266 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF SANTA LUCIA. [Mar. 21,. 



Chrysotis angusta, presented in 1865 by Mr. P. N. Bernard*, which 

 still lives to adorn our Parrot-house. 



10. Martinique. — This island is one of the few belonging to the 

 Lesser Antilles in which birdskins are occasionally collected by the 

 residents, and find their way into the hands of the Parisian dealers. 

 There are also a certain number of specimens from Martinique in the 

 Musee d'Histoire Naturelle in the Jardin des Plantes, which I have 

 had an opportunity of examining ; but, beyond the vague notices 

 given by Vieillot in his ' Oiseaux de 1'AmeVique du Nord,' I am not 

 aware of any publication relating specially to the ornithology of this 

 island. Mr. E. C. Taylor passed a fortnight in Martinique in 1863, 

 and has recorded his notes upon the species of birds which he met 

 with in the excellent article which I have mentioned above ; but these 

 were only few in number. The International Exhibition in 1862 

 contained, in the department devoted to the products of the French 

 colonies, a small series of the birds of Martinique, exhibited by M. 

 Be'langer, Director of the Botanical Garden of St. Pierre in that 

 islandf. This is all the published information I have been able to 

 find concerning the birds of Martinique %. 



11. St. Lucia. — Of the island I am now specially treating of I 

 believe there is no published ornithological information whatever. 

 The little knowledge of its avifauna which I possess is derived from 

 two sources : — first, a few specimens in the Paris Museum obtained 

 by Bonnecourt, a French collector who visited the island in 1850 

 and 1851 on his way to Central America; and, secondly, a small 

 series of unpublished coloured drawings in the Library of this So- 

 ciety by Lieut. Tyler, who formerly contributed to the ' Proceedings' 

 some notes on the reptiles of that island §. The latter, although 

 rough and unfinished, are characteristic and mostly recognizable. 

 Some years ago I had them arranged and bound ; and I think them 

 of sufficient interest to give the subjoined list of their vernacular 

 names according to Lieut. Tyler, and of what I believe to be their 

 correct scientific titles. 



Lieut. Tyler's name. Supposed scientific name. Page 



1. Cent coups de Couteau Antrostomus 1 



2. Tgrannus rostratus 1 



3. Mgiarchus antittensis 1 



4. Grieve Margarops dcnsirostris 1 



5. Red-breasted Humming-bird ... Eidampis jugularis 2 



6. Carouge, or Banana-bird Icterus laudabilis 3 



7. Mauvie Margarops herminieri 3 



8. Gorge-blanc Eha?nphocinclus brachgurus 3 



9. Coucou manioc Coccgzus minor 3 



10. Peewit Elainea martinica 4 



11. Ortolan, or Ground-Dove Chamapelia trochilca ? 4 



* Cf. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 437. 



t See article on Ornithology in the International Exhibition, ' Ibis,' 1802, 

 p. 288. 



X On animals formerly living in Martinique but now extinct, see Guyon, 

 'Compt. Rend.' lxiii. p. 589 (1866). 



§ See P. Z. S. 1849 and 1850. 



