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27th, Aguadita, 6450 ft. Male in chang- 

 ing plumage. The last three localities 

 named above are in the most beautiful 

 Andean country in Colombia. Here 

 one finds beautiful virgin jungles and 

 heavily timbered hills and roaring 

 mountain streams. In the jungles it 

 is nearly dark and all things, save the 

 birds and animals, are beautified by 

 thick mosses and long slender air 

 roots reaching far into the mammoth 

 and tangled branches of the jungles 

 trees. Sometimes there is no sound 

 of bird voices, only the drip, drip, drip 

 of the mighty jungle and weird com- 

 pelling odors that fascinate, and drive 

 the naturalist farther into its mystery. 

 Then from a distant valley comes the 

 siren-like call of a great Guan, at your 

 right the mournful piping of the Tina- 

 mou and in the trees above the twit- 

 terings of smaller bird life. In a sec- 

 ond the jungle is transformed into ver- 

 itable aviary which lasts for a few mo- 

 ments. Then the flock overhead 

 passes on, the tinamou and grallaria 

 cease their whistling and even the 

 guan's siren fails to pierce the purple 

 mist of the valley. 



Sometimes I found it hard to break 

 this silence with my gun and often 

 would let a flock go by in peace. Gran- 

 deur and beauty and the power of this 

 life, grip one's imagination and aes- 

 thetic sense. Red bugs and biting- 

 ants are forgotten and one finds him- 

 self seated bare-headed on a moss 

 grown boulder wondering at it all. 



Black and White "Warbler. January 

 13, Kingston, Jamaica. (Single). This 

 bird and all of the following warblers 

 seen in Kingston, were noted in the 

 botanical gardens. February 6th, Con- 

 suelo, 4000 ft. Quite common. March 

 14th Buenavista 4400 ft. Several were 

 noted in heavy forest. March 27th 

 Aguadita, 6450 ft. Two females were 

 taken. 



Prothonotary Warbler, January 



23d at Algodonal on the Magdalena 

 river, a single specimen was taken. 



Golden-winged Warbler. February 

 6th at Consuelo a single one was taken 

 in woods at an altitude of 4000 ft. 

 March 24th two taken in the forest 

 above Fusugasuga at 7500 ft. 



Tennessee Warbler. March 15th at 

 Buena vista one was shot out of a 

 pair in heavy forest at 4400 ft. This 

 specimen was a male. 



Parula Warbler. January 13th, 

 Kingston, Jamaica. Two specimens. 



Yellow Warbler. January 21st, at 

 Calama on the Magdalena, a single 

 seen. March 11th, Willavicencio 2000 

 ft. Abundant. April 13th, Honda on 

 the river one or two were noted and a 

 few more at Santa Marta on the coast 

 on April 29th. 



Black Poll Warbler. Two were taken 

 on March 11th at Villavicencio at 2000 

 ft. These birds, both in changing 

 plumage were feeding in the tree tops 

 overhanging a small river. I avoided 

 loosing many specimens in the tangled 

 ground growth at this place by drop- 

 ping the birds into the river and then 

 wading after them. On March 27th 

 a male in full plumage was shot at 

 Aguadita at 6450 ft. 



Blackburnian W&rbler. This species 

 was by far the most common observ- 

 ed on the trip and were found as 

 abundant at 7850 feet as at the lower 

 altitudes. None were seen along the 

 river or at Villavicencio. Consuelo at 

 4000 ft. claims the only one found at a 

 really low altitude. This one was 

 taken on February 6th. March 13 and 

 14th this species was abundant at 

 tsuena vista at an altitude of 4400 ft. 

 On March 22d I found great numbers 

 of them 6000 feet upon the hills above 

 Fusugasuga. These birds were in full 

 plumage and were feeding about the 

 lower growth in open spaces on the 

 hills. It seemed as though I were back 

 in Connecticut during a warbler wave 



