374 Sir W. Jardine on the Ornithology of the Island of Tobago. 



three weeks after they were ready to leave the nest, and although 

 she evinced the greatest distress by her chirping note when flying 

 around me often within three feet, I never but twice from the 

 laying until the period I mention saw the appearance of a male 

 near the nest ; and whether they pair seems to be disputed, as on 

 both these occasions he was hotly pursued by the female to a 

 considerable distance with all that bickering violence so peculiar 

 to the tribe." We receive T. moschitus from Trinidad. 



Trochilus audeberti, Less. s. 

 Trochilus erythronotus, Less. (Emerald Humming-bird.) s. 

 " Native ; begins to build about the 10th of February, gene- 

 rally on a small stalk or on the upper side of some twig, some- 

 times so hid from the eye by a large leaf as to preclude all pos- 

 sibility of seeing it from above, and often so near the ground as 

 to remain undiscovered. Makes a small neat nest in which it lays 

 two pure white eggs." 



Columba RUFiNA, Temm. (Blue Pigeon.) s. 

 " Excellent for the table." Received also from Jamaica. 

 Peristera jamaicensis, Gmel. (Ground Dove.) s. 

 " Native ; are fond of sequestered places, go in pairs, feed on 

 the ground, build a coarse nest with two or three cross sticks, 

 easily domesticated. Excellent for the table. The natives catch 

 great numbers of them by traps made of sticks and shaped like a 

 triangle." Received also from Jamaica. 



Peristera frenata, Tschudi ? (Ground Dove.) s. 



Chaivoepelia talpicoti, Temm. (Ground Dove.) s. 



Ortalida ruficauda, Jard. (Cockricko or Partridge.) 



Unable to compare this bird with the species described in the 

 ' Isis/ we cannot decidedly assert that it is undescribed, and the 

 name above is given provisionally. Its nearest ally is the P. ka- 

 traka, which it resembles in size and form. It however differs 

 from it in the head and upper part of the neck not being " roux 

 fonce," and in having all the feathers of the tail except the two 

 centre broadly tipped with dull reddish. The young birds we 

 believe are not white below. They appear to be tolerably com- 

 mon on the island and are " native," breeding there ; they are 

 easily tamed and become very familiar. The trachea in the male 

 has one external convolution. 



The head, upper parts of the neck and centre of the throat 

 blackish gray, shading into the olive which is the colour of the 

 whole upper parts and wings. The lower part of the neck and 

 breast also olive, of a paler tint and shading into a yellowish brown 

 on the belly and vent, which again shades into dull reddish 



