396 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
46. MaRGAROPS FUSCATUS DENSIROSTRIS (Vieillot). 
Grosse Grive. Grise Corossol. 
Eleven specimens from the deep woods near Ste. Rose, the Soufriére, 
and Goyave taken in the latter part of July and the latter part of 
August. 
Few birds of Guadeloupe are more strictly confined to the deep 
woods than this species. Very shy and retiring in habits it seeks the 
tallest trees of the rain forest. On my homeward voyage from 
Guadeloupe I was greatly surprised to find the closely related Mar- 
garops f. fuscatus in the streets of Christiansted, St. Croix; for I asso- 
ciated such a bird with anything but the noise and bustle of traffic. 
Perhaps the lighter color of this form to the north has been brought 
about by its open and sunny habitat. 
The Grosse Grive is considered throughout Guadeloupe as one of the 
best game-birds to be ranked even with the Ramier and Perdrix; and 
since it lives on the roof of the tropical forest covering the higher parts 
of the island, the hunters are put to considerable trouble to obtain it. 
When disturbed the bird utters a sharp cluck, entirely different from 
the alarm-note of any other bird of the region. The cluck is repeated 
at intervals and is accompanied by a simultaneous lowering and 
jerking upwards of the tail. The bird’s song is loud and clear con- 
sisting of a series of long whistles. In attracting this Grive, the 
natives give a long call of low vibrant sounds,— shush! shush! — not 
unlike the puffing of a distant locomotive. They explain this call 
as the imitation of a mother Grive hovering over a young one which 
has fallen from the nest or been overtaken by some other calamity. 
