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I have no hesitation in referring Hughes " Blue-Pated Coot " 

 to this species. He says, "They (Coots or Moor-Hens) are dis- 

 tinguished into Three Kinds ; The White- \_Fulica a?nericana\ 

 the Red- [Ga//init/a galeatd\, and the Blue-Pated." They were 

 apparently common in Barbados in his day. 



At the present time it is only accidental on Barbados, although 

 common on Dominica. St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, 

 and Grenada. 



Note. — Gallinula gal eat a and Fuliea americana (probably 

 referable to F. caribma Ridgw.) are both now exceedingly rare 

 on Barbados, although they were formerly abundant. Col. 

 Feilden obtained a nest of the former in July, 1888, and found a 

 few of the latter in Graeme Hall Swamp in the same year. If not 

 already gone, their extirpation is only a matter of a few years. I 

 found no examples of either. 



Columba squamosa Bonn. 

 Ramier. 



? Pig-eons Sloane, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, I, p. 34 (1707). 



The Wild Wood Pigeo?i Hughes, Nat. Hist. Barbados, p. 76 (1750). 



Sir Hans Sloane writes, speaking of Barbados, that " Turner 

 (ap. Purchas. p. 1265) found Hogs, Pigeons, and Parrots there." 



Hughes says of "The Wild Wood Pigeon": "This is about 

 the Bigness of an House Pigeon. The Head is of a blackish 

 Colour ; and from the under Bill to the Breast, of a light Mouse- 

 Colour ; from thence to the Belly and the under Part of the Tail, 

 of an Ash-Colour ; the upper Side of the Neck, Back, and Wings, 

 of a dark Ash-Colour, growing lighter toward the Extremities of 

 the Wings. 



"These come hither, tho' in no great Numbers, about the 

 latter End of July or August, always alighting upon Trees, and 

 feeding upon the Berries of them." 



Although the coloration is rather inexact, Hughes probably 

 refers to this pigeon, as the size is pretty close, and he mentions 



