18/2.] REV. J. E. SEMPER ON THE BIRDS OF ST. LUCIA. 649 



6. Dendr(eca Adelaide, I. c. p. 269. (Sucrier gran-bois.) 



A rather shy little bird, generally found in pairs in the underbrush 

 busily searching about, apparently for insects. 



7. Vireosylvia calidris, I. c. p. 269. (Mabelle.) 

 A berry-eater, found scattered about in pairs. 



8. Certhiola martinicana, I. c. p. 269. (Sucriere.) 



A fruit-eater, found throughout the island, generally in pairs ; 

 there is little, if any, outward and striking difference between the 

 sexes. It is far from being shy of man, as it will come into the house 

 to sip water or plunder fruit &c, and is often to be met with in the 

 sugar-houses, regaling itself on the sweets there. It has a pleasing 

 little song, though feeble and of little compass. I have often seen 

 it in my gallery sipping honey, or catching insects from the flowers 

 there, or bathing in the clog's water-dish, and tantalizing the cat, 

 who can seldom manage to catch one, they being active and wary as 

 well as bold. 



9. Myiadestes genibarbis, I. c. p. 269. (Siffleur montaigne.) 



Generally found in the virgin forest or near it, a shy retired bird, 

 more often heard than seen ; they do not seem to pair very strictly. 

 Their note is a succession of whistles, three short and full, in rapid 

 succession, followed after a short interval by a long sustained note a 

 semitone higher, dying away into silence. In the woods, when 

 several of them are about, they seem to be calling out to each other 

 at a distance, and answering on all hands, so that the collector is 

 often at a loss which bird to follow ; by imitating their note, how- 

 ever, with a little patience, they generally can be induced to show 

 themselves. Their food seems to be principally small snails ; at 

 least I have generally found such in their throats or crops. They 

 are fond of cool shady places on the hills and high lands. 



10. Saltator guadelupensis, I. c. p. 270. (G? w osbec.) 



Much hated by the labourers, as it has the reputation of being 

 very destructive to the pigeon- or Angola-pea. 



11. Loxigilla noctis, I. c. p. 270. (Pere-noir.) 



The female of this bird is totally distinct in colour from the male, 

 she being of an almost uniform green, whilst he is black, with a 

 crimson gorget. They are generally met with in pairs, and have 

 the reputation of being destructive to sugar-canes. It is said the 

 bird will dig out a small hole in a cane, so as to get at the soft sweet 

 pith, and this wound destroys the cane. 



12. Icterus laudabilis *, I. c. p. 270. 



Another reputed sugar-cane destroyer. Very little if any differ- 



* In the present, collection Mr. Semper sends a specimen of what ho calls the 

 "Dusky Carrouge," with the following note: — 



" The only one of the kind I have seen. At first I took it to be a young bird 



