Allen on Birds of Santa Lucia. 167 



25. Tyrannus rostratus, ScL 



26. Eulampis jugularis (Linn.). 



27. Eulampis holosericeus (Linn.). 



28. Orthorhynchus exilis (Gm.). (= ? Orthorhynchm oi-natus, Scl., 



P. Z. S., 1871, 272.) 



Mr. Lawrence decides the specimens of Orthorhynchus sent by Mr. Sem- 

 per from Santa Lucia to be 0. exilis. Dr, Sclater (1. c.) says that " Mr. 

 Semper's skins agree with one in his collection obtained by Mr. Taylor in 

 Martinique, which has been referred to 0. exilis (Ibis, 1864, p. 170). But 

 Mr. Gould now pronounces both the Santa Lucia and Martinique skins to 

 belong to his 0. ornatus, which is thus geographically as well as structurally 

 intermediate between 0. cristatus of Barbadoes and St. Vincent and 

 0. exilis of the Virgin Islands and Nevis." Mr. Elliot, in his " Synopsis " 

 (p. 1 78), unites 0. ornatus with 0. cristatus, and gives the habitat of the 

 latter as "Islands of St. Vincent, Barbadoes, Martinique, Santa Lucia." 

 In 1872 (Ibis, 1872, 355) he recognized 0. ornatus as distinct, with ^'Hab. 

 Martinique, Santa Lucia (Semper)," apparently entirely on the basis of 

 Sclater and Gould, as above cited. The habitat of 0. exilis he gives as 

 "Dominica (Taylor), Nevis, St. Thomas, Ste. Croix {Newton)," and adds, 

 that " it is natural to suppose it may be found also on some " of the islands 

 between Dominica and Nevis, " especially as the great islands of Guada- 

 loupe and Martinique [.s/c] are among those that intervene." Mr. Law- 

 rence has since confirmed this conjecture, he having found it in Mr. Ober's 

 collections formed at the two last-named islands, as well as at Barbuda and 

 Antigua. On the other hand, Mr. Lawrence reports 0. ornatus from only 

 Saint Vincent, and 0. cristatus only from Grenada. Mr. Elliot (Ibis, 1872, 

 355) gives the habitat of 0. crbiatus as "Barbadoes (Schomburgk), Saint 

 Vincent (Guihling)," and adds, " a distinct species (or at all events a race 

 of the same form) inhabits the island of Santa Lucia, a little to the north- 

 ward." In this connection it is to be noted that Mr. Lawrence gives only 

 one species of Orthorhynchus from any of the islands (seven in number) 

 visited by Mr. Ober; and that of upwards of 50 specimens of Orthorhyn- 

 chus lately received at the Museum of Comparative Zoology from Gre- 

 nada, all are 0. cristatus, and that of twenty specimens received from 

 Santa Lucia all are 0. exilis, and not the supposed " allied race " of 0. cris- 

 tatus, commonly known as 0. ornatus. In view of these facts it seems 

 probable that O. ornatus has been erroneously given from both Martinique 

 and Santa Lucia, the only island at which it is certainly known to occur 

 being Saint Vincent. It also seems probable that Saint Vincent is an 

 erroneous locality for the true O. cristatus. The only species certainly 

 known to occur in Martinique being the rather wide-ranging 0. exilis, it 

 seems likely that Dr. Sclater's Santa Lucia specimens, which he says 

 " agree with one in my collection obtained by Mr. Taylor in Martinique," 

 were really 0. exilis, and not 0. ornatus, as reported by Dr. Sclater on Mr. 



