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migration would probably bring many stragglers from the continent, that 

 do not make a longer stay than a few days. 



u It is only a matter of regret with me that I could not give the requi- 

 site time to this island during the i winter months'. I am satisfied, 

 however, that the few resident species are now fully known. 



" FREDERICK A. OBER. 



" My thanks are due to Wm. Sharpe, Esq., Wm. Simmons, Esq., Dr. 

 Wells, Canon Bond of St. Andrews and John Grant Wells, Esq., for 

 courtesies shown me." 



Fam. TURDID.E. 



1. Turdus nigrirostris Lawr. 

 "Thrush ('Grive'). 



" Length, <?, 9 in.; alar extent, wing, 5. 

 " Length, 9 , 9 in. ; alar extent, 11} ; wing, 1J. 



" In the deep woods one may be startled by a low note of alarm from 

 this bird, like the single cluck of the Mocking-bird of the Southern 

 States. Searching carefully, you may discover the author of it sitting 

 upon a low tree, with head protruded, eagerly examining the surround- 

 ings for the cause of the noise your coming makes. Discovering you, it 

 hastily makes off, with a parting cluck. Its song is often heard in the 

 high woods, strange notes, 4 fee-ow, fee-oo,' etc., often repeated. Anothei 

 cry it has when alighting and unexpectedly discovering your presence, 

 similar to the cry of the Robin as heard at evening time in spring — a 

 harsh cry mingled with softer notes. I have only found it in the high 

 forests. It must be well along in the nesting period, judging from the 

 condition of those dissected." 



I was much pleased to find four specimens of this species in the col- 

 lection, as but one was obtained in St. Vincent, and that had the plum- 

 age somewhat soiled. These are in good condition and more mature : 

 they have the color of the throat as originally described, i. e., the feathers 

 of a dull white, with shaft-stripes of brown ; there are no rufous termi- 

 nations to the wing-coverts, as in the St. Vincent specimen ; and the 

 irregular rufous-brown markings on the upper part of the breast, as 

 seen in that, are only just perceptible in two of the specimens : they have 

 the breast and flanks of a darker shade of brown : the bills of these are 

 not so dark throughout as in the type — shading into brown on their ter- 

 minal halves : this difference of color is doubtless attributable to age. 



• 2. Turdus carribseus, Lawr. Ami. N. Y. Acad, of Sci. vol. 1, p. 160. 

 " Thrush. 



" Length, 9J in.; alar extent, 15 J; whig, 5. 



"Iris wine-red; naked skin around the eye, f inch wide, yellow; 

 beak olive-green, tipped with yellow. I am positive that I heard this 

 bird in St. Vincent, but only once, and did not obtain, or even fairly see 

 it. Its cry is peculiar, and once heard coidd not be mistaken. It resem- 



