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" As in Dominica, this species is the most abundant and most gener- 

 ally distributed, though, as there, I find it more numerous in the higher 

 hills. It seems to me that both species are here, the exilis and omatas, 

 as I have seen several with the darker throat." 



Fam. CYPSELID.E. 



22 Cypseloides niger (Gm.). 

 " Swallow. 



"Length, Gf in. ; alar extent, 15^ ; wing, 6." 



Fam. ALCEDINIDiE. 



23. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). 

 " Ceryle." 



24. Ceryle torquata (Linn.). 



" This bird appeared in the list given me by Mr. Belanger, of the Jardin 

 des Plantes, Martinique, but I doubted if it was obtained in Guadeloupe. 

 I was assured, however, by Monsieur L. Vitrac, the conservateur of the 

 Musee de L'Herminier, that he had shot that same species here. There 

 are two, a male and a female, in the Musee." 



Fam. PICIME. 



25. Melanerpes l'herminieri (Less.). 



u Picus L'herminieri. 1 Tappeur.' 



" Length, $ , 11 in. ; alar extent, 18 ; wing, 5|. 



" Length, 9 , 10^ in. ; alar extent, 17 ; wing, 



" The only island in which I have seen a Woodpecker of any species." 



"This species frequents the hills and mountains ; it is not common ; 

 in its habits reminding me of the Hairy Woodpecker of the Xorth. Iris 

 reddish-chocolate." 



Fam. CUCULID.E. 



26. Coccyzus minor (Gm.). 



Ui Cuckoo manioc' in all islands. 



"The second growth on the hills, where once flourished the coffee-trees, 

 affords a good feeding ground for this species, but it is not abundant in 

 these higher hills. I saw one to-day (Aug. 30) in some high trees, in the 

 mountains, feeding, and occasionally crying out. It is little attracted by 

 my bird call, though manifestly disturbed by it, as I drew it from one 

 tree- top to another, though too high to shoot." 



Fam. FALCONID^E. 



28. Tinnunculus sparverius var. antillarum (Gm.). 



" T. sparverius. ' Gli gli.' 



"Length, <?, 10 in.; alar extent, 18; wing, 6J. 



"Length, 9, 11 in.; alar extent, 21; wing, 7J. 



