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the call if within hearing, but are shy, flying cautiously from tree to 

 tree, never long at rest." 



2. Margarops densirostris (Vieill.). 



" ' Gros grive.* Very shy. 



" Length, (? , 11| ; alar extent, 17^ ; wing, 5 J. 



•'Length, 2, 11|; alar extent, 17^; wing, 6^. 



3. Margarops nioutanus (Vieill.)- 



"'Grivette'. 



" Length, i, 10 in. ; alar extent, 15 ; wing, 5. 

 "LeDgth, 2, 9J in.; alar extent, 15; wing, 5. 

 •' More numerous than the large ' Gros grive'." 



4. Cinclocerthia ruficauda, Gould. 



" ' Trembleur.' Not so abundant as in Dominica. 

 " Length, c? , 10 in. ; alar extent, 13 ; wing, 4. 

 " Length, 2 , 10 in. ; alar extent, 13 ; wing, 4." 



Fam. TROGLODYTID^. 



5. Thryothorus rufescens, Lawr. 

 '' Wren." 



'' Length, <? , 4|- in. ; alar extent. Of ; wing, 2. 

 "Length, 2, 4f in.; alar extent, 6f ; wing, 2. 



"I found this bird only in the second growth of the hills, and in a 

 wood in the flat portion of the island." 



Fam. SYLVICOLID^. 



6. Siurus uaevius (Bodcl.). 



" Water Wagtail. Eare and shy. 



" Length, 2 , G in. ; alar extent, 9^ ; wing, 3. 



" In the mangroves bordering the Riviere Sal6e, near Point ^ Pitre." 



7. Deudroeca petechia v:ir. melanoptera, Lawr. 

 " ' Jaune.' Male. 



"Length, <?, 5 in.; alar extent, 7; wing, 2|; tail, 1|. 



•' Length, 2 , 4^ in. ; alar extent, 7 ; mng, 2|- ; tail, 1|. 



" More numerous than in Dominica ; with the two sparrows the bird 

 most commonly met Avith in the gardens and coffee plautationsi. In the 

 latter, I find it chiefly in the pois douce trees, which, originally jjlanted 

 as wind-breaks for the coffee plants' protection, seam the hills all around 

 in long rows. These trees were the haunt of the sparrows in Dominica, 

 and of the warbler that I found there. They bear a pea-like pod, con- 

 taining seeds surrounded with a sweet pulp, hence their name : pois 

 douce, or sweet bean." 



IMale : The crown as far as the occiput is of a brownish-rufous j the 



