264 Ci.ark, Extirpated West Indian Birds. \j% 



invite you to come to her, and will sit till you come very near. 

 This bird I never heard sing." 



Hughes writes: "The Wren. This, excepting its Note and 

 Bill, differs very little from the Thrush, as to its Plumage and 

 Bigness. Its Bill is somewhat more sharp pointed and longer than 

 that of the Thrush. 



"It is most commonly to be seen in the Wood near Hackleton's 

 Clift, and feeds chiefly upon Oranges and such ripe Fruit, as well 

 as upon Lizards." 



I believe that there can be no doubt that these descriptions 

 refer to an Allenia. The habit of keeping the tail in the air like 

 a wren is very characteristic, and in its actions it is lively and 

 restless. If it inhabited Barbados, one would expect it to be 

 found in the rugged country about Hackleton's Cliff and in the 

 Scotland District, and not in the level portions of the island, as it 

 is a bird of the hills. 



A. albiventris (Lawr.), the only species of the genus, occurs 

 from St. Eustatius to St. Vincent, and also on Grenada. 



Margarops sp. 

 " Counsellor." 



Counsellor Ligon, Hist. Barbados, p. 60 (1673). 



Counseiller Ligon, Hist. Barbades, p. 102 (1674). 



Thrush Hughes, Nat. Hist. Barbados, p. 72 (1750). 



Turdus mustelinus (!) Schomb., Hist. Barbados, p. 681 (1848). 



Ligon writes : " The next is of the colour of a Fieldfare [Turdus 

 pilaris'], but the head seems too big for her body, and for that 

 reason they call her Counsellor ; her flying is extremely wanton ; 

 and for her tune, 'tis such as I have not heard any like her, not 

 for the sweetness." 



According to Hughes : " We have two Species of Thrush in this 

 Island ; the one much resembling in her note the English Thrush. 



" As soon as the Day appears, she mounts up like a Lark into 

 the Air, almost out of Sight." 



Of the two " Thrushes " included by Schomburgk in his list, 

 " Turdus jamaicensis " must refer to a plain colored bird without 



