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probable way the name must have travelled from the land 
on the bay to the valley over the mountains. 
Ta'irico is a small cacao estate of about six quarrees, say 
19 acres, lately established, and is all rising ground, easy 
at first ; the name is that of our black corn-bird, the 
Seaphidurus ater , called in creole Merle cavalier ; it is a 
large handsome boat-tailed bird, of the Starling family 
(Stcrnidje:) ; the feathers of its body reflect beautiful blue, 
green, and other colors as it disports itself; the total 
length is 14 or 15 inches, 6 of which belong to the tail. 
The name given to it by the Spanish creoles, and very 
generally by the English also, Ta'irico (in 4 syllables), is 
the cry of the bird. 
There is more surf on the beach in Maracas Bay in tho 
host season than its depth and horse-shoe form leads one 
to expect. The best landings are, I believe, in Damian’s 
bay, and at the north-west end of Maracas beach. Set in 
a dark frame of forest-covered mountains that seem to rise 
from the water’s edge, this bay has a gloomy and unpro- 
mising aspect from the sea. Maracas . and Las Cuevas 
being the leading bays on this coast, and often spoken 
about in town, and ignorance of them leaving a serious 
hiatus in one’s knowledge of the north coast, I determined, 
after my return, to visit them overland, which I did on 
tho last day of January. 
The details given in these pages connected with these 
two bays were chiefly obtained during this journey. The 
botanical specimens brought back were all gathered in 
going over Piedra Blanca, or .at its foot on either side. 
T hoy were as follows : 
Palicouroa crocea, JD. C., var. tenuifolia 
Psychotria uliginosa, Sw . 
Nepsera aquatica, Maud. 
