KALACOON WILD LIFE 273 



MARCH 26, 1916: 



5:30 Just light enough to write; baboons howling across river; martins 



chirping sleepily. 

 5:35 Hanaquas start S. E. 



5:38 Second hanaquas start S. Twa-twa slave sings constantly. 

 5:39 Third hanaquas start E. Jungle pigeon coos. 

 5:40 Yellow warbler sings. Several finches sing. 

 5:41 Palm tanager flies down from thorn palm. 

 5:42 Wren sings. 

 5 :43 Pigeon coos loudly. 



5 :44 Moriche oriole leaves nest in thorn palm. 

 5:45 Fourth hanaqua N. E. (close to edge of compound). First hana- 



qua answers. First martin flies. 

 5 :46 Hanaquas calling in three directions. The poor-me-one calls. The 



midnight song of the variegated tinamou. 

 5:49 Wren's voice still dominant, with hanaquas at intervals. Six o'clock 



bee cicada starts. Flycatchers of several species sing their 



harsh songs. Thrush far in the distance, very sweet. 

 5:55 Second moriche oriole leaves nest. 

 5:57 Twelve or fifteen martins appear in sky, coming from jungle. 



Twa-twa slave mounts bush and sings violently; wheechew ! 



wheechee ! etc. 

 6:00 Martins increase in number and continue feeding. Beetles drone 



past, and big bees appear. 

 6:01 Three Pitangus lictor begin chasing each other. Caracara uproar 



in distance. 

 6 :04 Kiskadees appear at edge of clearing and sit silently on twigs. 



Martins and high-perching flycatchers busy, insects are fly- 

 ing high. 

 6:06 Flock of katydids come into clearing and a dozen flycatchers and 



finches chase them wildly. 

 6:07 Blue tanager passes. 

 6:10 Chorus has died out, birds busily feeding. Kiskadees call for first 



time in distance. 

 6:13 First hummingbird feeding. 



MAY 16, 1916: 

 Clouds in East. Faint light. 



5:30 to 5:45 Howlers, poor-me-one, tinamou, who-are-you, wife-sick, 



all heard during this period. Bats, hawk over roof. 

 5 :48 Wren singing. 



5:50 Palm tanager leaves palm. Jungle pigeon bells. 

 5:51 Dragonflies out. 

 5:52 Hanaquas E. and S. 

 5:52^ Hanaquas S. E. ones answer. 



