480 lillChS V\U)M NI('.\IJA(!II.\ AND COS'l'A M\C.\ KMCIIMoND. 



t(Mii|>(M;iliirt' is r\rii :iii(l scMolii it-nclirs llir iiiiiclics (if <i<»rs Ix'low 70'^ 

 l'\; llu' ii\<'i:i^o is iihoiil S.'i :il noun iind 7'-' ' ill nielli. 



Two wfclis wvvv spent ;il (Ircylown, wlicro colU'ctinu' \v;is conrMMMl 

 (o llic liiisliy lliickcis iind clMnips of Itnshcs on llic onlsjvirls of llic 

 town, iind lo iViiil trees in (lie Hardens. The species colleetdd \v«'rc 

 mostly tliose lonnd in all eleiiriniis and open places alonj^' I liecoasl. My 

 l.rotlief. N\'. I-. K'icliniond, and Mr. (i. M. M itcliell, eolleet<'<l lor a lew- 

 days at acaeao plantation <»n tin' San .Inan near (Irey low n, and se 

 enr«'d scnuMiiI sp«'eies not noti<'ed elsewluMe. I'\)iir days, h'ehruaiy 

 L'.'i--(», InelMsiN'e, were spent at San (larlos,at t he sonllieast endofiiakc 

 Niearaii'na. The collect in,u ^ronnd there was nuich the same as thai 

 a I (irey tow II, <'lumps of hashes, thickets o I' small extent, and a sprink- 

 lint; of lar.uc trees on the lowland aloni; llu" lak«' shore. 'I'iie dry 

 season at San Carlos had an aetnal existence, and the climate was de- 

 li^hlfnl. The m-xt fonrteen days, JM'ltrnary '21 to March ll,wereoccn- 

 l)ied oil the K'io I'rio, which Hows into tin' San .luan opposite San 

 ('arlos. TluM'i\cr w as asccndcfl to the (Inatnsa Indian settlemcnis, 

 al the head <tf canoe na\i,i;ation in I he dry season, and a fcwdays spout 

 in Mieir nei,i;hhorhood. \N'itli the exception of tw <> ch'aiinus ^h(^ river 

 hanks were nniidiahilcd. ( )w in^' to t his sold nde animal life was ahun 

 dant. Water hiids were extremely nnnu'ions. lM(»nk«'ys of I linn^ spe- 

 *'ies wer(^ s(H>n day atler tiay in larji'c troops. Alligators, tnrlles, and 

 li/ards aclmilly swaiMned, and sharks, prohably the same as found in 

 t lu> lake, were found as fai' as t he I ndian hahilal ions. Dense forests 

 extend alon.i;' the I'^rio for ndles, with occasional stretches of sa\auuali 

 land. Narrow patches of tall j^iass line t he hanks in low phn-es, wImtc^ 

 tin- hea\y limher is I'cplaccd hy inni;les of smaller trees. Theallitnde 

 of the river, as far as covered by nn', is less than lol) feet, and the 

 ve^<'tatiou therefore strictly tropical. 



The lime from March ll! lo ,\pril 17 was passed(Hi I lM^ Sjiu dnan ami 

 at (litytowii, bnt no collecting- was done, and miu'h of tlu^ spring- ini- 

 i^rationof North American birds wasndssed. I have emleavored lo 

 <;iNt' dates in connection with the North American species, which may 

 he, of sonu' \alne in the stmly of the migration of those birds, but if 

 will be i'emend»ered thai the miles coxcr parts of two lui.urafious, aud 

 that a speci«'s noted Irom October to l''<'hruary w as seen tirst in l-'eh- 

 ruary ami aijain on its retnrn from the north in October; also that 

 speeios eouunon at (iicytown and noted as last seen in l-'ehruary (when 

 uiy ()bs«'rvalious en<led theio) nniy really have remained a month or 

 mojc later. The terms winter, snmim'r, etc., hav«' been used to <lcsig- 

 nate the sanu' seasons as in the mnth. 



The limelVom May 1, IS'.d', to Jannary lt>, lS!i;>, was passed on the 

 lOseomlido Ixixcr, principally at the "1. T." plaidation. As by far the 

 most, ol" m.\ tinn' was spent on that river, and most of tin* spo<'ies ob- 

 served elsewlu're were also colh'cted there, I have included in the list 



