360 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fam. COLUMBIA. 



35. Columba corensis (Gm.). 

 " 1 Rainier.' Iris yellow. 



"Though persistently hunted, this bird still inhabits the mountains, 

 making its home especially upon the volcano of Mountain Pelee. In 

 all the highest hills and mountains it may be found in sparse numbers. 

 Several attempts that I made to secure this species, on the sides of the 

 volcano, were fruitless owing to its wildness. 77 



36. Zenaida martinicana, Bp. 



"'Tourterelle. 7 



"Rarely seen, but inhabits the dry slopes near the sea. 77 



37. Chameepelia passerina (Linn.). 



Ortolan. 7 Resident. 

 "As the extent of cultivated and pasture land is greater than in Do- 

 minica, so is this bird found in greater numbers, though not abundant 



in either island. 77 



38. Geotrygon montana (Linn.). 

 "'Perdix. 7 Iris gold; resident. 



"Length, <?, 11J in.; alar extent, 19; wing, 6 J. 



"Though this species is far from abundant, the natives occasionally 

 bring the birds in for sale. The 'Rainier 7 is, perhaps, more plentiful, 

 but from its more secluded habits and from its keeping itself in the air 

 and on the tallest trees, never touching the ground, is less subject to 

 persecution than the 'Perdix 7 . As in the United States, the snare and 

 trap kill two to one killed by the gun ; and the springes of the natives 

 will soon exterminate this bird from the island and add it to the already 

 growing list of animals that were and now are not. 77 



Fam. SCOLOPACID^E. 



39. Tringoides macularius (Linn.). 



"'Becasse. 7 



"Length, <?, 7J in.; alar extent, 13J; wing, 4 J. 



"A resident, but merely a straggling one, left from the flocks that 

 visit here in the winter months. 77 



Fam. LARID^E. 



40. Sterna dougalli, Mont. 

 " ( Hirondelle de Mer. 7 



"The sea birds are mostly found on the Atlantic side of the island, 

 which I did not visit. This species is common, now (August), about the 

 shores of Port Royal Bay. 77 



New York, December 31, 1878. 



