. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . in the lot was anAcadian flycatcher which was in com-pany with two others of the samespecies. Ring and OConnel came inwith two large casiques, and a pairof yellow and blue trogons. January 28th. Stopped abouc i at San Botholeme. Here I shot aspecies of squirrel new to the ex-pedition and also a species of querula,(Cotingae). Also saw a galictus, alarge weasel like animal, a few feetup in a forest tree. Noted severalcolonies of nesting casiques, one con-taining thirty seven hanging have had heavy rains for the lastfew
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . in the lot was anAcadian flycatcher which was in com-pany with two others of the samespecies. Ring and OConnel came inwith two large casiques, and a pairof yellow and blue trogons. January 28th. Stopped abouc i at San Botholeme. Here I shot aspecies of squirrel new to the ex-pedition and also a species of querula,(Cotingae). Also saw a galictus, alarge weasel like animal, a few feetup in a forest tree. Noted severalcolonies of nesting casiques, one con-taining thirty seven hanging have had heavy rains for the lastfew evenings and they have made thejungle much cooler and easier to workin, in the morning hours. Foundanother nest of the Chima Chimaseventy feet up in a Ceiba tree. Aninteresting and very common sight inthe jungle are the paper nests of avery small species of social hymenop-tera, or wasp. The nests are pear-shaped and suspend from trees andbushes two or three feet from theground. Fortunately the insects arcof a peaceful nature as one frequent- THE OOLOGIST 139. Bird Collection in Eastern Colombia. In the Andes betweenBogota and Villavicencio. Note the trail, like a whiteserpent hanging upon the face of the cliffs. Photo by P. G. Howes. 140 THE OOLOGIST ly runs into the nests unintentionally. Mosquitoes have been very badlately, especially in the evenings andwe are using a preparation of cinron-ella and carbolic acid to keep themfrom our hands and faces. January 29th. Arrived early in themorning at Puerto Berrio which isquite a large town with a railroadwhich runs to the gold mining dis-trict of Medellin. It is a narrowgauge road with old wood burninglocomotives, such as we used fiftyyears ago in the States. Directly af-ter landing we all went collecting in-to the swamps back from the river,returning at noon with fifty birds,many of them new to the trip. I se-cured a fine pair of woodpeckers, themale being the same golden hue ascur flicker, with red crest and heavyspotting on th
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