350 The Greed Bird of Paradise on the Island of Little Tobago.


Monday. 28/5/17.


Left Camp in the morning, and patrolled a part of the Island;

seen and heard the birds as usual; morning opened fair but rain

threatening all the time ; the birds are in beautiful plumage, very

pretty to look at; heavy showers of rain, and very high winds

during the night. Left in the afternoon and patrolled as above,

could not do much patrolling on account of rain; sea ordinary; all

correct.


Jno. H. Hamilton.


Tuesday. 29/5/17.


Left Camp in the morning and patrolled a part of the Island ;

seen and heard the P. Birds all the time; high winds continuously

all the time; the P. Birds seem much happier than in the hot

weather, as I have noticed in the hot weather they do not fly

about from place to place so often as since the rain begin to fall:

there is a good many young birds now, they can be seen at any time

as they are all over the place, you would scarcely see a Paradise

Bird on the ground, sometime you may see them one or two at

the waterpot, they are high flown birds, and like plenty of cover,

that is thick shaded trees. Shot one Hawk this morning, there are

plenty on the Island, and not very easy to get at, all the same I am

at them daily. Left Camp in the afternoon and patrolled as above;

slight drizzling of rain and very high winds in the afternoon and

during the night, all through the high winds and rains you can

hear the P. Birds crying and flying about, the weather makes no

difference with them, they seem happier; heavy seas all the time:

all correct.


Jno. H. Hamilton.


Wednesday. 30/5/17.


Left Camp in the morning and patrolled a part of the Island

as usual; seen and heard the birds; no rain for the day only plenty

of high winds; I cannot find the nests of the P. Birds, its a difficult

task, as they are high flown,* the only time they may be seen on the

ground is when per chance, they are at the waterpot drinking water,

even to-day going through some of the wooded parts of the Island,



* [Do not Paradise Birds build their nests at rather a low elevation ?—Ed.]



