460 TKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



"lu Dr. L'Herminier's catalogue as fiirnislied me by M. Belanger of 

 the Jardin des Plautes, Martinique, there are six species of hawks, viz, 

 Falco iKregrinus {F. sparvcrius, F. tinnunculus), F. columharius, F. 

 cyaneus, F. haliaetus. The 2nd and 3rd are undoubtedly the same. I 

 have seen the Duck Hawk in the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes, 

 Martinique, and the Pigeon Hawk, but whether they were from that 

 island or not, I cannot tell, neither could M. Belanger, the Directeur, as 

 there were birds from Cayenne as well, and from France. Doubtless, in 

 the 35 years since the collection of Dr. L'Herminier was finished, many 

 changes have taken place in the fauna of the island ; that I do not find 

 all found by him is not strange either, as he had the advantage of 30 

 years' residence in the island. I do not know if any printed list of the 

 birds coUeeted by him is in existence ; M. Belanger said not, that this list 

 was from a manuscript list in the Mus6e." 



Fam. PH^THONTID^. 



28. Phaethou aethereus (Linn.). 



Fam. ARDEIDiE. 



29. Butorides virescens (Linn. ). 

 " Green Heron. ' Chaugh.' 



" Abundant in the mangrove swamps." 



30. Nyctiardea violacea (Linn.). 

 "N. violaceus.'' 



Fam. COLUMBID.2E. 



31. Columba corensis, Gm. 

 "Eamier. 



"Length, (J , 15 in. ; alar extent, 24; wing, 8. 

 "Not so abundant as in Dominica and Grenac^." 



32. Zenaida martiuicana, Bp. 



" Toui'terelle. 



"Found mostly on the Grande Terre, the lowland among the canes and 

 in the mangroves along the rivers where they breed." 



33. Cliamaepelia passerina (Linn.). 

 "Ortolan. 



"Abundant, especially in the mangrove swamps bordering sugar 

 plantations, where it breeds and seeks refuge when disturbed." 



34. Geotrygon mystacea (Temm.). 

 " ' Perdix croissant.' 



"Length, <?, llf in.; alar extent, 20; wing, 7. 



^'This is a Perdix more brilhautly colored than the 'Perdix rouge' and 



