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the call if within hearing, but are shy, flying cautiously from tree to 

 tree, never long at rest." 



2. Margarops densirostris (Vieill.). 

 " 4 Gros grive.' Very shy. 



"Length, <?, 11J; alar extent, 17J; wing, 5J. 

 " Length, , 11^ ; alar extent, 17£ ; wing, 5J. 



3. Margarops montanus (Vieill.). 

 "'Grivette'. 



"Length, 10 in.; alar extent, 15; wing, 5. 

 "Length, 2, 9 J in.; alar extent, 15; wing, 5. 

 "More numerous than the large 1 Gros griveV 



4. Cinclocerthia ruficauda, Gould. 



" i Trembleur.' Not so abundant as in Dominica. 

 "Length, <?, 10 in.; alar extent, 13; wing, 4. 

 " Length, 9 , 10 in. ; alar extent, 13 ; wing, 4." 



Fam. TROGLODYTIDiE. 



5. Thryothorus rufesceus, Lawr. 

 "Wren." 



"Length, $ , 4J in.; alar extent, Gf ; wing, 2. 

 "Length, $,4fin.; alar extent, 6| ; wing, 2. 



" I found this bird only in the second growth of the hills, and in a 

 wood in the flat portion of the island." 



Fam. SYLVICOLID^E. 



6. Siurus nasvius (Bodd.). 



" Water Wagtail. Eare and shy. 

 "Length, 2, G in.; alar extent, 9^; wing, 3. 



" In the mangroves bordering the Biviere Sal6e, near Point a Pitre." 



7. Dendroeca petechia var. melanoptera, Lawr. 

 " 4 Jaime.' Male. 



" Length, $ , 5 in. ; alar extent, 7 ; wing, 2^ ; tail, If. 



" Length, 9 , 4J in. ; alar extent, 7 ; wing, 2£ ; tail, If. 



"More numerous than in Dominica; with the two sparrows the bird 

 most commonly met with in the gardens and coffee plantations. In the 

 latter, I find it chiefly in the pois douce trees, which, originally planted 

 as wind-breaks for the coffee plants' protection, seam the hills all around 

 in long rows. These trees were the haunt of the sparrows in Dominica, 

 and of the warbler that I found there. They bear a pea-like pod, con- 

 taining seeds surrounded witli a sweet pulp, hence their name : pois 

 douce, or sweet bean." 



Male: The crown as far as the occiput is of a brownish-rufous j the 



