202 Walter Rothschild: 



coverts blue, tail scarlet, tipped with blue above, underside 

 of tail and wings, intense fiery orange. It came from 

 the mountains of Trelawny and St. Anne's, and was procured 

 by Mr. White, proprietor of the Oxford Estate. Then on 

 Guadaloupe there was a very large Macaw of an intense 

 violet jDurple colour, which I propose to call 



Anadorhynchus purpurascens, nom. nov. 



This bird was called " Onécouli," by the Caraïbes, according 

 to Fernand Columbus. The Chrysotis, of Guadaloupe, was a 

 large species about the size of Chrysotis augusta, of Dominica, 

 called Chrysotis violaceus, by Gmelin, head, neck and breast, 

 slate-grey, centre of belly, with a few green and black feathers, 

 back and wings green, coverts yellow, bend of wing crimson. 

 The Conurus, of Guadaloupe, which I will call 



Conurus lobati, nom. nov., 



was entirely green with a few red markings on the crown of 

 the head, beak white. 



The Macaw of Martinique, which I propose to call 



Anadorhynchus martinicus, nom. nov., 



was of a deep blue all over except the breast and abdomen, 

 which were of a fiery orange. The Chrysotis, of Martinique, 

 was green, with red marks in the tail, and with a slate- 

 grey head with a small red patch on the crown. It has been 

 named Chrysotis martinicana by Mr. Clark. The Conure is 

 merely mentioned by Labat. 



The Macaw of Dominica, which has been named Ara 

 guadaloupensis, had the head, neck, back, and underside 

 fiery red, the wings showed various shades of red, blue, and 

 yellow, and the tail was entirely red. 



No doubt many other Parrots have vanished unknown to 

 us from the West Indies ; among others mention has been 

 made of one on Barbados. 1 



In the recent eruptions of Mont Pelée on Martinique 

 and La Soufrière on St. Vincent, the Thrushes, Myadestes 

 sibilans of St. Vincent, Myadestes genibarbis of Martinique, 



1 On Jamaica the large blackitsli Petrel, Aestrelata jamaicen&is, has bten 

 exterminated by the Mongoose. 



