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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROFICS. 



53. Ceryle AMERICANA (Gmel.). Brazilian Green Kingfisher. 

 These three kingfishers we found abundant from the mouth of 



the Magdalena until we left the river at Honda. The last was 

 not so common as the first two ; but we found it at Guaduas, 

 where we did not see the others. Sharpe, Mon. of the Alcedi- 

 nidw, vol. 1. 



54. Centurus terricolor (Y. Berl.). Berlepsch's Woodpecker. 

 My brother shot a specimen at Guaduas, where I also saw sev- 

 eral. I saw one enter a hole in a dead tree, so it was probably 

 nesting. At Barranquilla and at Honda I saw various wood- 

 peckers, but did not obtain specimens. 



55. Stenopsis ruficervix (Scl.). Rufous-necked Goat-sucker. 

 We found a small flock of these among some stunted bushes 



near Barranquilla, and obtained two females. PI. 14, P. Z. S. 

 1866. 



56. Nyctidromus albicollis (Gmel.). " Parauque." 



I saw but the one which I shot on the Mao^dalena on June 28. 

 At night, along the river, Ave often heard the cries of various 

 night-birds, some of them very like our " whip-poor-will." 



57. Nyctibius grandis (Gmel.). Grand Potoo. 



I saw but the one which my brother shot below Yeguas on 

 July 16. 



58. Glaucis hirsuta (Gmel.). 



I saw a good many of these humming-birds along the river. 

 They were in the heavy forests, and fed on the blossoms of a 

 species of canna which grew in the glades near the water. A 

 female that I shot on June 28 had white feathers scattered about 

 among the green of the back. On the same day I found one of 

 their nests, but it did not contain eggs. It was woven to the 

 swinging tip of a plantain leaf. Humming-birds. Gould's Mono- 

 graph, 



59. Ph^thornis superciliosus (Linn.). 



I saw two or three in Guaduas, and shot one which was in 

 poor plumage. 



