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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



biers, of which I killed three, two males and a female. The female 

 had no chestnut on the head, and the spots on the breast were very 

 faint, almost wanting. I also saw quantities of the chestnut-col- 

 lared sparrows, and shot a male. As we were walking along the 

 road near the monastery, I saw a pair of partridges run through the 

 hedge in front of me, and by a snap shot I killed one, a male in 

 fine plumage. It was very similar to those that we had gotten in 

 Guaduas, perhaps smaller, and lighter colored generally, its throat, 

 chin, and forehead being bulf without the rufous of the Guaduas 

 bird {Eiqosycliortyx cristatus). Cabell shot one of the mocking- 

 birds, which I found to be very similar to ours. This was a young 

 bird with speckled breast {Mimus gilmis rostratus). 



Upon one of the hills we came across a flock of seven or eight 

 large pigeons, the ^'ala blanca." They seemed to be large grayish 



WATTLE HUT, CUKACAO. 



