from the West Indies. 585 



mangrove-trees in the north' and north-east of the island. 

 I was told that after the breeding-season it is to he seen 

 everywhere. 



I made a two-days' excursion across the island, and 

 found several pairs in some tall mangroves. They are 

 extremely noisy, and I could hear them screaming long 

 before I got to the trees which they were frequenting. 

 After waiting under cover for some time I got one of my 

 specimens. I afterwards shot a pair sitting in a tree by the 

 roadside. We also brought back a live bird of this species, 

 purchased from a native, which was presented by Lord 

 Crawford to the Zoological Society, and is now in their 

 Gardens. All my specimens have the forehead white tinged 

 with rosy pink, not dull yellowish white as stated by Cory. 



So far as I could ascertain, there seems to be no danger 

 of this Parrot becoming extinct for many years. 



Cham^pelia passerina (Linn.). 



ColumbigaUina passerina Cory, B. W. I. p. 217. 



Columbigallina passerina insularis Ridgway, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. p. 574 (1887) ; Cory, B. W. I. p. 297. 



In the only example shot I could find no differences to 

 warrant its separation as a distinct species. I have been 

 carefully through the very large series in the British 

 Museum, and find that individuals even from the same 

 island differ as regards the colour of the bill. 



This little Ground-Dove does not seem to be so common 

 in Grand Cayman as it is in the other West-Indian Islands. 



Butorides virescens (Linn.). 



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



Both the adults obtained differ considerably from those 

 which I shot in Dominica. The dorsal plumes are lavender- 

 grey, and the abdomen is slaty grey instead of reddish, but 

 the chief difference lies in the bill, which in the Cayman 

 specimens is much longer and much more slender, and has 

 only a streak of yellow on the lower mandible, whereas those 

 from Dominica have the whole of the lower mandible yellow. 

 The Cayman bird has also shorter wings. 



