on the Birds of St. Cruix. 63 



which relates it in the first person singular^ to place it between 

 inverted commas, and to add the proper initials ; but in general 

 the date of the year will show who is responsible for the state- 

 ment. To the notice of those species of which we did not obtain 

 specimens, and concerning the determination of which some 

 doubt may therefore be entertained, there is prefixed a note of 

 interrogation ; and those which occur also in the Island of St. 

 Thomas are marked by a dagger. 



1. [?] American OsPREY. Pandion carolinensis,'Bip. Falco 

 haliaetus, ptm., L. ; Aud. pi. 81. 



We have both seen on various occasions what we fully believe 

 to have been this species. It probably appears in the island at 

 all times excepting the breeding season. 



2. Duck Falcon. Falco anatum, Bp. ; F. peregrinus, Wils. 

 pi. 76. 



The sternum and other bones of a bird which had been 

 wounded in the autumn of 1856 and kept alive for some time, 

 are now in our possession ; and we have no doubt as to this being 

 the species to which they belong. 



" I saw a Falcon, probably of this species, March 17th, 1858." 

 —E.N. 



t 3. American Kestrel. Tinnunculus sparverius, Vieill. 

 Falco sparverius, L. : F. B. A. ii. pi. 24 : Aud. pi. 42. " Killie- 

 killie." 



This bird is common over the whole island, and may almost 

 always be seen hanging in the wind at a considerable height 

 from the ground, in the manner of its European congener {T. 

 alaudarius, Gray), or passing rapidly from tree to tree in its 

 graceful flight, uttering, as it goes, its plaintive cry. It seems 

 to breed most commonly on the old windmills dismantled since 

 the almost general introduction of steam-power. A male, killed 

 May 2nd, 1857, had in its stomach the remains of a full-sized 

 house-lizard [Anolis, sp. ?). Another male, shot April 2nd, 1858, 

 was carrying in its claws a mouse or small rat, which, dropping 

 into a thick bush, was lost. All the specimens obtained by us 

 were very brightly coloured ; but assuredly there is no specific 

 difference between them and those from North America. Indi- 



