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As the daylight grew, Parrots in pairs and three 
or four together began flying about, always at a height of 
one or two hundred yards. Occasionally a Tinamou called. 
The Pitangus was one of the earliest birds. The Tanagers 
and Hummingbirds did not appear until the suniose above 
the woods. 
Thirty or forty Swifts were flying about over the 
clearing and I quickly shot five of them (in six shots) 
getting three Chaetura laurencii and two Chaetura spinicau da. 
The latter's notes resemble those of Chaetura pelasgica 
very closely. I have not as yet made out the notes of 
Chaetura laurencii. 
Shooting; 
Hummers 
After the usual early tropical breakfast of bread 
and coffee, I took my stand beneath a blossoming bois 
immortelle tree and spent an hour or mor© there shooting 
Hummingbirds, getting seven specimens representing four 
species among which were a pair of the beautiful Jacobins. 
I also killed a male Blue Creeper ( Arbelo rhina cyanea) 
by far the most tropical-looking bird that I have thus far 
seen. It was feeding among the bois immortelle blossoms 
bending head downward much in the manner of our Parula 
Warbler. 
The remainder of the day was spent in skinning my 
birds and getting our new shelter hut in order. It is 
open on all sides and roofed with palm leaves. As I sat 
