1877.] 241 {Moore. 



a species of Ligia that abounds on the sides of the wharfs ; it also 

 contained the half digested remains of a Hyla. I have frequently 

 heard the note of this owl of an evening. I have seen one, station- 

 ary, over the seashore, facing a pretty strong northwest wind. And 

 again, at daybreak one morning, I was passing along the road and 

 an owl rose from the shore (fringed by a low growth of shrubs) and 

 passed over the road in front of me — so that here it appears to be 

 rather a night owl, and not exclusively diurnal. The owls here are 

 called indiscriminately " Screech Owls." Its dimensions are: Length, 

 •8|; alar, 23; tail, 3.0; tarsus, 1|-; culmen (chord) tip to cere -|f; 

 culmen (whole chord) -|; wing 6^- ; iris fine yellow. 



Geotrygon Martiniea. One of the birds called "Wood 

 Doves," the Zenaida amabiUs being also called " Wood Dove." This 

 beautiful bird is frequently met with in the coppices underneath the 

 trees of which it delights to feed, preferring for this purpose those 

 parts which are rather open beneath, and less choked up with under- 

 growth, its habit being to feed almost exclusively on the ground, on 

 berries and seeds, more particularly on the berries of the " Poison 

 Wood," on the fruit of which, amongst others, the Patagicenas leuco- 

 cephala feeds also. On being flushed, it scarcely, if ever, flies to any 

 distance, generally alighting after a short curved flight. Its note is 

 peculiarly mournful, being an expiring groan, which is rather startling 

 to hear if the cause of it is not known. 



Porzana Carolina. This bird I have shot in Dec, 1875 and 

 1876; only during the winter months. I have met with it in a 

 muddy, swampy flat. 



List of Birds, chiefly visitors from N. America, seen 



AND KILLED IN THE BAHAMAS IN JULY, AUG., OCT., NOV., 



and Dec, 1876. By N. B. Moore. 1 



1. Sterna anglica Mont. Aug. 6, killed on Long Island; 

 many seen. 



2. Tringa Bonapartii (one), Aug. 5; Fortune Island. 



3. Micropalama himantopus (four), Aug. 5; Fortune Isl. 



4. Tringa maculosa (two or three), Aug. 5; Fortune Isl. 



5. Tringa maculata (several^, " " " " 



6. Polioptila ccerulea (many), " " " " 



1 The papers by Messrs. Brace and Moore are given conjointly, as both cover 

 the same ground and are supplementary to Dr. Bryant's observations on the avi- 

 fauna of the same islands. « 



