1885.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 621 



.TjISt of a few species op birds new to the fauna op 

 gaudeloupe, west indies, with a description of a new _ 



SPECIES OF CERYLE. ^^1^., aj5«V Jw^v. OaaJI 



The birds now enumerated I received from Dr. St. F. Colardeau, who 

 wrote concerning them, as follows: 



" Five or six of these birds, I believe, have never been observed, or 

 described as being visitors to the Lesser Antilles; they have been col- 

 lected in our mountains by my son or myself ^ others were found by 

 Mr. Fred. A. Ober, in the other islands, but not in Guadeloupe. 



" I would be very thankful to receive the result of your examination 

 a;nd classification of these specimens." 



Dr. Colardeau was correct in his supposition as regards the names of 

 five of the species; the others he did not attempt to determine. As he 

 has sent some interesting notes of the habits of several of the species, 

 they are included and are designated by quotation marks. 



Mr. Charles Colardeau, the doctor's son, wrote me : 



"My father thinks, and I am of the same opinion, that there are still 

 some birds in the mountains of our island which have not been killed 

 there yet, such as the Siffleur Montague, which Mr. Ober found in Do- 

 minica, There is but a short distance between the two islands, and they 

 are so much alike in their volcanic structure that there seems to be no 

 reason why this bird should not be found in one as well as the other." 



-^-1. Mniotilta varia (Liuii.). "Black and White Creeper." 



" This bird is pretty common during the winter months, disappear- 

 ing at the beginning of May until the end of October or beginning of 

 November; habits same as those described by Wilson. Seen from Oc- 

 tober to May." 



This species was not found by Mr. Ober in any of the islands of the 

 Lesser Antilles. 



2. Parula americaua (Linu.). " Blue Yellow-backed Warbler." 



''Not plentiful — seen in pais-daux trees on the mountains from De- 

 cember to March. Very active amongst the upper branches and flying 

 away with a sharp ' peep ' when alarmed. No nest ever found and sup- 

 posed not to reside all the year in Guadeloupe." 



Not obtained by Mr. Ober in any of the islands of the Lesser Antil- 

 les. 

 -^■3. Perissoglossa tigrina (Gmel.). "Cape May Warbler." 



" This bird was shot badly in the vent and the sex could not be made 

 out. The specimen sent is supposed to be a female. Quite rare and 

 seen only in the mountains, amongst the rows of pais-daux trees used 

 to shelter the coffee bushes. From November to April." 



