road but two, midway of the cacao grove (100 yards) three, 
but now we got the full song which consists sometimes 
of four and sometimes of five notes, each a little lower 
than the next preceeding. The first two notes were clear 
and full, the succeeding three somewhat husky or throaty 
with a cooing quality much like that of a Barred Owl. 
This was probably an individual peculiarity. It detracted 
much from the general effect of the song which also dis¬ 
appointed me in other respects. Still it was a remarkable 
performance. The voice was the most human in character 
that I have ever heard and its pathos was indescribable -- 
a slow, sad wail of hopeless' sorrow. The effect was 
doubtless marred for rne by the fact that the bird was so 
near and in plain sight. 
With the first note he threw his head sharply 
upward, with the next the bill was invariably turned to 
the right, with the third to the left, with the fourth it 
was again turned to the right and brought down to a hori¬ 
zontal plane. With the fifth note it was sometimes (if not 
always) pointed downward. Between the calls the bird sat 
perfectly erect <& and still. Just before calling, 
his throat always At swelled to fully double its 
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normal size. 
After calling a dozen times or more, he flew back 
into the woods but when we whistled, he would quickly 
return, circle, and again alight nearly above us, changing 
his perch on the different occasions. Once he chose the 
