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"This Trembleur, known also as the 'Grive trembleuse is not found 

 so easiiy and frequently as in Dominica. This I attribute wholly to the 

 fact that it is pursued here with greater vigor than in the other island. 

 So dense is the population of Martinique, that nearly every bird is con- 

 sidered as fit for food, and anything above a sparrow is classed as game. 

 Even the sparrows, the 'peres noires 7 , are caught with snares and shot 

 with blowguns, by the little negroes of the country. In fact, they would 

 always await my return from an excursion to obtain the mutilated birds 

 that I would discard as useless. 



"It is not strange that <Le Trembleur', with all his queer ways and 

 familiar habits, should now commence to disappear 5 not many years 

 hence he will not be found in Martinique." 



5. Ramphocinclus brachyurus (Vieill.). 



" 1 Gorge blanc.' Iris hazel, in some red. 

 "Length, <?, 8| in.; alar extent, 12; wing, 4. 

 " Length, 9 , 8J in. ; alar extent, 12 ; wing, 4. 



" Obtained several specimens at Trois Islets in August. I saw one 

 also in the Jardin des Plantes, at#St. Pierre. Mr. Semper found it in 

 St. Lucia. ISTot found in the other islands. The first I have seen I shot 

 in this island. It seems c^pfined to Martinique and St. Lucia. Loves 

 deep woods and the h&gKs, of streams; is easily attracted by an imita- 

 tion of its note. Tbm the reason I am able to record the capture of 

 so many specimjeni^' 



6. Myiadestes genibarbis, Sw. 

 " 4 Siffleur Montagne. ? 



"Length, 7£ in.; alar extent, 10 J; wing, 3 J. 

 "Length, 9, 7 J in.; alar extent, 11; wing, 3f. 



" The fittest place in which I could have discovered my old favorite 

 of Dominica, was in a charming ravine through which flowed a limpid 

 stream, at 4 Champ Flore \ He was clinging to a liane on which grew 

 numerous wild pines, and whistling exactly the same as his Dominica 



congener. 



"irom the appearance of the female and from my observations in 

 Dominica I think they breed late." 



"Length, <?, 5 J in.; alar extent, 7J; wing, 2f. 



"An inhabitant of the woods; I. have not seen it near houses or sugar 

 mills, only in the forests of the hills, and along the borders of streams 

 where the bushes are thick." 



Mr. Ober sent but a single specimen of this species : its dimensions are 



Fam. TROGLODYTIDiE. 



7. Thryot-iorus martinicensis, Scl. 

 "Wren. 'RossignoU 



