2 I 6 General Notes. \j^ 



" Remarks. — This is a close ally of O. cristatus from Barbadoes ; the two 

 colors of the crest are equally divided in both , but they differ in shades 

 of coloring ; the green in the new species is without the strong golden 

 tinge existing in the other, and the violet is rather deeper in color, which 

 color it retains in all positions — whereas in some lights that of O. cris- 

 tatus is greenish ; the upper plumage of the latter is lighter and of a 

 golden-green ; the new species is also rather smaller, with a longer bill. 

 They differ strikingly in the ends of the tail-feathers, these being obtusely 

 pointed in the new species, and rounded in the other." 



On working up a large series of these hummingbirds from Barbados, 

 the Grenadines, and Grenada, the difference between those from Barba- 

 dos and those from the other islands at once struck me, and I found that 

 the above description of O. emigrans exactly fitted the Barbados bird. 

 Although Linnseus's type of Trochilus cristatus probably came from 

 Barbados (as that island was at that time much better known), there is 

 nothing to make us absolutely sure, and his description (Syst. Nat., I, p. 

 192, 1766) is applicable to either form. Lawrence's description, on the 

 other hand, could not have been taken from a Grenada specimen, as he 

 brings out the characters which my study of a large series collected by 

 myself on Barbados and others from Grenada and the Grenadines have 

 shown separate the two forms. His locality "Venezuela" is undoubtedly 

 erroneous, as the genus is purely West Indian, occurring only from Porto 

 Rico south to Grenada. The fact that he compares his new species with 

 a specimen from "Barbadoes" is of no significance, as Barbados is the 

 great shipping port of these islands, where merchandise is transhipped 

 from intercolonial craft (trading between the less important colonies) to 

 ocean going boats. 



The coloration of the crest of this hummingbird, in common with the 

 metallic colors of many other species, changes somewhat with age (after 

 death) , but in a series of fresh specimens the differences exhibited between 

 the birds from these two localities is very marked. I have not been able 

 to examine any old skins from Barbados, but I have no doubt that could 

 be instantly distinguished (by the more violet color of the posterior half 

 of the crest) from others from Grenada or the Grenadines. 



Bellona cristatus will therefore stand, with its two forms, as follows : — 

 Bellona cristatus {Linn.). 



Habitat. Barbados, the Grenadines, and Grenada. 

 Bellona cristatus cristatus (Linn.). 



Habitat. The Grenadines and Grenada. 



Bellona cristatus emigrans (Laiv.). 



Habitat. Barbados. — -Austin K. Clark, Boston, Mass. 



Michigan Randoms. — Opened the oological season with a set of two 

 eggs o£ the Great Horned Owl on March 1, followed by three of the Bald 

 Eagle on the 13th ; then the usual run of Red-tail, Red-shoulder, Cooper's, 

 Sparrow Hawk, etc., during April and May, and a "wind up" with the 

 Warblers in June, the rarest find being two sets of Cerulean. 



