1894
March 28
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caparo
  A clear fine day hot, of course, at noon but with
dry, bracing air.

  In the early morning we all turned out to search for the
big Goatsucker ("Po-un-an") and Carr quickly found
him among the bananas near where I saw him last. He
was alive and his only injury seemed to be a broken wing
which he must have snapped while flying for he fell
fifty yards or more from the spot where Chapman shot at
him. He opened his mouth wide, made a loud
squalling somewhat like that of an angry Cat and
struck at us with his beak so quickly and violently
that it was difficult to control our nerves sufficiently
to receive the blow which, of course, was really quite
feeble and harmless. His pupils in the sunlight were
scarce larger than a pin head, the irides, which were
of a deep chrome yellow, occupying nearly the whole of
the great, protruding, staring, expressionless eyes.
When we placed the bird on a log he seemed unable to
stand up but the moment we offered him a perch on
the top of a small stump he accepted it promptly
and pressing his tail against the wood stood as
erect as any Hawk or Owl. It is quite evident that
this is the birds normal position & that he cannot
or will not perch like our Antrostomus. We took
several photographs of him before we killed him.

  I spent the remainder of the early morning shooting
in the cacao grove near the ajoupa getting a number
of common birds and one new to me a Pachyramphus
nigra, ♀[female symbol].