AN ORNITHOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF 

 NORTHEASTERN VENEZUELA 



Part I — Itinerary. 



Part II — General Character of the Pure Mangrove Forest. 



Part III — General Character of the Mainland Forest and 



the Pitch Lake. 

 Part IV — Annotated List of Birds Observed. 

 Part V— Ecological Conclusions Concerning the Birds of 



the Orinocan Region. 



Part I. — Itinerary. 



Leaving New York on February 22nd, 1908, via the Royal 

 Mail Steamer "Trent," Mrs. Beebe and the writer arrived at 

 Trinidad on March 9th. 



Never were strangers more hospitably received than were 

 we in the prosperous little capital of the island of Trinidad.* 

 After lengthy negotiations, we secured a sloop of twenty-one 



*The success of our trip was insured by the kind interest of many persons 

 both in Trinidad and Venezuela, among whom I may mention Mr. Anduse, Mr. 

 Guiseppi, Senor Toro, Senor Don Escobar, Mr. Alfred Lynch, Mr. B. E, Stoute, 

 and especially Mr. Eugene Andre and Mr. Ellis Grell. 



Fig. 20, Map of Our Route in Venezuela. 



