the Birds of Barbados. 483 



flies high and settles on the topmost branches of mahogany, 

 mauchineel, and tamarind trees. 



-^8. Pbogne dominicensis (Gmel.). 



Schomburgk, in his 'History ©f Barbados ' (p. 681), in- 

 cludes this species as a visitor to the isLand under the name 

 of "The Large Swallow^' {Hirundo dominicensis, Linn.)/'' 

 As this bird is abundant and resident in the islands of 

 Grenada and St, Vincent, I see no reason to doubt the cor- 

 rectness of Sir Richard Schomburgk's observation that it 

 has been observed in Barbados. 



4-9. Hirundo erythrogastra (Bodd.). Swallow. 



An annual and abundant visitor, arriving in the end of 

 August or beginning of September, and some remaining till 

 February ; they haunt the meadows near the shore. On the 

 10th of September I observed them at Chancery Lane flying 

 by scores, both old and young. I have also many notes 

 of having seen them in numbers in other parts of the 

 island as late as December. 



-f 10. ViREO CALIDRIS (LiuU.). 



Dr. Manning gave me a specimen shot in a garden near 

 Hastings on the 17th September, 1888, and I obtained 

 another on the 15th October from the same locality. Mr. 

 W. B. Richardson likewise procured it in Barbados during 

 the winter of 1885-86"^. I do not consider this bird resident 

 in the island, but merely an autumnal and winter visitant. 



—11. Pyranga rubra (Linn.). 



Mr. C. B. Cory has recorded this species from Barbados, 

 a specimen from that island being in the United States 

 National Museum. 



— 12. LoxiGiLLA BARBADENSis, Cory. Sparrow. 



Mr. Cory has separated the Barbados form of Loxigilla 

 from Loxigilla metis (Linn.) : vide Auk, iii. p. 382 (1886). 

 Resident, and one of the most common species of bird in the 

 island, being even more tame and impudent in its conduct 

 than an English city-bred Spari'ow ; it is a constant atten- 



* Cf. Cory, Ibis, 188G, p. 472. 



