564 Mr. M. J. Nicoll on Birds 



Etang, Grenada, is somewhat similar to Vireo calidris, hut 

 is much smaller and of more intense coloration. In plumage 

 it is almost as brightly coloured as V. olivaceus. Vireo laurce 

 also differs from V. calidris in having no buff wasli of colour on 

 the face, in which respect it appears to resemble V. calidris 

 barbadensis Ridgway. I have never seen a specimen of this 

 species from Barbadoes ; but from Ridgway's description it 

 appears to be almost intermediate between Vireo calidris and 

 V. laurce as regards the coloration of the head. I have seen 

 specimens of Vireo calidris from Grenada, and have shot 

 others in St. Lucia. 



My type of V. laurce differs from V. calidris in being 

 much smaller, having a much more slender bill, and being 

 altogether more washed with green. It has also yellower 

 rmder-wing-coverts and crissum, and a very much darker 

 crown, which is almost slaty-blue. Vireo laurce has the second 

 and fourth primaries equal, and the first much shorter than 

 the fifth. 



Dr. Sharpe obtained two examples of this new species at 

 Grenada, and I have examined five or six specimens in the 

 British Museum from the same island. I have therefore 

 not the slightest hesitation in separating it as distinct. 



This Vireo is fairly abundant in the high wood at Grand 

 Etang. Its song, which somewhat resembles that of the 

 Blackcap [Sylvia atricapilla) , is constantly heard, but the 

 bird seems to keep out of sight in the foliage. I was told 

 that this species is resident at Grenada. I have named 

 it in honour of Laura, Countess of Wilton. 



TURDUS NIGRIROSTRIS LaWl\ 



Merula nigrirostris Cory, Cat. B. W. I. p. 122 (1892). 



Tardus nigrirostris, Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 218 ; Seeb. & 

 Sharpe, Mon. Turd. i. p. 253. 



I shot three examples of this fine Thrush at Grand Etang, 

 one male and two females. They appeared in small flocks 

 at the outskirts of the forest towards evening. A native 

 told me that he did not know the species; the only "Grivc " 

 which he had seen was one with a bare patch round the eve. 

 This would probably be Turdus gymnophthalmus. Cory does 



