noble: the resident birds of Guadeloupe. 381 



In the rain forest the tiny Fou-Fou is one of the few birds which 

 one is sure to meet. It is often very pugnacious and on several occa- 

 sions, when I have excited it by "squeaking" it has darted ahnost 

 into my face. Although the Fou-Fou is the smallest bird on Guade- 

 loupe it will drive away Sucriers, Gros-Becs, and even Grives from 

 its favorite honey tree. In spite of its tiny size, it makes a great 

 deal of noise during one of these attacks, — a crackling volley of psist I 

 psist!! psist!!! loud enough to frighten even a man. The species is 

 by far the noisiest of the Guadeloupe hummingbirds. 



28. TyRANNUS DOiMINICENSIS VORAX (VieiUot). 



Pipiri. 



Five adults from Ste. Rose July 12th, 14th, and one from Goyave 

 September 2nd. 



Ridgway (Bull. 50, U. S. N. M., 1907, pt. 4, p. 708) states that 

 Tyrannus d. dominicensis occurs in Guadeloupe. All of the six speci- 

 mens, which I collected,, are typical Tyrannus d. vorax. One, how- 

 ever, is smaller than the other Guadeloupian birds but larger than the 

 average for the Greater Antilles. The occurrence of Tyrannus d. 

 vorax in Guadeloupe is to be expected on zoogeographical grounds for 

 the same race is found north as well as south of the island (cf. Riley, 

 Smith, miscell. coll., Nov. 8, 1904, 47, p. 2). 



The Pipiri is perhaps the most conspicuous if not abundant bird 

 of the lowlands. It resembles the Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) in 

 that it selects a high perch overlooking some bit of pasture and from 

 these sallies forth after the passing flies. As it darts out the snap of 

 its bill may be heard for some distance. Of all the bird notes about 

 the cane-fields, the one that catches a stranger's ear first is the sharp 

 pip-piree, pip-pirr-ee of this bird. In the early morning the bird is 

 especially active and its call-note seems to arise from every corner of 

 the plantation. I imagined the bird received its name from its call 

 but Ballet (L'histoire de la flore, la faune etc. de la Guadeloupe, Basse 

 Terre, 1895, 1, 2, p. 21) says: — "Pipiri vient sans doute du mot 

 breton pipirette, expression dont on se sert en Bretagne pour designer 

 I'aube ou piperette du jour." 



