One of the Zenaida Doves cooed twice — very nearly 
like our Zenaidura macroura . The Honey Creepers chirped 
softly ( tsup) very like our Yellow Warblers. Some birds 
that I did not see made a curious musical chirrup which 
slightly resembled that of our Chipmunk. Besides these 
sounds I heard positively nothing save a single, distant, 
bell-like bird voice on the mountain slope. Do not birds 
sing here and where were the insect voices? 
Butterflies were common but nowhere numerous. We 
saw four species, three new to me and very tropical-looking, 
the fourth our common Cabbage Butterfly, 
I saw two Hawks flying high, one soaring over the 
crest of the mountain ridge, the other crossing a valley 
among the hills. Both looked like Falcons and one was 
probably Falco sparverius . 
One of the passengers, who has just returned from 
a drive across the island, tells me that he saw a Mongoose 
and a Deer. The latter animal is said to be numerous. 
I nearly caught a small Mouse which started up 
under foot among some vines by the roadside and eluded me 
by merely taking one or two short hops whenever I put out 
my hand. The creature was of about the size and nearly the 
color of our White—footed Mouse. I am very sure tnat it 
was not a House Mouse 
