1895.
March 3
(No 3)
St. Vincent.
  The Elanea (E. [blank space]) found here was also
very musical. Its song seemed to me to be very
nearly like that of our Pipilo but it was much
sweeter. 
  It was rather startling after looking only yesterday
at Honey Creepers with bright yellow underparts
to find on this island a species (Coereba atrata)
wholly of an uniform black color. It was [delete]very[/delete]
abundant and familiar. Its song is very unlike
that which I have heard on the other islands
and consists of four to six full and rather
unmusical notes. Until we saw the bird we supposed
that it was a Warbler. There is said to be also
a yellow breasted Coereba on this island but we 
did not see it.
  Anis were numerous both in the arrow root fields
and in the garden, They are interesting birds, very 
tame and much more graceful in form and
movement than I had anticipated. The flight is
much like that of a Canada Jay - a few rapid wing 
beats and then a glide on set wings and wide-spread
tail. They sit very erect when perched and at a 
distance look like Grackles. I hear their cries once, a 
number of birds uttering a series of loud calls which
resembled the clamor of Guinea-Fowl.
  In the garden I saw a Myiarchus oberi, a thin
bird not unlike our species but smaller (?) & grayer.
E[?]ethia was as common here as on the other islands.