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this species. I thought, however, that the body of the bird was 



white and the wings black, and therefore I leave it doubtful. 



The birds which I observed but did not identify would, I think, 

 exceed the above list. Among them were two terns, two ducks, two 

 or three herons, several sand snipe and plover, pigeons, many hawks, 

 an owl, parrots, a toucan, several woodpeckers, humming-birds, 

 many flycatchers, several orioles, finches, warblers, swallows, 

 thrushes, and many wrens. 



The following is a list of the humming-birds sent to me from 

 Bogota by Mr. Child : — 



1. Glaucis hirsuta. 



20. 



Acestrura beliodori. 



2. Pliaetliornis emiliae. 



21. 



Lesbia g'oiildi. 



3. Phsethornis antliopbilus. 



22. 



Lesbia amaryllis. 



4. Campylopterus lazulus. 



23. 



Cyantbiis forficatus. 



5. Lafresnaya flavicaudata. 



24. 



Rbainpbomicron heteropogon. 



6. Hypuroptila buffoni. 



25. 



Rbanipbomicroii microrhyiichum. 



7. Florisuga raellivora. 



26. 



Metallura tyrianthina. 



8. Petasjihora anais. 



27. 



Cbrysuroiiia aenone. 



9. Petasphora eyanotis. 



28. 



Adelomyia melanogenys. 



10. Panoplites flavescens. 



29. 



Aglseactis cupripennis. 



11. Heliodoxa leadbeateri. 



30. 



Eriocnemis aliiiae. 



12. Pteropbanes teminincki. 



31. 



Eriocnemis cupriventris. 



13. Docimastes ensiferus. 



32. 



Eriocnemis vestita. 



14. Helianthea typica. 



33. 



Uranomitra franciae. 



15. Boiircieria torquata. 



34. 



Amazilia fuscicaudata. 



16. Floricola loiigirostris. 



35. 



Amazilia cyanifrons. 



17. Heliotrypba exortis. 



36. 



Hylocharis sappbirina. 



18. Thalurania colunibica. 



37. 



Cblorostilbon angiistipeiinis. 



19. Acestrura mulsanti. 



38. 



Panycblora poortmaiii. 



It will always be a source of regret to me that before starting 

 upon our trip I had not been able to obtain any information con- 

 cerning the island of Curagao other than that contained in the 

 Encyclopaedia and in the folder of the Ked " D " Line. It is true 

 that I did not make any great effort to this end, as at the time I 

 expected that we would simply stop on the island between ships and 



