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X Liiuosii Isabcliiiia I/Iu^rm. 

 X Scolopax o;i!]iii;igo Wilsou. 

 X Macrorhamplms giieeus Bouap 

 X Triusa cauutus Liu. 

 X ., maculata Vieillot. 

 ,, nifescens Vieillot. 

 X .. scMuzii Bouap. 

 X ,j pusilla Wilsou. 

 X ,, puguax Gmcl. 

 X ., semi pal mata Wilson. 

 X ., liimautopus Bon. 

 X ,, inteipres Gmel. 

 X Phalaiopus Wilsoni Bon. 

 X Nuiuenius hudsonicus Lath. 

 X ,, borealis Lath. 



X ,, longirostiis Wilson. 



X Ibis falciuellus Vieillot. 

 X Ardea cayeimeusis Gmel. 

 X ., herodias Wilson. 

 X ., ccerulea Wilson. 

 X ,, garzetta Gmel. 

 X .. viiesceus Latb. 

 X ,, egretta Gmel. 

 X Gicoiiia alba Teiii. 

 X Platalea ajaja. 



I'odiceps caroliuensis Latli. 

 X ,, Domiuicanus Gmel. 

 X Sala fulica Vieillot. 

 X Taeliypetes aquila Vieillot. 

 X Phaeton a^therens Lesson. 



X Leptuius Candidas. 



X Lestris caribaus L'herm. 



Larus atricilla Lesson. 

 X Sterna stolida Gmel. 



,, galericulata. 



,, hirundo Lin. Lath. 

 X ,, minuta Gmel. 



„ bicolorata L'herm. 



, , deplorans L'herm. 



,, fuliginosa Gmel. 

 X . , cantiaca Teni. 

 X . . anglica Moutague. 

 X ,, argentea. 



Khynchops nigra Tem. 

 X Procellaria diabolica L'herm. 

 X ,, maupiug L'herm. 



X Thalassidroma loachii Bouap. 

 X Puffinu.s major. 

 X ,. L'herrainieri Less. 

 X ,, atterrimus L'herm. 

 X Anas boschas Lin. 

 X ,, arborea Lin. 

 X ,, cyauoptera Vieill. 

 X ■, Dominica Bouap. (ErismAtnra 



dominica.) 

 X Anas marila Lin. 

 X ,, americana Gmel. 

 X ,, acuta Lath. 

 X ,, clyTieata Lath. 



GUADELOUPE. 



"This island is situated on the ICth jiarallel of latitude, and compre- 

 hends, under its general name of Guadeloupe, two islands, separated 

 only by a narrow creek, called Eiviere Sal^e. The larger, known as 

 Guadeloupe, proi)er, is very mountainous, a ridge running its entire 

 length, north and south. There are several extinct craters in this ridge 

 of mountains (as many as fourteen, it is said), and in the southern ter- 

 mination is a volcano yet somewhat active. Smoke and steam and sul- 

 phur fume.s are emitted, though there has been no eruption dimng the 

 present century. Guadeloupe is well watered. More than fifty rivers 

 descend from the mountains to the sea on either side. The forests are 

 large and dense, but contain in them less animal life than one would ex- 

 pect. 



"Tlie adjacent island, called Grande Terre, is not quite so large as the 

 other, being about 20 miles in length and 10 to 15 in breadth. It is low 

 and flat, no elevation occurring of any height. This portion is well cul- 

 tivated, and there are no forests or even tracts of wood. 



" The formation of Guadeloupe, proper, is volcanic, while that of Grande 

 i'errc is of coral, though probably built upon volcanic tufa. The prin- 



