1894
Feb. 28
(No 4)
Dominica
  As soon as we got fairly outside the town
we began to see birds in considerable numbers
and higher up the valley they were really
abundant in many places. With Chapman's and
I recognised Margarops densirostris, Coereba bartholemica,
Eulampis jugularis, E. holosericeus, Bellona exilis,
Chactura acuta, Pyrrhulagra ridgwayi, & Dendroica malacoptera.

  The Hummingbirds were especially numerous and
conspicuous. Scarce a minute passed where one or
two were not in sight and I often saw four or
five together. The males were continually chasing the
females and each other. All three species made
a shrill squealing noise almost exactly like
that of T. colubus. The flight of Bellona is similar
to that of colubus but both species of Eulampis
fly either in short, jerky undulations like a Warbler
or by a level plain with long, steady, rapid wing beats
like a Swift.

  The only birds heard singing were the Coerebae whose
singular whirry notes (a type of song new to me) are
rarely out of our hearing.

  In the intervals between the showers we heard a
low plaintive call of two syllables very like the
kur-wee of Porzana carolina. Chapman says that
this sound is made by a tree frog.

  Butterflies are numerous but I saw no very
large or showy species.