630 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS OF GRENADA. 



Family ANATID^. 



74. Anas discors Liun. Bliio-winjr Teal. 



Large uumbers arrive in our ponds and swamps early in October. On 

 January 3, 1883, found numbers of them at Isle de Rhonde found nest- 

 ing; got several eggs; they were incubated; large embryo in tbem. 



75. Anas boschas Liiui. Mallard. 



This duck visits us in October and aifords fine shooting. 

 [Not before noted from the Lesser Antilles. — Gr. N. L.] 



76. Black Duck, sp. ? 



A small duck, quite black, occasionally found in the sea. I shot one 

 a couple of years ago. 



[No example of this duck has been sent, therefore it remains uniden- 

 tified for the present. — Gr. N. L.] 



77. Erismatura rubida (Wils.). Ruddy Duck. * 



[This species has not been observed before in the Lesser Antilles. — 

 G. N. L.] 



Family FREGATID^. 



78. Fregata aquila (Liun.). Mau-o-war Bird. Fregiite. 



$ Length, 39^ inches; expanse, 82 inches; wing, 25J inches. 



Numerous ; breed on the rocky islets ; found nests with young in May 

 at " Kick- em Jenny," a peaked rock off the north end of the island. 

 They beat the Boobies and Gulls making them disgorge their prey, which 

 the Man-o-war bird catches in the air and devours. 



Family PELECANID.^. 



79. Pelecanus fuscus (Liun.). Pelicau ; Grand-gorg€. 



$ Length, 48 inches; expanse, 73.^^ inches; wing, 20 inches. 



Very nuinerous all round the island and among the grenadiers. In 

 September and October large uumbers come into the bays to feed on 

 "sprat" and ''fry." Their breeding place has not been clearly deter- 

 mined ; they are supi^osed to breed on some of the isolated rocks and 

 on the mainland of America. 



80. Sula sula (Liini.). lioohy : Fou. 



Nuitierous; breeds on islets; nests in trees; several nests on same 

 tree. 



81. Sula piscator (Linu.). Red-foot Booby. 



Abundant, at ''Kick-em-jenny." Found nests there in May, some 

 with young and some just building. The nest is a large flat structure 

 of dry sticks, placed on the outspread branch of a large leafless tree. 



