. 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 . taca, I sawseveral deerskins, apparently of just the same color as our Virginiadeer, the fawns being likewise spotted, and the skull of a youngjaguar that had been killed not very far from Guaduas. The shop- THE MULE ROAD AND GUADUAS. 113 keeper, seeing that I was interested in it, insisted upon making mea present of it. The native name for jaguar is tigre. They aresaid to be especially abundant in some portions of the
. 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 . taca, I sawseveral deerskins, apparently of just the same color as our Virginiadeer, the fawns being likewise spotted, and the skull of a youngjaguar that had been killed not very far from Guaduas. The shop- THE MULE ROAD AND GUADUAS. 113 keeper, seeing that I was interested in it, insisted upon making mea present of it. The native name for jaguar is tigre. They aresaid to be especially abundant in some portions of the MagdalenaValley. They are heavier and more stocky than a leopard, butotherwise are much like that animal. There are also many pumasin Colombia, and I saw numbers of their skins. Mr. Bain wore ahandsome pair of zamorras made from a pair of puma-skins whichhad come from near the snow line of the Paramo del Ruis. Thenatives call the puma tigre Colorado, red tiger, or sometimesu leon, lion. The religions ceremonies which had been going on all during ourstay culminated late in the afternoon with a procession aroundthe plaza. Some really pretty arches were erected at the four. RELIGIOUS PROCESSION AT GUADUAS. Ill A FLYINO TEIP TO TEE TM0PIC8. comers of the square and covered palms and dowers. Theprocession was Conned on the steps of the cathedral and filedslowly around under the arches, halting at each one whilst one ofthe priests delivered a brief sermon. The column was headed byfour musicians, these were followed by several priests, then came thecommunicants, little girls from five to ten years old and of allcolors. They were dressed mainly 111 white, some Little gauzewings, as if to represent dairies at a Fancy dress ball, and all wore;Mowers in the hair. Their mothers marched on either side, alldressed m black with a Mack shawl over their heads, and bearing a candle. Alter the earls came the little boys carrying small banners, ami then came groups of men bearing o
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