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of which one, a Burrowing Owl {Speotyto amaura) from Antigua, is de- 

 scribed as new. Our common Quail {Ortyx virginianus) occurs in Antigua 

 as an introduced species, where, Mr. Ober states, the pastures are fast be- 

 coming populated with it, and it is now in sufficient numbers to afford o-ood 

 sport. The single specimen (a male) sent home by Mr. Ober is described 

 by Mr. Lawrence as most resembling the primitive Northern stock, but 

 differs from it in being smaller, and in having the crown and hind-neck 

 black, resembling in this feature the var. floridanus, but not otherwise ; 

 in its upper plumage it resembles 0. cubanensis. Unfortunately the date 

 of its introduction to the island is unknown, but it has evidently already 

 departed from the Northern stock. 



The list of birds from the island of Grenada * numbers 54 species, five 

 of which are peculiar to the island, namely, Turdus caribbceus, Thryo- 

 thorux grenadensis, Orthorhynchus cristatua, and two unidentified species of 

 Swift. 



The birds reported from Martinique f number 40 species, and embrace 

 eight not recorded from the other islands, these being Cinclotherthia gut- 

 turalis, Thryothorus marlinicensis, Dendroeca rufigula, Certhiola martinica, 

 Quiscalus; inflexirostris, Myiarchus sclateri, Chcetura sp.?, and Chryaoth 

 goiddingi 



The Guadeloupe J species number 45, and include four (Quiscalus 

 guadeloupensis, Cypseloides niger, Melanerpex I'herminieri, Geotrygon mys- 

 tacea), not given for the other islands. The Melanerpes, seen only at 

 Guadeloupe, is stated by Mr. Ober to be the only species of Woodpecker 

 he met with at any of the islands. Quiscalm guadeloupeitsis appears to be 

 the only species here described as new, but an important error respecting 

 the supposed color of the male in Euphonia fiavifrons is for the first time 

 cleared up. This paper includes also a nominal list of 135 species, ob- 

 served by Dr. F. L'Herminier, from 1827 to 1844, now for the first time 

 published, many of which are migrants from North America, not observed 

 by Mr. Ober. A large proportion (about two thirds) are wide-ranging 

 aquatic species, while some are doubtless purely nominal. 



This is the last of the series of Mr. Lawrence's special reports upon the 

 collections made by Mr. Ober in the Lesser Antilles. A general catalogue § 



* Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a Collection made by Mr. Fred. 

 A. Ober for the Smithsonian Institution, including others seen by him, but 

 not obtained. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I, pp. 

 265-278, February, 1879. 



t Catalogue of the Birds collected in Martinique by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for 

 the Smithsonian Institution. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., Vol. I, pp. 349-360, March, 1879. 



X Catalogue of a Collection of Birds obtained in Guadeloupe for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I, pp. 449-462, April, 1879. 



§ A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser 



