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Owls 
Tree Toad 
Then there were two different Owls. One which 
Chapman believes to be Megascops had a very rapid, rolling 
hoo-hoo-hoo-hpo , hoo closely similar in tone to the voice 
of our Bubo . The other called ho; ho_; ho; hoa or some¬ 
times hoa ; ho ; ho ; ho ; h oa in a tone almost exactly like 
the Barred Owl's. Toward morning Chapman woke me to call 
my attention to the cry of a Barn Owl but I was too sleepy 
to receive a very clear impression. We also heard at inter¬ 
vals during the night a single loud, cat-like yell which 
Chapman thought was made by an Ocelot (We afterwards became 
convinced that this sound was uttered by an Owl, but failed 
to identify the bird). 
Soon after sunset and at short, regular intervals 
during the night an exceedingly loud, woodeny sound came 
from a point in the forest half-a-mile or more away. I 
could not compare it closely to anything but it reminded 
me at times of the sound of a long succession of rapid blows 
struck by a mallet on a wooden fence, at others of the 
rapid puffing of a distant engine. Chapman told me that 
it is supposed to be made by a large tree frog. He has 
heard it in Cuba, as well as here, before. There was only 
one of these creatures within hearing to-night. 
Besides the above sounds, we heard nothing but a 
few crickets. There were fireflies which looked like ours 
and gave a similar intermittent light but the big ones are 
not out at this season. 
