1894
April 4
(No 3)
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caura
the bushes but if this was so our presence deterred it. It was
a very pretty creature much neater-looking and more alert
and graceful than I had supposed. Its facial expression
reminded me somewhat of that of a Fox.

  Near the falls I saw a Contopus brachytarsus at work on
its nest which was placed about forty feet above the ground
in the fork of a thick, horizontal branch of a bois immortel[le].
In general appearance as well as in the position this nest
was almost identical with that of our Wood Peewee which,
indeed, this bird resembles very closely in every way except
in its notes which are a short quip and a low twitter.

  As we were passing under a large tree which overhung
the path and beneath which the ground was literally
covered with a small, berry-like fruit I caught a
glympse of six or seven Paroquets which had come from
behind us and were just in the act of alighting. We
instantly stopped and began looking for them but it
was certainly five minutes before we saw the first although
the foliage was by no means dense. After a little we
made out another and then another until we finally
could see five. They sat erect and nearly motionless but
occasionally one would crane its neck out & turn its
head side down for a good look at us. At length,
apparently satisfied that we intended them no
harm, the pretty little birds began flitting and climbing
about in the most lively and active manner. They
had evidently come to this tree to feed on its fruit
which Lickfold says is much sought after by various
kinds of small birds.