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when poising. I killed both my birds to-day by snap shots 
with the axixiliary. The ordinary note of this species is 
a strong Fringilline lisp, much like that of Eucephala 
caerulea . I have never seen Q-laucis outside the woods 
but Phaethornis occasionally visits the cacao groves. 
Eucephala is equally common throughout the forest and in 
the cacao. 
A little beyond this creek and some tviro miles 
from home lae heard the distant call of a Bell Bird and 
followed it about for an hour or more without seeing or 
even getting very near the bird which would utter a dozen 
or fifteen calls, remain silent for mwhile, and then begin 
again in a new place. Its cry resembled the stroke of an 
axe on resonant wood, a bok or toe repeated every few 
seconds. This is not the bell sound,which we did not hear. 
While following the Bell Bird, I ca^re upon a 
beautiful Woodpecker, Celeus elegans . It was very tame 
and Chapman killed it with my auxiliary. We afterwards saw 
its mate. 
On our return, we followed the banks of the creek 
for a considerable distance. There ?/as no path but the 
trees were so large that there was very little undergrowth 
or weeds and the walking was open, smooth and easy. I was 
forcibly reminded of the woods on the bottom lands of 
Southern Illinois but the palms, of course, gave the scenery 
