1894 
March 16 
Early 
m orn i ng 
in the 
forest 
Troft’ons 
Gaparo 
The sky was cloudy at daybreak this morning and 
the Monkeys roared even louder and for a much longer time 
than yesterday. After sunrise we had several heavy 
showers. 
I went out early with Chapman and Hutton. We took 
a trace,which enters the woods just beyond where we shot 
the Goatsuckers and after crossing a swamp ascends a hill 
and winds along the crest of a narrow ridge. It is said 
to be hundreds of years old — in fact, one of the original 
Indian trails. The woods are very varied and beautiful 
but I cannot describe them now. Birds were very numerous 
and the woods fairly rang with their calls. We were shown 
a tree thickly hung with nests of Ostinops. A Parrot 
alighted in this tree and I shot at but missed it. It 
was probably out of range for the tree was very tall. 
Trogons were very numerous. In one place four 
or five were flitting from tree to tree, calling at short 
intervals. They were of two species. One gave the 
Cuckoo-like call, the other a succession of harder notes 
which closely resembled those of the Flicker's "shout". 
I shot one of these birds, a female. I also say my first 
Mot-mot, a slender, graceful bird. It wagged its long 
tail from side to side with a curious waving motion. 
Yellow-headed Manakins were flitting about and 
chasing one another. The male has a bright and by no means 
unmusical song. 
