THE IBIS. 



FOURTH SERIES. 



No. XXIV. OCTOBER 1882. 



XXXVIII. — On the Birds of Mont sen' at. By T. Grisdale. 



(Plate XIII.) 



In the course of a delightful three months' holiday spent 

 during the early part of last year in visiting some of the 

 Lesser Antilles, I passed the month of February in the 

 luxuriant and pleasant little island of Montserrat. I resided 

 at ''The Cot/' 1200 feet above the sea, noted as one of the 

 most picturesquely situated abodes in the West Indies, on the 

 verge of the high woods or primaeval forest, and surrounded 

 by deep wooded ravines watered by mountain-streams. 

 I had thus a favourable opportunity for observing the 

 birds, which exist there in great abundance ; and had I been 

 in a position to secure specimens of any thing like all I saw, 

 I have no doubt I should have added very considerably to 

 the number of known species (seventeen only) which the 

 collections of the late Mr. Sturge have enabled Mr. Sclater 

 to record as inhabitants of Montserrat (P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 764). 



Unfortunately, however, I was unable during my stay in 

 the island to obtain any ammunition suitable for my purpose, 



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