Rapport du comité naval à la Chambre des représentants, août 1850, en faveur de l'établissement d'une ligne de navires à vapeur par courrier sur la côte ouest de l'Afrique, et de la fin de la Méditerranée à Londres; . se sont les buzzards à plumage foncé, ou zophlo-tes (^Catharista alrata), qui sont toujours en alerte de ramassage et de dévorer la matière de déchets de toute sorte trouvé dans les rues ou sur les maisons. Ils combattent même les amongeux pour des morceaux de déchets convoités sur le dessus des théwagons, et souvent le wagon WIU être à moitié emptiedavant qu'il atteigne le lieu de dumping.Ils sont sagement protégés par la loi,et un

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Report of the Naval committee to the House of representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London; . se are the dark-plumed buzzards, or zopilo-tes (^Catharista alrata), who are always on the alert to pickup and devour refuse matter of any sort found in thestreets or about the houses. They even fight amongthemselves for coveted pieces of garbage on top of thewagons, and frequently the wagon wiU be half emptiedbefore it reaches the dumping place.They are wisely protected by law, and a fine imposed for killing them.Clouds of these birds may be seenroosting upon the eaves of the houses, the church belfries, and all exposedbalconies. As the sun sets, thevultures flock to ^the domes of thechurches, until the latter are literallyzopiLOTE. black with them. There is one mystery in regard to these birds which naturalists aretrying to solve, namely, their breeding place. No oneknows where they go to build their nests and rear theiryoung. Although Veracruz has suffered more than almostany other capital from bombardments, ravages of bucca-neers, hurricanes, fevers, and changes of rulers, yet it is. 142 A NATURALIST IN MEXICO. still a prosperous city. A brief glance at its past his-tory shows us that in 1568 it was in the hands of pirates, that in 1683 it was sacked by buccaneers, and was de-vastated by a conflagration in 1618. In 1822-23 it wasbombarded by the Spaniards, who still held the castle ofSan Juan de la Ulua. In 1838 it was attacked by a Frenchfleet, and in 1847 was bombarded by the American forces.In 1856 it was nearly destroyed by a hurricane, and in 1859civil war decimated the town and fortress. From 1861 to1867 it was in the hands of the French and Imperialists.From that time, however, it has enjoyed a period of quietand a large share of commercial prosperity. Veracruz, though at present the principal seaport ofthe Republic, is without a harbor worthy of t

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