Recently published Ornithological Works. 211 



general terms, Mr. Ober not having obtained specimens. Of 

 these there are a ^'Thrush," a "Swift," a "Parrot" (appa- 

 rently allied to Conurus pertinax) , a "Sandpiper," a "Tern," 

 and a bird called " Diablotin." This last Prof. Baird thinks 

 may be the same as the Jamaican Petrel, Prion caribbaa, 

 described by Dr. Carte (P. Z. S. 1866, p. 93), which really 

 belongs to the genus CEstrelata ; but we still adhere to our 

 former suggestion (Ibis, 1878, p. 195), that the Dominica 

 bird is much more likely to be CE. hcBsitata of Kuhl, a known 

 inliabitant of Martinique. 



32. Lawrence on the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda. 



[Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections made 

 for the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, with his Observa- 

 tions. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 232-242.] 



Mr. Ober's collections from these islands were made in 

 August and September 1877; but the box containing them 

 got astray, and was only recovered a short time ago. Mr. 

 Lawrence has now examined its contents ; and the result is a 

 paper en suite with those on St. Vincent and Dominica, which 

 we have already noticed. The birds of Antigua offer no great 

 peculiarity. The Thrush is Mar gar ops densii'osti'is ; the Cer- 

 thiola, C. dominicana ; the only peculiar species is an Owl of 

 the genus Speotyto, which Mr. Lawrence describes under the 

 name S. amaura. We notice, however, that both in Antigua 

 and Barbuda Dafila bahamensis is resident. Though attri- 

 buted to the Bahamas by Catesby, this is the first recent 

 record of the bird being found anywhere near those islands. 

 Amongst the birds of Barbuda Mr. Ober^s collection reveals 

 nothing new ; but the presence of Cinclocerthia ruficauda, Cer- 

 thiola dominica, Myiarchus oberi, and Tyrannus rostratus 

 shows that the relationship of the fauna lies in the direction 

 of the islands lying to the southward. 



33. Lawrence on a new Chsetura. 



[Description of a new Species of Cypselidae of the Genus Chcetura. 

 Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sc. i. pp. 2o5, 256.] 



Mr. Lawrence finds that the Swift referred by him to C. 



