and the possum. We had intended to leave for La Guayra by the French steamer,and take the Red D Line from that place on the 30th, but for-tunately for us, the Royal Mail Steamer, the Derwent, was in port,and would leave for Curagao on the next day, so we concluded to gothere instead, especially as we heard bad accounts of the state ofaffairs in Venezuela due to the revolution. Late in the afternoon we went for a drive, and upon our return BACK TO BABRANQUILLA. 135 Alice began to feel badly, and spent a sleepless night, troubled
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