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of the vertebrates collected and observed in that island in the 

 present paper. The list of birds contains the names of 54 

 species — "very nearly all the land-birds, but comparatively 

 few of the aquatic species." The species have been identified 

 by Mr, Allen. One of the singularities of Dominican orni- 

 thology is the possession of two large and quite distinct 

 species of Chrysotis. C. auyusta is said to be common 

 among the mountains on the windward side of the island, 

 and C. bouqueti is found in the same localities, but more 

 rarely. Speaking of the former, Messrs. Verrill say ; — 



" It was mainly to procure these Imperial Parrots, so 

 seldom seen in collections, that our trip was made to Bass- 

 en-ville, which is a single house in the primeval forest, and 

 only to be reached by one of the worst trails ever travelled, 

 and we have spent a number of months among the Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains. This trip, however, well repaid us for 

 our trouble, as it was there that we took many of our best 

 birds and other specimens ; but though Parrots were seen 

 nearly every day, and we were accompanied by Mr. Hennessey 

 Dupigny and another hunter, our united efforts secured but 

 two of these shy birds in the ten days we wxre there." 



As already shown by Mr. Allen (^ Auk,' 1891, pp. 217, 317) 

 the Mimocichla of Dominica, which Sclater (P. Z. S. 1889, 

 p. 326) could not distinguish from M. ardesiaca except as 

 a subspecies, seems to possess greater distinctive characters 

 than Avere appreciable in Mr. Ramage's two specimens. 

 Messrs. Verrill prefer the name " verrillorum " for it to that 

 of albiventris previously proposed and ultimately adopted by 

 Mr. Allen. It was " very rare and shy," and only two 

 examples were obtained. 



Messrs. Verrill conclude their paper with a complete list of 

 all the birds of Dominica yet known — 63 in number. 



36. Waugh and Lataste on Chilian Birds. 



[Quelques Jours de Cliasse a Penaflor duraut les Mois de Janvier et de 

 Mars. Par Eurique Waugh et Fernand Lataste. Procej-verb. Soe. 

 Scient. d. Chili, 1894, pi. Ixxxiii.] 



The authors give field-notes on 36 species of Chilian bii'ds 

 cf which examples were obtained at Pehallor, on the Mapocho, 



