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The El aenla ( Elaenia ? ) found here was also 
very musical. Its song seemed to me to be very nearly like 
that of our Pipilo but it was much sweeter. 
It was rather startling after looking only yesterday 
at Honey Creepers with bright yellow underparts to find on 
this island a species ( Coereba atrata ) wholly of a uniform 
black color. It was abundant and familiar. Its song is 
very unlike that which I have heard on the other islands 
and consists of from four to six full and rather musical 
notes. Until we saw the bird we supposed that it was a 
Warbler. There is said to be also a yellow-breasted Coereba 
on this island but we did not see it. 
Anis were numerous both in the arrowroot fields and 
in the garden. They are interesting birds, very tame and 
much more graceful in form and movement than I had antici¬ 
pated. The flight is much like that of a Canada Jay -- a 
few rapid wing beats and then a glide on set wings and wide¬ 
spread tail. They sit very erect when perched and at a 
distance look like Crackles. I heard their cries once, a 
number of birds uttering a series of loud calls which 
resembled the clamor of Guinea Fowl. 
In the garden I saw a Myiarchus obeci ,a trim bird 
not unlike our species but smaller (?) and grayer. Euethia 
was as common here as on the other islands. 
