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 (1895) (14728221366)

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Robinson, Wirt, b. 1864

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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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LAMIOKNIS VIOLICAUDA.(From Elliot.) breast (Lampornis nigricollis)the scarlet blossoms of a large tree near the townin a green-naped pigeon, like the one that I had killed on the river,and a woodpecker about the size of our yellow-bellied, but coloredsomewhat like the red-bellied. Its head, throat, and below wereash-buff, the centre of the belly and back of the head washed withred, back closely barred with black and white, wings and two cen-tral tail-feathers black and white, remaining tail-feathers black withwhite tips, and rump white (Centurus terricolor).It was clear and warm.
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GKeuleTtLans del. EUPSYCHORTYX LEUCOTIS , &mddWhite-eared. Partridge. MmterruBros. Chromo litK-London.. THE MULE ROAD AND GUADUAS. 101 Wednesday, July 6, 1892. I felt a little better, but was stillunable to eat anything, and stayed in bed all day. Thursday, July 7, 1892. I felt worse in the morning and sentagain for the doctor, but was told that he had gone away the day be-fore and would be back in about a week. I was feeling prettyblue over this news when my brother came in to say that an Englishgentleman stopping in the hotel, a Mr. George Child from Bogota,on his way to Honda, learning of my sickness and of the fact thatthere was now no doctor in the town, had kindly offered me a rem-edy which he had with him, chlorodyne. Within ten minutesafter taking the first dose I began to feel better, and from this pointI recovered rapidly. Cabell made some beef tea for me later in theday, which was very strengthening. In the afternoon he went outwith his gun for a little while and return

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