BARRANQUILLA. 



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TURKEY-BUZZARD (CATHARTES AURA). 

 (From "Riverside Natural History," by permission of Jloughtoii, Mifflin & Co.) 



heads (Xanthosomus iQUroceiilmlui^), I shot a small finch with a 

 chestnut breast and a light gray back, but its plumage was in such 

 a soiled condition that I did not preserve it {Sporopliila sp, ?). 

 Flying about over the marsh we saw numbers of hawks, but we did 

 not shoot any, as they would all have fallen into the water beyond 

 our reach. They were large, dark brown ivith a conspicuous white 

 rump, forked tail, and beak with a long hook {Rosthramus socia- 

 hilis). They quartered about like our marsh-hawk, close to the 

 surface of the reeds. Amonof the rushes I saw some little birds 



