1894
March 1
(No 4)
Martinique.
  Quiscalus inflexirostris resembles our Quiscalus in
flight and general appearance but its voice is
even harsher and more cracked.

  Euphonia interested me exceedingly. I saw three or
four of the beautiful little creatures. In attitudes,
flight, and general appearance they seemed to
me to be typical Finches reminding me most
of our Indigo Bird. They are easily called by
"screeping".

  Curiously enough I have a correction of a correction
to make regarding the zeeing notes which I attributed to
Coereba. It is made by both as I ascertained
beyond question to-day. After watching each species
carefully and comparing the notes I failed
to detect any difference whatever and Chapman
tells me that he has just had the same experience
in Dominica.

  The Thryothorus was the only real song bird that
we heard in this garden. It has a very musical
song consisting of several bright, glancing notes ending
in a rich trill almost exactly like that of our
Houe Wren. Chapman has a theory that it is a
Troglodytes and not a Thryothorus ludovicianus
being of about the same size of a rich brownish
fulvous beneath.