Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago hummingbirds to the primitive cave-dwelling oilbird (that uses sonar to fly in the dark) to the spectacularly beautiful scarlet ibis. The islands are within a few miles of Venezuela, and the species are therefore typical of tropical South America. However, the variety (although quite exceptional for such a small geographic area) is somewhat impoverished compared to the mainland, as would be expected with small islands. The resident breeding birds are augmented in the northern winter by migrants from North America. Tobago has only about half the number of bird species of Trinidad, but about 22 birds have been reported only
Philip John Miles his wife Sarah Berrow. His elder brother William died in 1790, and he inherited from his financier father in 1803. Miles was a partner in Miles Bank of Bristol, and later Miles, Harford & Co, which eventually became part of NatWest. He had Leigh Court at Abbots Leigh rebuilt, 1814–8. He sat three times as a Member of Parliament, for from 1826, for from 1829, and for from 1835. Under the Slave Compensation Act 1837 he received money from properties in Jamaica and Trinidad. Miles died on 24 March 1845. Miles married: From the first marriage there was one son