BIRD LIFE OF BARTICA 



101. 



This means that month after month, in the course of many 

 encounters, I came to think of this species as essentially soli- 

 tary, of that as always being within sight or sound of its 

 mate, while a third would never be seen except in a flock of 

 its fellows. For the purpose of this classification I divided 

 the birds of Bartica into about sixty tentative groups, which 

 fell into four categories, first, those which were essentially 

 solitary at least for many months of the year, and in their 

 habits of feeding and roosting ; second, those which appeared 

 to be paired throughout the year and were usually seen in 

 couples or in company with one or two young birds; third, 

 birds which spend much of their life in small flocks, usually 

 nesting in colonies of moderate size and always feeding in 

 company ; fourth, a few notable species .which were eminent- 

 ly gregarious and usually nested and fed and roosted in large 

 flocks : 



Tinamou 



Jungle Pigeons 



Terns 



Waders 



Herons 



Snakebirds 



Vultures 



Hawks 



Rails 



Curassows 



Guans 



Chachalacas 



Partridges 



Ground Doves 



Caracaras 



Anis 



Swallow Puffbirds 



SOLITARY 



Owls 



Kingfishers 



Xighthawks 



Hummingbirds 



Trogons 



Motmots 



Cuckoos 



Barbets 



PAIRS 

 Kites 

 Macaws 

 Parrots 

 Toucans 

 Woodpeckers 

 Antbirds 

 Manakins 



SMALL FLOCKS 



Swallows 



Finches 



Jays 



Jacamars 



Puffbirds 



Gold birds 



Cotingas 



Woodhewers 



Quadrille-birds 



Wrens 



Thrushes 



Vireos 



Honey-creepers 



Tanagers. 



Orioles 



Flvcatchers 



Giant Caciques 

 Grackles 



