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island of Trinidad came in sight — a very bold and rocky- 

 outline, — and very soon afterwards birds began to appear. 

 The first and most inquisitive were four or five large black 

 birds with long narrow beaks, very long swallow-like tails, 

 and a great stretch of somewhat narrow and pointed black 

 wing. There was white on the breast, upper abdomen, and 

 flanks, with one large triangular (or, rather, diamond-shaped) 



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South Trinidad in sight. (Geogr. Journ. xix. p. 424.) 



patch. The head was dirty white, the throat seemed brownish 

 or purplish at a distance. The birds sat close together, 

 three or four of them, on the main-royal-stay. As we came 

 closer to the island the number of individuals increased ; 

 and all over the shore and up the cliffs and sides of the hills 

 to the very top were vast quantities of birds, of which I 

 made out the following : — 



