All rifjhty reserved. December, 1014. 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB 
Birds Seen During A Trip To The West Indies. 
By E. J. Brook, F.Z.S. 
I have just returned froni the "West Indies after a 
most delightful and interesting trip. 
I am afi'aid I cannot write a good article on the birds 
I saw, as I kept no notes, haA'ing put pen to paper as 
little as possible while travelling, and for that I'eason these 
notes have been held back a considerable time [dated March 
7th, 1914.— Ed.]. 
The Birds in Jamaica were disappointing; tlie Mongoose 
has, I am informed, destroyed many of them. 
The most beautiful were, of course, the Humming Birds, 
of which there are three species on the island, viz.: 
Mango Humming Bird {Lamporiiis mango) — Total Lingih .^ins., 
tail Ifins. 
Long-tailed Bumming liird {I'rochilns poJijtnius) — Totii! length 
lOins., tail 7|ins. 
Vervain Humming Bird (Mdlisiir/a hxmilis) — Total length "ifins , 
tail jin. 
I saw two of these constantly, and, I think, T once 
caught sight of the third or rarer species (The Mango). 
Among the Mangrove Swamps, on the north coast of 
the Island, the small Blue Heron (Ardea caernlca), and a 
large white bird, that I took for a Spoon-bill, were constantly 
seen. 
About the verandahs of the Hotel at Montego Bay 
were the Banana Bird (Icferus Icucoplenjx), and the All- 
Black Grackle {Nesopsar tiigertwius) . 
A very common Grackle is the Tinkling Grackle (Qiiisc- 
alas crassirosiris), which is strictly protected by everyone, 
owing to its usefulness in destroying the ticks, which infest 
the gras^ and do a great deal of damage to horses and cattle. 
At Castleton Gardens I saw that beautiful little bird 
the Jamaican Tody {Todus viridis), they are reported as 
