BIRD LI IE OF 13ARTICA 



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This means tliat month after montli, in the conrse of many 

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

 tary, of that as always hein*^- within sight or sound of its 

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

 its fellows. For the ])ur])ose of this classification I dixided 

 the birds of Bartica into about sixty tentative groups, which 

 fell into four categories, first, those which were essentiallv 

 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 bii-ds; 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 

 1 erns 

 A^'^aders 

 Herons 

 Snakebirds 

 Vultures 

 Hawks 



Rails 



Curassows 



Guans 



Chachalacas 



Partridges 



Ground Doves 



Caracaras 



Anis 



Swallow Puffbirds 



SOLITARY 



Owls 



Kingfishers 



Xighthawks 



Hummingbirds 



Trogons 



^Nlotmots 



Cuckoos 



Barbets 



PAIRS 



Kites 



^Macaws 



Parrots 



Toucans 



Woodpeckers 



Antbirds 



jNIanakins 



SMALL FLOCKS 



Swallows 



Finches 



Jays 



Jacamars 



Puffbirds 



G()l(ll)irds 



Cotingas 



Woodhewers 



Quadrille-birds 



Wrens 



Thrushes 



Vireos 



Honey-creepers 



Tanagers 



Orioles 



Flycatchers 



Giant Caciques 

 Grackles 



