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feet hiyh, and tlu' fruit on the tree looks like small apples at a dis- 
tance. 
1 s;iw several Riit'ons-throated Tana.yers {(j loMiptif'i 
nijirol/is), but what they were feedin.^ on I could not ascertain 
owin^- to their wilduess, the Doves were also very numerous, and 
their cooin.y decidedly mournful and weird. 
A Thrush, named Hopping" Dick {Mcniht /t'linu/nnjs) was to be 
seen, mostly amonyst the Pimento Trees, and with its reddish- 
yellow beak and leus, reminds one very much of our familiar Black- 
bird, it has a very fine song. The (ireen 'J'ody {Tudu.i ni-'ulis) 
was here and tliei-e met with sitting on a bi'anch frog-like, with 
head pointed upwards, and plumage puffed out ; their shining 
green plumage with scarlet throat patch makes them very pretty 
little creatui'es. Every now and again they take a short sharp flight 
of a few feet, returning to the same pei"ch after catching the insect, 
in a similar manner to our Spotted Flycather, and to see one waiting 
for an opportunity to catch an insect, makes you think something 
has gone wrong with the works, as the position they adopt, is one 
of a mopy bird. If you approach, however quietly, you 
will notice their large eyes are carefully watching you ; they allow 
you to come within a few feet, and they can be caught with a hand 
net. When disturbed they fly to another tree, and resume the 
squatting attitude again. Their food appears to be all taken on the 
wing, and they build in banks, but I was not fortunate enough to 
find a nest. Another very interesting little bird, frequenting the 
same locality, was the Ant Eater, a Creeper, striped all over black 
and white. This bird crawls on the tree trunks, in a jerky manner, 
and feeds principally on ants and small insects found on the bark. 
The Blue Quits were very busy searching the Pimento trees, 
practically in hundreds, and making a lively little twitter as thej'' 
foraged, in a manner very much like our Great Tit. I also saw 
the Cotton Tree Sparrow or Black Bullfinch, a bird which in size 
and build is almost a counterpart of our Bullfinch. General i)]um- 
age black with rust-red throat an<l under tail coverts ; the hens are 
easily distinguished from the cocks by their browner plumage, 
and less brilliant throat patch. I saw several kinds of Hawks and 
a very fine Heron which 1 could not identify, but tlie plumage 
looked chiefly black and orange yellow, at a distance. 
As we gradually climlied the mountain roads, which were in 
some places entirely washed away, the birtls were of a ilitt'erent 
