1894.
Feb. 25
(No 4)
St. Christopher (or "St. Kitts").
  The Hummer was darting about among the hanging
aerial roots of the big "banyan", catching minute
insects no doubt. It was an exquisitely beautiful little
creature, green above and dark grayish beneath. The shining
sapphire of the upper surface of the crest showed
only when the crest was erected which happened every
few seconds as the bird poised on buzzing wings
a yard or two above where I stood [illus].
  I saw the Honey Creepers probing flowers
with their curbed bills. While thus engages the bird
bent forward and down perching just above the flower
and reminding me of our Parula Warbler.
  I saw only one butterfly in the Park, a small
yellow species much like out common one. There
were a dozen or more dragon flies about the
fountain. All appeared to be of the same kind. Three
had dark gray bodies and plain graying wings.
  In a little pool filled with small lily pads & 
a leaf that resembled our floating heart we caught
a pair of water beetles of about the size of our large
Dysticus and evidently belonging to that genus but
of a uniform dull black color.
  Lizards were abundant about the fountain. There
were two kinds, one grass green, the other drab with
a dull red throat. The latter were from twelve to 
eighteen inches long & singularly alert & intelligent
looking. One picked up a palm berry and took it off in
its mouth.