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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



this species. I thought, however, that the body of the bird was 



white and the wings black, and therefore I leave it doubtful. 



The birds which I observed but did not identify would, I think, 

 exceed the above list. Among them were two terns, two ducks, two 

 or three herons, several sand snipe and plover, pigeons, many hawks, 

 an owl, jjarrots, a toucan, several woodpeckers, humming-birds, 

 many flycatchers, several orioles, finches, warblers, swallows, 

 thrushes, and many wrens. 



The following is a list of the humming-birds sent to me from 

 Bogota by Mr. Child : — 



Acestrura hellodori. 

 Lesbia gouldi. 

 Lesbia amaryllis. 

 Cyanthus forficatus. 

 Rliainphomicrou hetei'opogon. 

 Rhamphomici'on microrhyiiehum. 

 Metalkiva tyriauthina. 

 Chvysuronia aenone. 

 Adelomyia melanogenys. 

 Agljeactis cupripennis. 

 Eriocnemis alinse. 

 Eriocnemis cupriventris. 

 Eriocnemis vestita. 

 Uranoniitra francife. 

 Amazilia fuscicaudata. 

 Amazilia cyanifrons. 

 Hylocbavis sappbivina. 

 Cblovostilbon angustipennis. 

 Panychlora poortniani. 



It will always be a source of regret to me that before starting 

 upon our trip I had not been able to obtain any information con- 

 cerning the island of Curacao other than that contained in the 

 Encyclopaedia and in the folder of the Red " D " Line. It is true 

 that I did not make any great effort to this end, as at the time I 

 expected that we would simply stop on the island between ships and 



