1894
March 24
(No 2)
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caparo
to find one of them.
  The rapid firing seemed to rattle the birds
for instead of flying away they kept passing
back and forth over our heads alighting on the
tops of the tallest trees and uttering their peculiar
calls incessantly. This call is a raucous or rasping croak.
It is very loud and penetrating and can be
heard nearly a quarter of a mile away when
the conditions are favorable. I heard another
cry this morning a short, low, deep rolling whistle.
  In these woods I heard a succession of long whistling notes
very loud and rather musical. On following up
the bird I found it to be a Dendromis.
  While watching the Toucans I saw a Woodpecker
nearly as large as Ceophteus pileatus with the
upper parts of a uniform dull yellowish green,
the lower parts of much the same color but
apparently obscurely barred, a very large & long
crest which I think was very light brown or
brownish white. This bird alighted against the
trunk of a tree within less than twenty yards
of me and in a good strong light. He climbed
slowly up a few yards and then flew to a
liana and ascended that. He made no sound
whatever. To my great surprise Mr. Chapman
failed to recognize the species from my description.
Indeed he says that no such bird is known!
[margin]A strange
Woodpecker[/margin]