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some pools a few miles below Barraiiquilla. I saw them both in 

 June and in the latter part of July. Aud. B. of JSf. A. vol. G, 

 pi. 354. 



16. Ja^axa nigra (Gmel.). Black Jagana. 



These birds were abundant in the marshes around Barran- 

 quilla, especially where there were lily pads floating on the sur- 

 face of the water. They were very noisy, and often held their 

 wings up vertically, as some snipe do, as if stretching. I saw 

 some with their under parts lighter colored, probably young. 



17. EupsYCHORTYX LEUCOTis (GouLi)). Wliitc-eared Partridge. 



The two killed by my brother at Guaduas were identified by 

 JNIr. Ridgway as belonging to this species. We saw numbers of 

 partridges at Guaduas, at Honda, and at Barrancpiilla, but did 

 not succeed in getting others, so cannot tell if they were all of 

 the same species or not. We found it impossible to flush them a 

 second time ; and it so happened that whenever we got shots, 

 our guns were loaded with dust shot, so we failed to stop the 

 birds. At Barranquilla I heard partridges uttering the familiar 

 call " bob-white." Gould, Man. of Odoutoplionna'. 



18. Stegnolama monfagnii (Uonaj^.)? " Guacharaca." 



I saw one of these domesticated at Honda, and lower on the 

 river I saw a small flock in the edge of the forest. The identifi- 

 cation is from my meagre description, and therefore is very 

 doubtful. 



19. Chauna derbiana (Gray). Colombian Screamer. 



We saw a few of these birds on the lower Magdalena. They 

 were either perched in the tops of dead trees, or walking about 

 on the ground like turkeys. I saw a pair domesticated. They 

 kei)t Avith the poultry, and walked about in a very slow and dig- 

 nified manner. PI. 11, P. Z. S. 1861. 



20. CoLUMBA RUFINA (Temm.). Grecu-naped Pigeon. 



I shot a fine specimen on the INIagdalena, and my brother 

 killed a second one at Guaduas. These were the only ones that 

 I saw. 



