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end of the island. They were very shy and we were unable to secure either of 

 them." 



Buteo broealis calurus (Cass.). Three fine specimens taken by Brown and 

 Marsden prove that the red-tailed hawk of Guadaloupe is true B. horealis calurus. 



Mr. Brown says of it: "A few pairs frequented the high pine woods of the 

 north ridge. Although we searched very carefully we found no nests either in the 

 pines or the cypresses and I think they must breed along the precipices." 



Cerchneis sparveria phaloena (Lesson). Fourteen skins, young and adults, 

 May 13 to June 19. These do not differ from specimens from northern California 

 and elsewhere on the mainland within the range of the subspecies. 



Mr. Brown writes that the sparrow hawk is "tolerably common in Guadaloupe 

 and very shy. Its food consists chiefly of mice {Miis nmsciiliis) but it also catches 

 and eats house finches, juncos and rock wrens. They nest along the cliffs. 

 Young fully able to fly were about by June 10." 



Heteractitis incanus (Gmel.). One male, in unspotted plumage, was taken 

 May 5. It was alone on the beach near the landing, feeding among the rocks al- 

 most in the surf. 



Crymophilus fulicarius (lyinn.). One female, taken June 27. This is a late 

 date upon which to find the red phalarape so far south, and the bird was probably 

 a stray. 



Lariis occidentalis Aud. One adult female, taken May 4. Mr. Brown says 

 "a flock of about ten individuals lived on and about the beach near the landing, 

 and others were seen at the southern end of the island. I think they nest on the 

 shelves of the perpendicular cliffs." 



Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pall.). One female was taken June 28. Mr. 

 Brown's notes say of this species: "A few were constantly seen at sea off the south- 

 ern end of the island, and on shore we found a number of dead ones rolled up 

 above the surf." 



Micruria hypoleuca (Xantus). Two females were taken at sea off Guadaloupe 

 June 27. One of these was moulting its primaries and was unable to fly. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bp.). Speotyto cunicularia hecki Rothschild 

 and Hartert, Novit. Zool., Vol. IX, p. 405, July 1902: ' Guadaloupe Island. - 



Twenty-seven specimens, young and adults, May 6 to June 17. 



The burrowing owl of Guadaloupe is absolutely indistinguishable in any way 

 from the subspecies hyfogcea of the mainland. Mr. E. W. Nelson also reached 

 this conclusion several years ago, when he compared with mainland specimens, the 

 large series from Guadaloupe then in the collection of the California Academy of 

 Sciences. 



Mr. Brown's notes on the burrowing owl are as follows: "Very common in the 

 high, open, rocky country of the tablelands, but not found in the pine or C3^press 

 woods. It is mostly nocturnal in its habits, though several times I saw it hunting 

 grasshoppers during the day. We found several nests in holes among the rocks, 

 all containing young nearly full grown. One nest in which there were five young 

 birds, contained, besides, eighteen freshly killed mice and the remains of many 

 others. While mice seem to be its chief diet, I found in the stomachs of some of 

 the ones I skinned remains of beetles and grasshoppers. Its cry, which is not un- 

 pleasing, is always to be heard on dark nights mingled with the voices of petrels 

 and shearwaters. ' ' 



Colaptes rufipileus Ridg. A series of skins was secured on dates ranging from 

 May 6 to June 19, and six sets of eggs May 8 to June 8. 



This well-marked island form is in all probability doomed to speedy extinction, 



