502 Col. Feilden on the Birds of Barbados. 



74. Phaeton ^thereus (Linn,). 



I have seen Tropic-birds wlien entering and leaving Carlisle 

 Bay on board the mail steamers ; not having obtained an ex- 

 ample I cannot state that this is the species with absolute 

 certainty, but as it is the one which resides and breeds in the 

 island of Grenada, in all probability it extends its flight to 

 Barbadian waters. A Tropic-bird was captured after a gale 

 in 1877 near Chancery Lane, but was not preserved. 



75. Larus atricilla, Linn. 



An occasional visitor. I have a specimen shot by Y)r. 

 Manning in the summer of 1887, and another shot on the 

 24th of July, ] 888, was brought to me in the flesh. As this 

 bird is numerous, and breeds around the island of Grenada, 

 it is somewhat singular that they so seldom visit Bai'bados, 

 but this island apparently off'ers few attractions to sea-birds. 



76. Sterna anglica, Montagu. 



I have a specimen of this Tern shot by Mr. Chase at 

 Graeme-Hall swamp on the 6th of October, 1888, and 

 another procured at the same place on the following day. 



77. Sterna ANTiLLARUM (Less.). 



Obtained at Chancery Lane by Mr. Massiah on the 8th of 

 September, 1888, and another by Dr. Manning on the 17th 

 of October. 



-}-78. Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Schinz). 



I obtained at Chancery Lane on the 24th of October, 

 1888, an immature example of a Black Tern, which I took 

 to be H. lariformis (Linn.), but on submitting it to Mr. 

 Howard Saunders, he came to the conclusion that it is a 

 White-winged Black Tern. This species is of very rare 

 occurrence in North America, only one having been hitherto 

 obtained on that continent ; it is an addition to the fauna of 

 the West Indies. 



-'79. Hydrochelidon hybrida (Pallas). 



In the fourth edition of YarrelPs ' British Birds ' (vol. iii. 

 p. 529), the editor, Mr. Howard Saunders, states that a 

 mounted specimen, marked as obtained in Barbados, is in 



