500 Col. H. W. Feilden on 



ago banished them from there. The bird must soon be extinct 

 as a resident in the island. 



-f66. Bernicla brenta (Pallas). 



I think I am fully justified in including the Brent Goose 

 as having certainly visited Barbados on one occasion. My 

 authority is Mr. J. P. Massiah, J.P., who shot the bird in ques- 

 tion at Chancery Lane on the 15th of November, 1876. His 

 accurate description leaves no doubt on my mind that the 

 bird was of this species. During an experience of over 

 thirty years, Mr. Massiah has never seen but this one Wild 

 Goose in Barbados, nor could I hear from any other source 

 of Wild Geese having been seen or obtained, except in this 

 single instance. 



-f67. Dendrocygna viDUATA (Linn.). 



A flock of twenty-seven of these beautiful Ducks appeared 

 in Grseme-Hall swamp in September 1887 ; one that was 

 slightly wounded was taken alive to Dr. Manning, who placed 

 it in his aviary ; a year subsequently I saw it alive and well. 

 Cory records this species in the West Indies as only from 

 Cuba, and there introduced. 



-f68. QuERQUEDULA DiscoRs (Linn.). Blue- winged Teal. 



An annual visitor in considerable numbers, generally ar- 

 riving about the first week in October, and continuing to do 

 so at intervals till Christmas. I shot several examples. 



69. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Spoonbill. 



An annual visitor in small numbers during the months of 

 October and November. I have examples procured at Chan- 

 cery Lane. 



-+^70. Erismatura rubida (Wils.). 



A male shot in the swamp at Chancery Lane on the 13th 

 of September, 1888, by Mr. W. Pearson is now in my 

 collection. Another was obtained by Mr. I. Tinling at 

 the same place in the fall of 1887. It is a rare straggler to 

 the island. The diving powers of this Duck are remarkable. 

 The beautiful shade of cobalt-blue which suffuses the upper 



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