176 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XX.2,3&4. 



Family PSITTACIDAE Parrots. 

 80. Psittacula passerina. Blue winged Parrakeet or Love Bird. 

 At certain times of the year small native boys add to their income 

 by catching small green love birds which they sell for a few cents each. 

 On trying to identify one of these I was surprised to find that it was 

 not recorded in any of the published lists of the Birds of Trinidad. 

 It is common in British Guiana, but neither Leotaud, Chapman nor 

 Hellmayr record it. It is now widely distributed in the Island and 

 I saw one apparently nesting in a hollow bamboo in 1916 but did not 

 note the date. 



The first pair I saw after I realised their interest was at Caroni 

 on August 21, 1919. On September 30, 1919 I shot one hen bird at 

 Caroni, the stomach of which contained seeds and vegetable matter. 

 It is also not uncommon near San Fernando. 



This bird must have been introduced since the time of Leotaud 

 or else has become much commoner in the intervening time ,as it is 

 difficult to believe he overlooked such a conspicuous bird. 



Family STRIGIDAE Owls. 

 81. Pulsatrix torquata Daud. Collared Owl. 

 Athene torquata. Leotaud No. 26. 

 In the Bull. Dept. Agr. Trinidad and Tobago II. 164 there is a 

 note that a specimen of this bird was shot in the Botanic Gardens and 

 made a noise like " a Barn Owl with a sore throat or slow flapping of 

 the wings of a large bird." 



82. Glaucidium phalaenoides. Daub. Little Owl or Jumby Bird. 

 Athene phalaenoides. Leotaud No. 27. 

 The somewhat plaintive piping cry of this bird is frequently 

 heard during the day time issuing from some tree or clump of bushes. 

 It also makes a sharp clicking noise. 



It is held in great awe by many of the natives, who have given it 

 the name of Jumby Bird—" jumby " being the local name for 

 evil spirit. 



According to G. Thompson a pair of these birds were nesting in 

 a hole in a mango tree in Port-of-Spain at the end of May 1920. By 

 the beginning of July four fully fledged young were flying round, and 

 he repeatedly saw the mother bird bringing lizards to feed them with. 



