488 Col. H. W. Feilden on 



and frequently uttering a harsh note^ " churr, cliurr." I 

 have been assured that individuals remain in Barbados 

 throughout the year^ especially in the vicinity of Consetts 

 Bay and Joe River; but the nest has not been discovered, 

 neither was I able to verify the fact of this species remaining 

 the entire twelve months in Barbados. 



-^ 34. Strix flammea (Wilson) . 



It is with considerable diffidence that I place the name of 

 this Owl in the list, but as Schomburgk includes it without 

 any doubt or hesitation, I do not like to ignore his statement. 

 This Owl is very common in Grenada and in St. Vincent, 

 the latter island being not one hundred miles distant from 

 Barbados ; its occurrence is therefore not improbable. Per- 

 sonally I found no trace of any Owl in the island. 



-^25. Pandion haliaetus (Linn.). Osprey. 



An irregular and somewhat rare visitor in the fall. Several 

 appeared during the month of October 1887. One of these 

 is preserved in the collection of Dr. Manning ; another, a 

 female, shot about the same time, is in the possession of 

 Mr. Herbert Hart. An adult male, shot at Grseme-Hall 

 SAvamp on the 28th September, 1888, was forwarded to me 

 in the flesh by Dr. Manning, 



-A-26. Circus hudsonicus (Linn.). 



I have the skin of an immature bird from the collection 

 of Dr. Manning; it was obtained by that gentleman in 

 St. Philip's parish during September 1886. This species had 

 not previously been recorded from Barbados, and, according 

 to Cory, has hitherto only been obtained in the West Indies 

 in Cuba and the Bahamas. 



Obs. Schomburgk gives Buteo borealis, Swainson, a place 

 in his list as one of the indigenous birds of Barbados. This 

 is an error; no member of the Falconidse is resident in that 

 island, nor can have been for over a hundred years, otherwise 

 Hughes would certainly have referred to the circumstance in 

 his 'Natural History of Barbados.^ But a reference to 

 Ligon's ' History ' (p. GO) shows clearly that in his day, when 

 the greater part of the island Avas clothed in natural forest, a 



