Mr. E. C. Taylor on the Birds of the West Indies. 157 



1841 ; and I am informed by Dr. Gulia that M. Barthelemy, of 

 Marseilles, shot four specimens (young birds) in Gozo in the 

 winter of 1858-59. 



248. PoDicEPs CBISTATUS. (Crested Grebe.) 

 Blongiun prim, Maltese. 



Common. Arrives in September, and may be seen during 

 the greater part of the winter. It is sometimes seen on passage 

 in the spiing. 



249. PoDiCEPS coRNUTUS. (Homed Grebe.) 

 Blongiun sekond, Maltese. 



Met with in winter. 



250. PoDicEPs AURiTus. (Eared Grebe.) 

 Blongiun sekond, Maltese. 



Not very common ; but I have obtained four or five specimens. 



251. PoDiCEPS MINOR. (Little Grebe.) 

 Blongiun terz, Maltese. 



Not uncommon about the end of August or beginning of 

 September. 



252. Uria troile. (Guillemot.) 



One specimen was taken about twelve years ago, and is still 

 in the possession of Dr. Grech Delicata, Professor of Zoology 

 and Botany in the Malta University. 



253. Fratercula arctica. (Puffin.) 



Schembri mentions the capture of a single specimen of this 

 rare Mediterranean bird in November 1832. 



XII. — Five Months in the West Indies. 

 By E. Cavendish Taylor, M.A., F.Z.S. 



Part II. — Martinique, Dominica, and Porto Rico. 



[Continued from p. 97.] 



From Trinidad or Venezuela to the Windward Islands is a great 

 descent in an ornithological point of view ; for whereas the 

 former localities are excessively rich in birds, both as regards 

 species and individuals, the latter are decidedly poor in species. 



