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1894 
March 25 
Cap arc , 
A cloudless day with strong trede wind after nine 
o'clock. At times it was so cool in the woods that I 
almost felt the need of a coat. The air was dry and very 
clear. Altogether it was one of the best days that I have 
seen on Trinidad, 
This was fortuna.te, for Air. Carr had arranged to 
take Chapman and me on a long trajiip to the "Grand Ravine" 
where the Bell Birds live. We started at about 7 A. M,, 
crossing the river and taking the trace which enters the 
woods where we had the Agouti hunt. At the first brook 
I shot a Tanager ( Phoenicothraupis rubra ) new to me, and 
a pair of Mot-mots which were hooting in the trees at the 
foot of the hill. I fired at one of them with the auxi¬ 
liary — by mistake— at full 25 yards but killed the 
bird, nevertheless, getting a perfect specimen. The female 
had a defective tail and I gave it to Mr. Chapman. I 
afterwards shot another, a male. 
Near the place where the Hummers ( Phaethornis guyi ) 
sing we heard two birds calling, evidently answering one 
another. Mr. Carr at first pronounced them to be Wood¬ 
peckers but after a little they came nearer and I got a 
sight at and shot them both. They proved to be Collared 
Trogons ( Trogon collacis) . a species which I have not met 
before. Their red breasts glowed like living coals among 
the green foliage. They acted precisely like the common 
yellow-breasted species. Their call was composed of six 
