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"This Trembleur, knovm also as the 'Grive trembleuse ', is not found 

 so easily and frequently as in Dominica. This I attribute wholly to the 

 fact that it is pursued here with greater vigor than in the other island. 

 So dense is the population of Martinique, that nearly every bird is con- 

 sidered as lit for food, and anything above a sparrow is classed as game. 

 Even the sparrows, the 'peres noires', are caught with snares and shot 

 with blowguus, by the little negroes of the country. In fact, they would 

 always await my return from an excursion to obtain the mutilated birds 

 that I would discard as useless. 



"It is not strange that 'Le Trembleur', with all his queer ways and 

 familiar habits, should now commence to disappear; not many years 

 hence he will not be found in Martinique." 



5. Ramphocinclus brachyunis (Vicill.). 

 '"Gorge blanc' Iris hazel, in some red. 

 "Length, ^, 8-| in.; alar extent, 12 ; wing, 4. 

 "Length, 9, 8| in.; alar extent, 12; wing, 4. 



" Obtained several specimens at Trois Islets in August. I saw one 

 also in the Jardin des Plantes, at St. Pierre. Mr. Semper found it in 

 St. Lucia. Not found in the other islands. The first I have seen I shot 

 in this island. It seems confined to Martinique and St. Lucia. Loves 

 deep woods and the borders of streams ; is easily attracted bj" an imita- 

 tion of its note. That is the reason I am able to record the captiu-e of 

 so many specimens." 



Fam. SYLVIID^. 



6. Myiadestes genibarbis, Sw. 

 " ' Siffleur Montague.' 



"Length, J, 7^ in.; alar extent, lOi; wing, 3 J. 



" Length, 9 , 7^ in. ; alar extent, 11 ; wing, 3|. 



"The fittest place in which I could have discovered my old favorite 

 of Dominica, was in a charming ravine through which flowed a limpid 

 stream, at ' Champ Flore '. He was clinging to a liane on which grew 

 numerous wild pines, and whistling exactly the same as his Dominica 

 cong^ne*. 



" i rom the appearance of the female and from my observations in 

 Dominica I think they breed late." 



Fam. TROGLODYTID^. 



7. Thryofiorus martinicensis, Scl. 



"Wreu. 'Eossignol.' 



"Len->th, <?,5Hn.; alar extent, 7A ; wing, 2|. 



"An inhabitant of the woods; I have not seen it near houses or sugar 

 mills, oaly in the forests of the hills, and along the borders of streams 

 where the bushes are thick." 



Mr. Ober sent but a single specimen of this species : its dimensions are 



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