1894
March 25
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caparo
  A cloudless day with strong trade wind after
nine o'clock. At times it was so cool in the woods that I
almost felt the need of a coat. The air was dry and
very clear. Altogether it was one of the best days
that I have seen on Trinidad.
  This was fortunate for Mr. Carr had arranged to
take Chapman and me on a long tramp to the
"Grand Ravine" where the Bell Birds live. We started
at about 7 a.m. crossing the river and taking the
trace which enters the woods where we had the
Agouti hunt. At the first brook I shot a Tanager
(Phoenicothraupis rubra) new to me and a pair of
Mot-mots which were hooting in the trees at the foot
of the hill. I fired at one of them with the
auxiliary - by mistake - at full 25 yds. but killed
the bird nevertheless, getting a perfect specimen. The
female had a defective tail and I gave it to
Mr. Chapman. I afterwards shot another, a male.
  Near the place where the Hummers (Phaethornis guyi)
sing we heard two birds calling, evidently answering
one another. Mr. Carr at first pronounced them
to be Woodpeckers but after a little they came
nearer and I got a sight at and shot them
both. They proved to be Collared Trogons (T. collaris),
a species which I had not met before. Their red
breasts glowed like living coals among the green foliage.
They acted precisely like the common yellow-breasted
species. Their call was composed of six or eight notes
identical in tone with those of Trogon meridionalis