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camera and went up to Fort Nassau on the hill hack of the town, 

 whence I took several views of the liarhor. I passed on my way 

 some tamarind-trees in hloom, around which were quantities of 

 humming'-hirds of the two species. I also saw numbers of the 

 chestnut-crowned yellow warblers, the honey-creepers, and the 



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mockino'-birds, and three sparrow-hawks. In the afternoon we went 

 for a long- drive to the southeast of the town. At a point on the 

 southern edge of the Lagoon we passed some large shallow salt- 

 water pools, where 1 saw wading about sand snipe of three different 

 sizes, but could recognize none of them. I also saw at a distance a 

 large hawk that flew like our marsh-hawk. I regret that we could 

 not stay here long enough to work up thoroughly the birds of the 

 island. In the course of our drive Ave passed many attractive-looking 



