1894
April 2
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caparo
  Another remarkably fine day with few clouds and but little
wind.

  As we were drinking coffee early this morning a Bell Bird
began calling on the hill near the road. We could hear it
very distinctly from the house which is about 400 yards
distant.
  Arthur Case started off before daylight to hunt for
Howling Monkeys. He returned at about 9 o'clock with a fine
pair which he killed from a band of five. They were
about the cleanest animals which have been brought in
during our stay here being apparently wholly free from
ticks and bugs, fleas or other vermin. Their finger and
toe nails were as neatly kept as possible and black with
a high polish. The beard of the male was of a rich purplish
chestnut. The eyes of both were light hazel and rather
gentle and intelligent in expression. We cooked some of the
flesh of the female & found it excellent - very like tender beef.
At ten o'clock I started out with the camera crossing
the river and following the old trace to the figuier tree
of which I made two pictures. I took in all ten most
of them studies of tree trunks and foliage.

  I saw a fine pair of Toucans which were unusually
tame permitting me to stand directly beneath them
for ten minutes or more although they were in a
small tree mot about 35 ft. above the ground. One
of them held a large berry in the tip of its bill but
it could not either drop or swallow it while I was
watching it. Both birds sat in rather crouching attitudes.
They rolled their heads from side to side much in the