leotaud's

Updated: May 6, 2025

Already the parasol-ants have formed a warren close to Port of Spain, in what was forty years ago highly cultivated ground, from which they devastate at night the northern gardens. The forests seem as empty of birds as the neighbourhood of the city; and a sad answer will soon have to be given to M. Leotaud's question: 'The insectivorous tribes are the true representatives of our ornithology.

Charles Kingsley - At Last