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stance, of the Phoebe, who has had a 

 great many years to form the habit. 

 But here we are actually living in the 

 time when the change from tree to 

 bridge site took place. 



In this stream I also found a fine 

 pair of Water Ousels but could not 

 locate their nest. 



March 28th. At last. A cloudy day, 

 but no rain. I went south about two 

 miles from Aguadita, into forest vary- 

 ing from light to very heavy jungle. 

 I struck two flights of birds in the 

 tree tops and secured a fine lot of 

 small specimens. I secured a specias 

 of Manacus with a red waxy crest and 

 small black feather horns on either 

 side of the head, and later the female 

 of the same from one of these flights. 

 Also took two new very small ant 

 thrushes. O'Connel shot a pair of very 

 large goatsuckers, possibly nictrodro- 

 mus or nyctibius. They are fine birds 

 but puzzling to all of us. It is interest- 

 ing to note that we have taken five 

 species of wood huers in this locality, 

 varying from six to fifteen inches in 

 length. 



March 29th. Had a very unlucky 

 day. Went out early and returned 

 with one little flycatcher, having lost 

 eight birds when they fell in the 

 jungle. Spent the afternoon skinning 

 for the other fellows. 



March 30th. This morning was 

 clear for a change so I went high on 

 the hill above Aguadita and secured 

 six desirable birds from a flight. Later 

 on, by the river, I shot a small fly- 

 catcher (Serpophaga) which lives only 

 in the neighborhood of roaring mount- 

 ain streams. Its call note is special- 

 ized to its environment, being so loud 

 and shrill that it can easily be heard 

 be heard above the roar of the water. 



Close by, I located its nest which 

 was a hanging ball of mosses two feet' 

 above the river, containing two wflit!: 

 eggs. 



In the afternoon we found a nest of 

 a species of Grallaria. It was entire- 

 ly of growing moss and set in a niche 

 in a boulder in the forest. The mosses 

 were partly peeled off the rock and 

 woven into the nest so that the en- 

 tire affair was actually growing, and 

 would doubtless keep its protective 

 color until the young were safely 

 hatched and matured. The two eggs 

 were white, spotted with reddish 

 brown and lay on a bed of scales from 

 the fern tree. One egg was fresh and 

 the other very slightly incubated. 



In the evening we secured several 

 more of the huge goatsuckers together 

 with a pair of Nyctopythecus mon- 

 keys, while the traps yielded a nice 

 'Possum and two Kinkerjews, a small 

 animal with fine heavy fur. Al- 

 together it has been a very good day 

 for all, one of the best since we land- 

 ed in Colombia. 



(To be concluded) 



OTTOMAR REINECKE 



The Oologist never had a truer or 

 more devoted friend than Ottomar 

 Reinecke. We are indeed sorry that 

 we did not learn of his death in time 

 to have placed the facts relating there- 

 to to the readers of the Oologist be- 

 fore this. However the following taken 

 from one of the local Buffalo papers 

 is what a neighbor has said of this 

 good man. We do not believe we could 

 add to it. He was a gentleman, a 

 scholar and a true friend. 



Ottomar Reinecke, former park 

 commissioner and editor of the Freie 

 Presse, died this morning at his home, 

 No. 400 Elm Street. Death came on 

 his 77th birthdaay. He was born at 

 Sondershaven, Germany, November 

 26, 1840. 



At the age of 12 years, he came to 

 America, settling in Buffalo. He re- 

 ceived his education in the Buffalo 

 public schools and after leaving school 



