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Dr. Bowdler Sharpe for his invaluable assistance in preparing 
my paper. My interest in ornithology is entirely due to his 
encouragement and instruction. To his excellent assistant, 
Mr. Chubb, I am also deeply indebted. 
EupsycHortyx PALLIDUS. 
Eupsychortyx pallidus Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
xvili. p. 657 (1895) ; Clark, Auk, xix. p. 260 (1902). 
a,6. ad. Jan. 6, 1904. [R. B. S.] 
c. ad. Jan. 9, 1904. [P. R. L.] 
In comparison with birds from British Guiana (E. sonnini) 
I find that these specimens are much paler. 
We came across two coveys in the cactus-scrub towards 
the western end of the island. They are stated to be common 
among the foot-hills, but I found none there during my second 
visit to the island in 1906. 
SCARDAFELLA RIDGWAYI. 
Scardafella ridgwayt Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
xviil. p. 660 (1895) ; Clark, Auk, xix. p. 261 (1902). 
0 FA) Jan, 6, 1904. [P. B. L.] 
d. Qad. Jan. 7, 1904. [R. B.S.] 
e. gad. March 22, 1906. [P. BR. L.] 
f,g,%. 9 ad. March 23, 1906. [P. R. L.] 
These Doves are very common in the low-lying sandy 
eactus-scrub. The peculiar rattle of their wings as they take 
to flight becomes a very familiar sound to the wanderer 
through the scrub. They have a rapid flight, much faster 
than that of Chamepelia. 
One of the females which I procured on the 23rd of March 
was apparently nesting, as it had a large egg in the oviduct. 
As this bird lives in the sandy wastes of the island, one 
might have expected it to have assumed a paler tint, similar 
to that of several other forms on the island; but, on the 
contrary, Mr. Richmond says that it differs from S. sguamosa 
“in the broader black edgings to the feathers”? and that “the 
yinaceous colour is a little deeper.” 
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