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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



AMAZILIA FUSCICAUDATA. 



(From Elliot.) 



oreen with gray edges, tail forked and blue-black, the two cen- 

 tral feathers greenish {Cyanophala goudoti). 



Near here, Cabell shot 

 into a flock of parrakeets 

 in a mango-tree, and killed 

 three. They were different 

 from the others that we had 

 gotten, being smaller and 

 of a brighter green, the 

 alula principally blue, un- 

 der wing-coverts light yel- 

 low, upper coverts brown- 

 ish green, an orange chin-spot, bill and feet flesh-color [Broto- 

 gerys jugularis). There was a peculiar point on the inner web of 

 the third primary. These little birds hang head downwards on the 

 mangoes, and tear at the soft yellow pulp until nothing but the 

 seed is left. When a flock is in a thick foliaged tree, although 

 they may be very noisy, they are sometimes difficult to see, as their 

 colors harmonize closely with those of the leaves. Cabell also shot 

 an "azulejo" (Tanagra cana), a male in fair plumage. We 

 caught here some beautiful butterflies, 

 some morphos especially, large ones, 

 brown beneath with round eye-like 

 spots, and above rich azure. Others 

 with swallow-tails were striped metallic 

 ofreen and black, and others scarlet 

 and black. 



Throughout my stay m Colombia I 

 had untold trouble in keeping butter- 

 flies. There was a minute red ant on 

 the boat which soon found anything to 

 eat, and destroyed it in a few minutes. Some butterflies that I had 

 put in a tin box the day before were nothing but fragments when 

 I examined them. The only sure way is to put the box on a little 



CYANOPHAIA GOUDOTI. 



(From Elliot.) 



