:::::::;se ILLUSTRATIONS B:""-- 



The Invisible Dragon-fly ........ 240 



A Leaf Butterfly 241 



The Pines of Colima 249 



Thick-hilled Parrot 251 



Western Mockingbird singing ....... 257 



Tuxpa?i in Early Morning ........ 259 



Our Tropical Cam}) 267 



The Giant Fig-tree 271 



Mexican Opossum playing " Possum " . . . . . . 275 



Mexican Cacique .......... 283 



Pod of Milk-weed Tree 285 



The Cotton Gall 287 



The Grotesque Fruit 289 



The Wooden Caracara 291 



Head of Caracara 299 



Painted Redstart caught on Thorn 307 



A Trapped Fairy 309 



Texas Kingfisher, fishing on Dry Land ...... 318 



Ants' Nest in Tree 319 



The Laughing Falcon 323 



The Coon Hawk 325 



The Skull of a Yaguarondi 326 



Boat-billed Heron 327 



Antlers of Brocket 329 



The Harbour of Manzanillo ........ 333 



Where Swamp and Jungle meet ....... 339 



The Volcano from the City ........ 341 



City of Colima in Early Morning ....... 343 



Colima Ground Sparrow ........ 347 



Old Spanish Bridge 348 



The Old Spa7iish Highway ........ 351 



The Volcano in Eruption ........ 353 



The Trail near Tonila ......... 355 



The Twin Mountains at Night ....... 358 



A Lucky Snap with the Camera ....... 362 



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