. 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 . aw great quantitiesof birds. I shot first, and killed a hawk that was perched in thetop of a thick tree near the roadside. It saw me approaching, butwas not shy, so I had no difficulty in getting within range. BeforeI shot at it, it uttered several times a shrill cry, and whilst doing soheld back its head until its beak pointed vertically. It was about 42 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TBOFICS. the size of our Coopers liawk, its
. 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 . aw great quantitiesof birds. I shot first, and killed a hawk that was perched in thetop of a thick tree near the roadside. It saw me approaching, butwas not shy, so I had no difficulty in getting within range. BeforeI shot at it, it uttered several times a shrill cry, and whilst doing soheld back its head until its beak pointed vertically. It was about 42 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TBOFICS. the size of our Coopers liawk, its beak longer and not so hooked,its feet and claws weaker. Its beak was light bluish, cere yellow,head and neck dirty Avhite, a dark brown streak behind the eye, taildusky with numerous narrow white bars, these bars becoming con-fluent at the rump, body and wings brown, below white with a buftywash (Milvago ckimachima). Cabell then shot a curious kingfisher-like bird about the size ofour catbird, but with a large head and heavy beak, which Avasslightly hooked at the tip, the hook being forked. Around thebase of its beak were stiff bristles pointing forwards. Its toes were. OJKOOVED-BILL ANI (OROTOPHAGA SULOIROSTRI-). BARRANQUILLA. 43 two in front, two behind; its tail-feathers narrow and weak. Itshead and npper parts were dusky, with buff edgings to the feathers;there was a dark brown ring across the breast, with a whitish bandbelow ; the throat was buff, with a rusty blotch in the centre. Be-neath it was bufpy, the flanks spotted with brown. There was awhite streak below the eye, and a white band at the back of theneck. This was a rufous-throated puff-bird {Bucco riijicollis). I then shot a crotophaga, probably smaller than our crow-black-bird, but with a much longer tail, a curious high-arched bill; toes,two in front and two behind ; hackle-like feathers on its neck, andof a uniform glossy blue-black [Crotophfuja sidcirostrls ?). A lit-tle farther on Cabell shot a handsome fl
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