PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 359 



Yarn. CYPSELID^. 



25. "Chaetura. Seeu. 



"Apparently the same as my Dominica specimens." 



Fam. ALCEDINID^. 



26. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). 

 "Seen 5 rare and shy." . 



Fam. CUCULID^. 



27. Coccyzus minor (Gni.). 

 "'Coucou manioc' 



" Length, S , 14 in.; alar extent, 17 ; wing, 6. 



"Length, 9, 13 J in.; alar extent, 16^ ; wing, 6. 



"I found this species abundant, if one can say that any species is 

 abundant in an island so barren of birds as this. At least I could find 

 one almost any day, by beating the scraggy bushes upon the liillsides 

 of Troi§ Islets. The same in habits and notes as the ' Coucou' of the 

 other islands." 



Fam. FALCONID^. 



28. Tinnunculus sparverius var. antillarum (Gm.). 

 "Seen; uncommon." 



Fam. FREGATTD^. 



29. Fregata aquila (Linn.). 

 "Seen." 



Fam. PH^THONIDiE. 



30. Phaethon flaviroatris Brandt. 



" It undoubtedly has its haunt in the cliffs near St. Pierre, south, as 

 I have seen it near there and the cliff wall is honeycombed with holes, 

 just such as the Tropic bird chooses for itself." 



Fam. PELECANID^. 



31. Pelecanus fuscus (Linn.). 

 "Seen." 



Fam. ARDEID^. 



32. Ardea herodias (Linn.). 



" Seen fljing high above Champs Flores from the mountain forest to 

 the ocean." 



33. Florida caerulea (Linn.). 



" Seen ; in blue and white plumage." 



34. Butorides virescens (Linn.). 



"The most common, though not plentiful." 



