620 CATALOGUE UP BIRDS OF GRENADA. 



29. Orthorhynchus cristatus (Liun.). Crested Humming Bird ; Coulibri. 

 Found eveij^where ; common. Frequents also the little islets ; very 



pugnacious; beats the chicken hawk. Nests on low branches; very fond 

 of the drooping branches of the uutraeg tree. Nest usually formed of 

 the soft fur from the cork-wood tree and other fine substauces. Lays 

 two diminutive white eggs. Found a nest once on a sea-side grape at 

 Soubise Island. 



Family CYPSELIB^. 



30. Chaetura ciuereiventris Scl. Moiintniii .Swallow. 



S length, 4| inches: expanse, 10 inclies ; wing, 4f inches. 



$ length, 4i inches ; expanse, 10;^ ?nches ; wing, 4^ inches. 



Though more numerous in the mountains, this Swift is found every- 

 where, especiallj" after a shower of rain. On the Grand Etaug road they 

 are i)lentiful; skimming along close to the ground, they will just rise 

 and pass over the head of a traveler or dash on one side and return to 

 the road again to feast on the insects disturbed by the tramp of the 

 horse. They breed among the inaccessible cliffs in the mountains. 



[This Swift has uot been noted before frotn the Lesser Antilles, 

 though it was observed by Mr. Ober in Grenada, but not identified. 

 — G. N. L.] 



31. Hemipiocne zouaris (Shaw). Collared Swift. 



On the I3th July, 1882, J was traveling through Tuilleries estate, and 

 observed a large flock of birds hovering ov^er a rocky hdl ; I got close 

 H]) to them, and found them to be large Swifts, with a white collar round 

 the neck. I went back about a mile and borrowed a gun, but just as I 

 got to the hill again a hawk swooped down on the flock and dispersed 

 then). I am told that they frequent that particular hill every year. I 

 saw several of them on the 9th August about Grenville one afternoon 

 after a heavy shower of rain. I have no doubt that they are identical 

 with the " Einged gowrie " described in Gosse's Birds of Jamaica. 



Family ALCEDINID^. 



32. Ceryle alcyon (Liuu.). Belted Kinj;tisber. 



S Length, 13 inches ; exi)anse, 20| inches; wing, Gi inches. 



Migrant; arrives September ; a few stragglers remain all the year; 

 exceedingly shy ; frequents the mouths of rivers ; sometimes follows the 

 .streams for three or four miles inland ; does not nest on the island. 



Family CUCULID^. 



33. Coccyzus minor ((iin.). Cuckoo manioc. 



^Length, 1.'}^ inches; expanse, 10^ inches; wing, 5^ inches. 



Not numerous; seldom more than one seen at a time; frequents hilU 

 and valleys ; feeds on crickets and other insects ; breeds in May ; nest 

 very difficult to find ; eggs pale sea-green. 



