1894
Feb. 24           
(No. 2)  
St. Croix

trees scattered about the edges of the fields and road
and we passed one piece of woods covering perhaps
ten or twelve acres. On our left rose a mountainous
ridge of no great elevation but very picturesque, its
of various tropical shrubs with now and then a cove
filled with larger trees.
                           Mrs. Hubbard pointed out to me the Ceiba[?], the feathery
                       Tamarind (most beautiful of all the trees that I have
                       thus far seen and a favourite shade tree both here and 
                       at St. Thomas) the Mango, the Falling[?] Fern or Noman's[?]
                       Tongue (covered with yellowish pods and also much used
                       as a shade tree), Mangroves and various others.
                       There were coconut palms in abundance and the
                       most varied and bewildering growth of shrubs, vines
                       and bulbous plants. Flowers were less numerous than I
                       had expected but still we collected a very pretty
                       bunch of them.

                            Of birds I saw [underlined]Euthuia bicolor[underlined] in the village; a
                      Ground Dove and a pair of [underlined]Tyrannus domincinsis[underlined]
                      on the outskirts; several Lenaida Doves (Zenaida castanan?),
                      three Aris ([underlined]Astophaga ani[underlined]), two [underlined] Coerefa newtoni[underlined], and
                      two Hummers (exactly like those noted at St. Thomas)
                      in the country.

                            One of the Tenoida[?] Doves cooed twice - very nearly like
                      our [underlined]Z. maeroura[underlined]. The Honey Creepers chirped softly
                      [underlined](tsup)underlined very like our Yellow Warblers. Some birds that
                      I did not see made a curious musical chirrup which
                      slightly resembled that of a Chipmunk. Besides these