90 Birds of Paradise on Little Tobaga (West Indies).


Afternoon. Went to Guinea Point. Saw one female at King


Edward Road, one female at Broadway. Call from Palm

Grove and south slope of Apoda Hill. At evening two

females flying N.S., two females flying over landing place

S.E. Loud calls from Apoda Hill.


August 6th. Weather very bad, cannot go out, birds silent.


,, 7th. Weather clear. Loud calls from Apoda Hill,


North Hill and fiat. Went to Guinea Point. Saw one

female at feeding place, one pair at Broadway, one male near

by Dancing. Calls from East Road. Shot one Fowl (hen)

and two half grown chicks.


August 8th. Weather very rainy. Birds silent during morning.


Loud calls at evening from Apoda Hill. Saw two females

flying N.S. One small shark in bay.


August 9th. Weather very clear. Loud calls from several points,

also saw several males and females at North Hill. Apoda

Hill, Waterhole and Broadway Road, one female in tree

close by.


Similar reports continue, but Mr. MlLLSUM quotes : —


REPORT IN GENERAL.


There is no change in the lives of the Apodas, they are as

well as ever. In rainy weather they keep rather silent, but when it

is fine they are heard all over the island. I have kept hidden half¬

way up trees, which I have climbed and which Apodas frequent, to

make sure of the right shade of colour of head and throat of females,

and I can say now with certainty that it is deep metallic indigo blue.

All other parts of the body are brown, except at the end of belly,

towards tail, a light greyish pink. I have received the colours from

Mr. Brash and I shall try to colour the sketches of Apodas the

proper shades. I shall forward sketches via New York. Fowls are

seen again now and then. I have shot three, also a shark in the

bay. All Hawks I have seen I have shot, they are very few and

they are all strangers.


Mr. Millsum also sends an abstract of a letter written to Sir

William Ingram.


When Mr. Brash visited the island he saw several Apodas,



