from the West Indies. 571 



TOTANUS MACULARIUS (LillU.). 



Actitis macularia Cory, B. W. I. p. 239. 

 The Spotted Sandpiper is abundant in Dominica in the 

 winter. I shot a pair of these birds. 



Butorides virescens (Linn.). 



Ardea virescens Cory, B. W. I. p. 247. 



This handsome little Heron is very common in Dominica. 

 Its cry of alarm is a loud " squawk." I shot two females 

 in some swampy ground by a small river. The dorsal 

 plumes of these two examples are greenish, faintly tipped 

 with " lilac." 



On February 10th we left Dominica for Montscrrat, which 

 was reached nine hours later. We made a stay of only one 

 day there, so I was not able to get very far from the town, 

 but I obtained examples of the following ten species of 

 birds along the shore at Montserrat, mostly in the thorn- 

 bushes : — 



Parula Americana (Linn.). 

 Compsothlypis americana Cory, B. W. I. p. 40. 

 Fairly numerous in the thick bushes along the shore. I 

 shot two examples. 



Dendrceca ruficapilla (Gmel.). 



Dendroica petechia melanoptera Cory, B. W. I. p. 45. 



I shot three examples of this bird at Montserrat. 



Dendrosca dominica (Linn.). 



Dendroica dominica Cory, B. W. I. p. 50. 



I shot a single example of this species in some thorn- 

 bushes along the shore at Montserrat. This is, I believe, 

 the first record of this bird for the Lesser Antilles. 



Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). 

 Setophaga ruticilla Cory, B. W. I. p. 60. 



I saw several examples of this migrant from N. America. 

 I shot one adult female. 



