486 Mr. T. Grisdale on the 



and, after literally annihilating some of the Humming-birds 

 and other small birds with the coarse shot which only could 

 be procured, I was constrained to turn my attention to a 

 great extent in other directions, and the only birds of Mont- 

 serrat of which I brought home specimens, or of which spe- 

 cimens passed through my hands, were of the following 

 fourteen species : — 



*1. Cinclocertliia ruficauda. *8. Orthorhynchus exilis. 



2. Certliiola dominicana, 9. Ceiyle alcyon. 



3. Loxigilla noctis. 10. Coccyzus minor. 



*4. Icterus oberi. *11. Tinimnculus caribbpeanun. 

 5. Elainea martinica. 12. Zenaida mai-tinicana. 



*6. Eulampis jugularis. 13. Geotrygon, sp. inc. 



•7. Eulampis holosericeus. *14. Anous stolidus. 



The species marked * are not included in the list prepared 

 by Mr. Sclater from Mr. Sturge^s collections; and one of them 

 is a new species, having been named Icterus oberi by Mr. 

 Lawrence, of New York, subsequently to my visit to Mont- 

 serrat. 



I subjoin a few notes on the fourteen species above 

 named : — 



1. CiNCLOCERTHIA RUFICAUDA. 



I can say but little as to the habits or haunts of this bird. 

 So far as I know, the only specimen I saw Avas the one I 

 shot, in the deep shade of a thick copse on the verge of the 

 primaeval forest, at an elevation of about 1200 feet. 



2. Certhiola dominicana. Yellow-breasted Sparrow. 

 This species is exceedingly numerous among the lime-trees 



which clothe the green slopes of the hills. Along with 

 another somewhat similar species, which I did not obtain 

 (called by my friends a " false Canary,^' from its yellow 

 colour), the Eed-throated Black Sparrow {Loxigilla noctis), 

 and the Emerald-crest Humming-bird [Orthorhynchus exilis), 

 it literally swarms among the flowers and fruit of the limes, 

 and adds greatly to the interest of a stroll through the beau- 

 tiful lime-plantations. 



