THE SOUFRIERK- BIRD. 207 



My precious bird had landed safely at tlie bottom 

 of the gulch, though somewhat soiled, and he now 

 reposed in my game-basket, wrapped in a paper cone. 

 This was the first soufriere-bird I secured ; the next 

 day I shot three others ; they proved to be a new 

 species and were named the Myiadcstcs sib Hans. 

 Another species, shot in the same locality, proved to 

 be also new, and was afterwards named the Lca- 

 copcza Bishopi. 



The day following, Toby's patience gave out 

 entirely, and I was obliged to descend the mountain 

 to the Carib country, which, as the cloud of fog lifted, 

 I could see from my cave as a lovely green slope, 

 lying between dark mountains and blue, white-rimmed 

 ocean. 



