80 Mr. E. C. Taylor on (he Birds of the West Indies, 



woods. The Creole name for tliis and other large birds of prey- 

 in Trinidad is " Gavilan." 



7. ASTURINA NITIDA. 



Perhaps the most common species of Hawk in Trinidad. 

 Another common species is rather larger than the Common 

 Buzzard {Buteo vulgaris), of a blackish slate-colour, with a broad 

 white band on the tail-feathers. I shot one of these birds on 

 the east coast of Trinidad, but unfortunately had not time to 

 skin it. 



8. Falco peregrinus, Linn. Peregrine Falcon. 



I saw an individual of this species, in immature plumage, 

 which had been killed not far from Port of Spain. 



9. TiNNUNCULUs sPARVERius. American Kestrel. 

 Occasionally seen in Trinidad, but much less common there 



than in the Antillean islands. 



10. GlAUCIDIUM FERRUGINEUM. 



This very minute Owl is pretty common in Trinidad. It flies 

 about in the daytime, apparently indifferent to the blazing tro- 

 pical sun. It is far smaller than any other species of Owl I 

 ever met with. 



PASSERES. 



11. TuRDUS gymnophthalmus, Sclater's Cat, no. 20. 

 Pretty common in Trinidad. 



12. TuRDus FUMiGATUS, Sclatcr's Cat. no. 21. 



The commonest species of Thrush in Trinidad, especially fre- 

 quenting the cocoa plantations. 



13. TuRDUS FLAviPEs, Sclatcr's Cat. no. 34. 



Less common in Trinidad than the two preceding species. 



14. MiMUs GiLvus, Sclater's Cat. no. 56. 



Very abundant on the Orinoco and the coast of Venezuela, 

 frequenting low bush and savannah, but not high woods. I do 

 not believe this species occurs in Trinidad. 



15. Campylorhynchus nuchalis, Sclater's Cat. no. 106. 

 The neighbourhood of Barcelona is the only locality where I 



