1894
Feb. 28
(No 2)
Guadeloupe.
above me and I put my glass on it. I heard
at least a dozen males singing during the hour
that we spent ashore but not another bird
of any kind did I see or hear except a female
Redstart, which hopped and flitted along a narrow
street alighting on the ground within a few yards of
us and a small greenish Hummer which floated
just past my head giving me no chance to note
its form or coloring with any degree of accuracy.

  As the morning was still and clear and as
we were ashore soon after sunrise it seems
safe to assume that, at this season at least,
the only singing bird which is commonly and
generally distributed in this town is the Warbler
above mentioned. I suppose this species to be
Dendroica petechia melanoptera [?]; peculiar to
Guadeloupe and Dominica.

  We were told that the Guinea Fowl are still
very numerous on Guadeloupe but the Mongoose
is here, also, and is preying on the, with
its characteristic energy and relentlessness.