GEORGETOWN. 



Armed with proper letters of introduction and travelling 

 in the name of science, one is treated with all courtesy by 

 Guiana officials. The customs give no trouble, save that 

 one pays a deposit of twelve per cent on cameras, guns and 

 cartridges. 



We were glad to find that the most difficult privilege to 

 obtain is a permit to collect birds, and the very stringent 

 laws in this respect are an honor to the Governor and his 

 colonial officials.* Thanks to the absence of the plume and 

 general millinery hunter, the game hog and the wholesale 

 collector, birds are abundant and tame. We were in the 

 colony just two months and shot only about one hundred 

 specimens, all of which were secured because of some special 



* In looking over the laws of the colony I found the following Wild 

 Birds' Protection Ordinance. I have added the explanatory names in 

 parentheses. (C. W. B.) 



List of Wild Birds absolutely protected. 



Black Witch (Ani) 



Campanero (Hell Bird) 



Carrion Crow (Vulture) 



Cassique 



Cock-of-the-Rock 



Cotinga 



Crane (Heron) 



Creeper (Woodhewer) 



Egret 



Flycatcher 



Gauldin (Heron) 



Goatsucker 



Grass Bird 



( iron nd Dove 

 facamar 



Hawk 



Heron 



Hummingbird 



Hutu (Motmot) 



Kingfisher 



Kite 



Macaw 



Manakin 



Martin 



Owl 



Parroquet 



OuVst-ce qu'il dit (Kiskadee) 



Shrike 



Sun Bird (Sun Bittern) 



Sparrow 



Swallow 



Tanager 



Thrush 



Toucan 



Trogan 



Troupial 



Woodpecker 



Wren 



Vulture 



List of Wild Birds protected from April ist to Sept ist. 



Bittern 



Curlew 



Curri-curri (Scarlet Ibis) 



Douraquara (Partridge) 



Dove (other than Ground 



Ibis Dove) 



Hanaqua (Chachalaca) Plover 



Maam (Tinamou) 

 Maroudi (Guan) 

 Xegro-cop (Jabiru) 

 Parrot 

 Pigeon 



Powis (Curassow) 



Quail 



Snipe 



Spur-wing (Jacana) 



Trumpet-bird 



Wild Duck 



