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Capar o. 
1894 
March 17 Early this morning Chapman and I started off together — 
for the first time since we have been here. We took the 
same path as yesterday but went much further in — to a 
q }\ btylata tree where Chapman and Hutton set a number of traps 
yesterday. The path follows a ridge the entire distance, 
after it leaves the swamp, and the woods are very varied 
and beautiful. 
Small birds were numerous. I had bad luck in 
shooting but got a few interesting things, among them a 
boat-billed Flycatcher (Pl atyrhynchus insularis )which was 
flitting about among the shrubbery, uttering a sharp cry, 
a fine Coq-bois, which we called from a considerable dis¬ 
tance by imitating its whistle, a Thrush ( Merula fumigata ), 
which I gave to Chapman, and two Blue Creepers ( Coereba 
caerwlea) . The last were in an agalee or cupey tree, 
feeding on the fruit. We got back to breakfast at eleven 
and spent the rest of the day working on the birds. I 
shot a Tick Bird ( Crotophaga ani) and an Euphonia v iolacea 
which came about our ajoupa. At sunset we walked up the 
road and watched the big Goatsucker on the stub which is 
evidently his habitual feeding station. I shall make fuller 
notes on him later. 
A moo nli ght At 9 p# M> 
we started out on a Manicou (Opossum) 
hunt, taking the whole pack of dogs. As we were crossing 
hunt 
