366 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
The Sparrow Hawk is a common bird throughout the whole of the 
lowlands of both Guadeloupe and Grande Terre. It is the only 
resident hawk although several others occur as stragglers. In habits 
it resembles Cerchneis sparverius sparverius but seems more sluggish 
in flight. During the heat of the day it glides almost wearily over the 
plantations or dozes on some palmiste in the full glare of the sun. 
5. IoONORNIS MARTINICUS (Linné). 
Poule d’eau a Cachet Vert. 
One adult purchased at La Moule. 
This specimen was taken sometime during 1913. It was the last 
Purple Gallinule that had been seen on Grande Terre. As with the 
rails, this species has probably disappeared from Guadeloupe be- 
cause of the Mongoose. 
6. GALLINULA CHLOROPUS CACHINNANS Bangs. 
Poule d’eau & Cachet Rouge. 
Two adults, a male and a female from Grand Etang, Cluny, near 
Ste. Rose taken July 24th. 
As already mentioned the gallinules are almost extinct in Guade- 
loupe. I do not believe there were more than three pair breeding in 
the Grand Etang. Bangs (Proc. N. E. zool. club, 1915, 5, p. 93-99) 
has recently revised the American forms of Gallinula chloropus and 
has referred the Guadeloupe bird to the northern race. The measure- 
ments of the two specimens noted above are included in his revision. 
7. ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linné). 
L’ Alouette de Mer. 
One adult, a female, from Ste. Rose, July 15th. 
On the north shore of Guadeloupe near Ste. Rose I found the 
Spotted Sandpiper the first week in July. It is very likely that the 
