. 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 . iole family that build pendentnests. About the same time I sliot another, very similar in style 66 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. and pattern of coloration, but of about half the size. This was afemale, its bill plain ivory without excrescences, and the feathers onits crown only slightly prolonged, otherwise its coloration was thesame {Ostinoj^s decumanii^). The two kinds were together in alaro-e straggling flock. Still
. 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 . iole family that build pendentnests. About the same time I sliot another, very similar in style 66 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. and pattern of coloration, but of about half the size. This was afemale, its bill plain ivory without excrescences, and the feathers onits crown only slightly prolonged, otherwise its coloration was thesame {Ostinoj^s decumanii^). The two kinds were together in alaro-e straggling flock. Still later I shot a third, smaller yet, blackwith a black tail, a clear yellow rump, under tail-coverts, and wing-spot. Its bill, which was slightly curved, was a pinkish ivory, andthe feathers of the crown were slightly prolonged {Cassicus Jiavl-crissiis). This also, like the first two, had white bases to thefeathers of the nape. These birds build together in number of times, along the river, we saw in large detached treesa dozen or more of their nests hanging like stockings from theextremities of the branches. As I shot the second, I heard the ^i ifi w W 1/?;. />..v^./ y <^r /yc^ OKO I/.KDOLA (( (iLATl^MOZINUs).
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