1894
April 2
(No 3)
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caparo
years after they fall or are cut down. Hence
the woods and [delete] recent [/delete] older clearings are remarkably
free from stubs and fallen logs a fact which
doubtless explains the comparative scarcity of
Woodpeckers when these grand old forests are
compared with those in the wilder parts of
the United States.
  In the recent clearings, however, one sees many
tall bleached or fire-charred stubs [delete] which
remind me forcibly of [/delete] like those on our southern
plantations.

  At evening I went, for the last time, up
the road to the high woods near the bridge.
There were few Swifts or Bats. Tinamous and
a Coq-bois were calling. As twilight deepened
the Lurocatis came within four feet of my
head and then flew up and down the road
hawking for insects. The little Jumby Birds
(Glaucidium) were very noisy for a short time
after sunset and later I heard the Cooker er-rr-coo
Owl and the Owl that calls hoo, hoo, hoo, ho.
The little frogs that say oui so swiftly were
out in great force this evening and the
big tree toad by the river clattered at
frequent intervals up to about eight o'clock.
But after the night has fairly set in & where
there is no moonlight we hear but few sounds
save the chirping & shrilling of crickets
and grasshoppers.