492 Col. H. W. Feilden on 



small. Wing from carpal joint 5"1 inches. It may be a large 

 Charadrius hiaticula, which varies from 4*8 to 5*2, or it may 

 be a small Char, hiaticula major, which varies from 5 to 5*5 

 inches. In the latter case it was bred in the British Islands 

 and flew across the Atlantic, which is very improbable ; in 

 the former case it was most likely bred in Cumberland 

 Sound/' 



-A 35. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). Sandy Plover. 



Arrives in August, and consorts with the Sanderlings 

 about the sandy beaches and rocky shores. I obtained four 

 on the 22nd of August in full breeding-plumage, and subse- 

 quently procured many others. The first arrivals were the 

 adults, the immature birds arriving in September. 



-1-36. Recurvirostra Americana (Grael.). 



Decidedly a very rare straggler to the island. Mr. Massiah 

 informed me that he shot one at Valentia swamp in the 

 autumn of 1880, and Mr. I. Tinling shot another on the 1st 

 of October, 1888, at Finney's Hill, St. Philip's parish. 



-f-37. HiMANTOPUS NIGRICOLLIS (Vicill.). 



A rare visitor, though seldom a year passes without one 

 being shot at Graeme-Hall swamp. Mr. I. Tinling informed 

 me that he saw one shot there in the autumn of 1887, and 

 another on the 17th of September, 1888. 



-f'38. Gallinago wiLsoNi (Temm.). The Snipe. 



A regular autumnal visitor, sometimes in considerable 

 numbers. Mr. Massiah has shot ten couple in a day at 

 Chancery Lane ; I have shot them in the same locality during 

 the months of September, October, and November. There 

 are very few spots in Barbados at all suitable for Snipe. 



39. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.). Duck-leg; Duck- 

 bill. 



Though a regular, is somewhat of a rare visitor, appearing 

 along with flights of Yellow-legs {Tot anus Jlavijjes) in August 

 and September. It is, however, sufficiently numerous to be 

 given a local name by the Barbadian sportsmen. I have a 

 specimen, a male, shot by Dr. Manning at Bagatelle on the 



