1894.
March 29
(No 2)
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caparo
morning I saw a male Jacobin showing off before his
mate. Both were rather high in air (50 or 60 ft.) over
the clearing but not far from the bois immortel grove.
The female was flitting about and poising, perhaps
catching small insects. The male would rise about 20 ft above
her and darting down sweep[delete]t[/delete] just over her back then
[delete]rising again[/delete] rise and plunge again describing very
nearly the swing of a pendulum. All the while he
kept his tail spread to its fullest extent showing
the white very conspicuously. The white on the nape
was also displayed to remarkable advantage flashing
in the sunlight whenever the bird turned it towards me.
I am beginning to learn the notes of the Hummers here.
Eucephola and Glaucis made a shrill Fringilian zeep,
Florisuga mellivora and Agyrtria chionopectus a soft, full
tsup very like the chirp of a warbler.

  Early in the morning I shot a female Bell Bird in
a bois immortel which stands within a few yards
of our ajoupa and later in the after noon a fine
male White-headed Manakin in a thicket not ten yards
from our work bench. The Manakin made his sharp
whirring several times as Chapman & I stood
watching him.

  In the evening I walked up the road to the woods
and shot a couple of Bats. I also saw a small
Goatsucker (Leurocalis) which rose straight upward
against the sky, caught an insect, turned and plunged
downward into the gloom before I could fire.