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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



whippoorwills, and Cabell shot two, both females. They were much 

 smaller than ours, had bristles along the gape, their tails were 

 slightly forked, and marked like that of our night-hawk, except 

 rusty instead of gray. Above they were mottled with rufous and 

 black [Stenopsis ruficervix). Here, also, we got several long shots 

 at some cormorants, but failed to get any. They seemed to be of a 

 uniform grayish color. The boatman called them " pato cuervo," 

 crow-duck. 



I saw at least three species of ducks, but could not identify any 



MURINE OPOSSUM (dIDELPHYS MUBINUS). 



of them. When we returned to the boat we concluded to cross the 

 river, so we hoisted a coarse sail of bagging, and were soon across, 

 although the river here is very wide. As we passed under some 



