480 Col. H. W. Feilden on 



ocean- currents^ accidental occurrences, or to the direct 

 agency of man^ and a review of its avifauna does not point 

 to a difiPerent conclusion. After careful investigation, I am 

 unable to admit more than fifteen birds as residents, and in 

 the case of one, Tyrannus rostratus, I am open to correction, 

 though I saw it during six consecutive months. These resi- 

 dents are : — Dendrceca capitalis, Certhiola barbadensis , Euethia 

 bicolor, Loxigilla barbadensis, Quiscalus fortirostris, Elainea 

 martinica, Tyrannus rostratus, Eulampis holosericeus, Ortho- 

 rhynchus cristatus, Zenaida amabilis, Chamcepelia passerina, 

 Ardea virescens, Gullinula galeata, Fulica americana, and 

 Puffinus auduboni. In addition I have notes of sixty-seven 

 other species, a large number of which, especially amongst 

 the family of the Charadriid8e_, are regular birds of passage. 

 Others, again, are merely accidental wanderers, such as 

 Machetes puynax, Vanellus vulgaris, jEgialitis hiaticula, and 

 HydrocheUdon leucopttra, the occurrence of which in Barbados 

 is as remarkable as that of American species in Europe. 



My stay in Barbados was one year, during which time I was 

 absent from the island over four months on tours of inspec- 

 tion throughout the West Indies. The Catalogue I have 

 drawn up, modest as it is in regard to numbers, represents a 

 large amount of observations, which are chiefly due to my 

 excellent friends Dr. C. J. Manning, M.D., and Mr. J. P. 

 Massiah, Stipendiary Magistrate of Bridgetown, Barbados. 

 I may say that whatever value these notes possess is chiefly 

 due to the assistance afforded me by these two gentlemen. 

 I am likewise greatly indebted to the Hev. G. Duncan Gittens, 

 M.A., Rector of St. Lucy's parish, and to Mr. Herbert Hart, 

 of Fairfield, St. Philip's. 



f-1. Margakops densirostris (Vieill.). Thrush. 



I failed to find this species or any bird that might be 

 entitled to the name of Thrush resident in the island, though 

 Hughes, writing in 1750, gives the impression that such 

 might have been the case at that date. I made every inquiry 

 in regard to " Thrushes ; " and though birds answering to 

 their description are seen at intervals, yet I am inclined to 



