Vol. XXV 

 1908 



J Clauk, Tfic Macnw of Ddniinicd. 309 



escaped. I round the hirds with one cxfcption tat and in excellent 

 condition, hut was di.su])|)()into(l to find the .stoniiich.s empty; in 

 only three cuse.s I found slight traces of vegetable matter. The 

 birds had not fed since they strayed into the Niagara River. The 

 weights varied from 11 lb. 15 oz. to 18 lb. 10 oz.; a fourth were birds 

 of loss than a year old, the remainder were fully white, and some 

 must be very old birds. Mr. I'. A. Taverner secui'cd drawings of 

 all the variations in the beaks. The tedious work of making up so 

 many skins was safely acconiplisluMl by Mr. II. II. Mitchell and 

 assistants. 



THE MA(\\W OF 1K):\IINTCA. 



nV Ai:.STI\ 1I0H.\HT ('L.\UK, 



United Sidles liiireaii of FisJierlcs. 



Some time ago I ])ul)lislic(l ' an account of the Macaws which at 

 one time iidiabitcd the Lesser Antillcan Islands of (iuadclonpc and 

 Mar(ini(|ue, and possibly Dominica, though I was unable to find 

 a definite record of their occurrence in the last named. Mr. 

 Walter Rothschild, who has recently published a magnificent 

 work on the extinct birds of the world, was also unable to state 

 definitely that a macaw had at any time l)een a resident of that 

 island. 



^Lhrough the kindness of Mr. J. II. Uiley of tlie U. S. National 

 Museum, who gave mc the reference to the work, I am now eiuiblcd 

 to remove the (|uerv from my previous record of a macaw froni 

 Dominica. In a book by Thomas Atwood, dated ITOP, 1 find tiie 



' 'llic I-es.scr Aiitilleaii Macaws; Auk, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 266-273, July, 1905. 



- 'I'lic i Hi.story I of tlic | Islami of Doiiiinica.l ContainliiK I a (lescrli)tloii of its 

 situation, extent, | climate, iiiouiilaiiis, rivers, | natural productions &c. &c. | to- 

 gether with I an account of the civil government, trade, laws | customs, and manners 

 of the different inha- | hitants of that Island, its con(4uest | by the French, and 

 restoration to the British dominions. | by Thomas Atwood. ] London: | printed 

 for .1. .Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard. | MIHX.'XCI. 



Col. II. W. Fieldeii and Mr. C. H. Cory l)<)tli mention this work, hut it was not acces- 

 sible to me when I was working on West Indian birds. 



