31.   He greeted visitors in a garden decorated with cages of tropical birds inside the Foreign Ministry building.

32.   He was also well-known for his collection of tropical birds, said to be the largest in Spain.

33.   In a cool cloud forest buzzing with exotic tropical birds, it offered a spectacular view of the capital on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other.

34.   The fire and smoke also killed thousands of small animals and tropical birds, including exotic species of birds that nest among the mountain rocks, he said.