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Title: A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Robinson, Wirt, b. 1864
Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Cambridge (Mass.) Riverside press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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go ashore.I saw during the day some capybaras, two kinds of macaws, someguacharacas, and four kinds of toucans, the three of which we haveobtained specimens and a fourth whose under parts seemed largelyred. The steward bought for the table a large turtle, or rather terrapin.It had a smooth shell, a uniformly colored skin, a sharp pointed andsnake-like head with the eyes much nearer the tip of the nose thanin our river terrapins. The poor reptile was secured by having itsfeet sewn together. It was clear and hot and rained at night. Monday, July 18, 1892. We started very early, and made a gooddays run, passing Bodega Central, Puerto Nacional, and otherplaces, but made no stop long enough to go ashore for birds.We shot a great many times at alligators. I saw several iguanasat the mouth of the river Lebrija. At Puerto Nacional there wasone on the rivers bank, and getting between it and the trees, Imade an attempt to catch it; but without the slightest hesitation BACK TO BAKUANQUILLA. 125
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KING VULTURE. (From Riverside Natural History, by permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) it dived boldly into the water, and swam off beneath the surface aseasily as a frog. We saw several small bands of monkeys in thetrees as we passed along. After we had tied up for the night, themosquitoes became very troublesome. It was clear and hot. Tuesday, July 19, 1892. We passed Banco early in the morn-ing, and later the mouth of the Cauca, soon after which we madea short stop at Magangue. The water was now too low for us toget into Mompos. I saw during the day several herds of capybaras. 126 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. Before I got up, Cabell had seen a king vulture, and later in theday I saw a pair perched in a low dead tree growing in a marsh.At the distance that I saw them, they looked black and white withred heads. I also saw another new bird, apparently an ibis, verylarge, snowy white plumage with black head and legs (Mycteriaamericana). I saw large flocks of black and white duck

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