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Motniots hooted softly, and the mournful whistle of a Pygmy 

 Owl (Glaucidium) told of his partially diurnal habits. The 

 species mentioned were all more or less common. Their voices 

 formed an ever present accompaniment for all other bird-music — 

 a background to the picture of bird-life which we do not intend 

 to attempt desci'ibing. 



Our stay at Caparo was crowded with events, but the time 

 was too short for us to make many observations sufficiently novel 

 to warrant publication in the pages of a scientific journal, and in 

 this connection we propose to speak of but three species, to the 

 published accounts of whose life-histories, thanks to Mr. Carr's 

 assistance, we think we can make some additions. They are the 

 Bell-bird or Campafiero {Chasmorhynchus variegatus), a Hum- 

 mingbird locally called ' Brin-blanc ' (Phaethornis guyi), and a 

 large Goatsucker {Nyctibius jamaicensis). 



To what extent the other three species of the genus deserve 

 the reputation sometimes given them we cannot say, but the 

 voice of Chasmorhynchus variegatus would undoubtedly prove a 

 disappointment to those who expect a Bell-bird to be a Bell-bird 

 in more than name. But while its notes bear no resemblance to 

 the " deep tolling of a bell " they proved none the less singular, 

 and we class them among the most remarkable we hare 

 ever heard. — The Auk, Vol. xii, No. 3., July, 1895. 



(To be continued.) 



