PROCEEDINGS OP UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 187 



and seed -producing trees, and you may look in vain for any member of 

 the squirrel family. 



"And among birds and among quadrupeds, there is no animal here 

 that takes their jjlaces. 



" These few notes, hasty and crude, may aid in the conception of the 

 appearance of animal life here, and only for that purpose are they 

 offered. 



" I send, by the same conveyance with the birds, 46 specimens of 

 Carib hatchets, axes, knives, &c., illustrating the crude state of advance- 

 ment in which they existed, as compared with their enemies and co- 

 existent tribes of the larger islands. 



"Allow me in this conuection to acknowledge the courtesy of the offi- 

 cials and planters of St. Vincent. To His Excellency George Dundas, 

 Esq., C. M. G. Lieut. Governor of St. Vincent; Edward Laborde, 

 Colonial Secretary ; and to Hon. Henry Shaw, Treasurer of the island, I 

 am especially indebted for facilities in prosecuting my work, as well as 

 for social pleasures that have greatly relieved the tedium of life in a 

 new place. 



" To the proprietors and managers of the different estates, I am greatly 



indebted ; to James Milne, Esq., of Eutland Vale, for a residence in the 



country when recovering from fever ; to Messrs. D. K. Porter & Co., 



Kingstown, for letters of introduction, horses, and men. Finally, it is 



only incumbent upon me to add that I have received nothing but kind 



treatment, and have found most unbounded hospitality throughout the 



island. 



" FREDERICK A. OBER." 



Fam. TUHDID^. 



1. Turdus nigrirostris, Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 147. 

 "Thrush, 9 . Length, 9^ in.; alar extent, 14; wing, 4J. 



" Found on lower ground than Margarops montanus. Not numerous." 



2. Margaropsherminieri(Lafr.). 



"Have heard the unmistakable whistle of this bird, and have seen it 

 as it flitted by in the dusk of the high woods, but have not obtained it." 



3. Margarops montanus (Vieill.). 



" Found only in high woods and valleys. Not very abundant. I have 

 not seen the larger species of this genus." 



4. Cinclocerthia rufioauda, Gould. 



" ' Trembleur '. $ . Length, 9 in. ; alar extent, 12^ ; wing, 4. 

 " Not so abundant as in the woods of Dominica, but still plentiful. 

 Iris yellow." 



5. Mimus gilvus, Vieill. 

 " ' Mocking bird.' 



" Male, length, 10^ in. ; alar extent, 14; wing, 4i. 



