570 Mr. M. J. Nicoll on Birds 



Myiarchus oberi Lawr. 



Myiarchus oberi Cory, B. W. I. p. 126. 



This species was not uncommon up the river-valley 

 behind the town, about three miles inland. I obtained two 

 examples. 



Myiarchus oberi may be distinguished from M. tyrannulus 

 by the very much paler yellow of the under wing-coverts 

 and abdomen. 



Tyrannus rostratus Scl. 

 Tyrannm <-ostratus Cory, B. W. I. p. 129. 

 This Tyrant is fairly numerous in Dominica. I shot a 

 single example, a male. 



Eulampis jugularis (Linn.). 



Eulampis jugularis Cory, B. W. I. p. 145. 



This beautiful Humming-bird is very common in Dominica. 

 I noticed a huge tree in flower, which had numbers of 

 Humming-birds of the present species as well as of Eulampis 

 holosericeus and Bellona exilis feeding in company. 



Eulampis holosericeus (Linn.). 



Eulampis holosericeus Cory, B. W. I. p. 14G. 



This Humming-bird is not so numerous in Dominica as 

 E. jugularis, at least I did not find it so. I shot two 

 examples. 



Bellona exilis (Gmel.). 

 Bellona exilis Cory, B. W. I. p. 152. 



This bird is very numerous and exceedingly tame. I 

 obtained three specimens. 



Cham^pelia passerina (Linn.). 



Columbigallina passer ina Cory, B. W. I. p. 217. 



This Ground-Dove is very numerous in the lime-groves. 

 I shot two females. Cory (Birds of the West Indies, p. 217) 

 says that the sexes are similar, but the females which 1 shot 

 in the "West Indies have no trace of the reddish-purple tinge 

 which is so conspicuous in the male. They also differ con- 

 siderably from the male in the markings of the throat and 

 fore-neck. 



