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of which one, a Burrowing Owl ( Speotyto amaura ) from Antigua, is de- 
scribed as new. Our common Quail (Ortyx virginianus) occurs in Antigua 
as an introduced species, where, Mr. Ober states, the pastures are fast be- 
coming populated with it, and it is now in sufficient numbers to afford good 
sport. The single specimen (a male) sent home by Mr. Ober is described 
by Mr. Lawrence as most resembling the primitive Northern stock, but 
differs from it in being smaller, and in having the crown and hind-neck 
black, resembling in this feature the var. floridanus, but not otherwise ; 
in its upper plumage it resembles 0 . cubanensis. Unfortunately the date 
of its introduction to the island is unknown, but it has evidently already 
departed from the Northern stock. 
The list of birds from the island of Grenada * * * § numbers 54 species, five 
of which are peculiar to the island, namely, Turdus caribbceus, Thryo- 
thorus grenadensis, Orthorhynchus cristatus, and two unidentified species of 
Swift. 
The birds reported from Martinique f number 40 species, and embrace 
eight not recorded from the other islands, these being Cinclotherthia gut- 
turalis , Tliryotliorus marlinicensis, Dendrceca rujigula , Certliiola martinica , 
Quiscalus injiexirostris, Myiarchus sclateri, Chcetura sp. ?, and Chrysotis 
gouldingi 
The Guadeloupe J species number 45, and include four ( Quiscalus 
guadeloupensis , Cypseloides niger, Melanerpes Vherminieri , Geotrygon mys- 
tacea), not given for the other islands. The Melanerpes , seen only at 
Guadeloupe, is stated by Mr. Ober to be the only species of Woodpecker 
he met with at any of the islands. Quiscalus guadeloupensis appears to be 
the only species here described as new, but an important error respecting 
the supposed color of the male in Eupbonia Jiavifrons is for the first time 
cleared up. This paper includes also a nominal list of 135 species, ob- 
served by Dr. F. L’Herminier, from 1827 to 1844, now for the first time 
published, many of which are migrants from North America, not observed 
by Mr. Ober. A large proportion (about two thirds) are wide-ranging- 
aquatic species, while some are doubtless purely nominal. 
This is the last of the series of Mr. Lawrence’s special reports upon the 
collections made by Mr. Ober in the Lesser Antilles. A general catalogue § 
* Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a Collection made by Mr. Fred. 
A. Ober for the Smithsonian Institution, including others seen by him, but 
not obtained. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I, pp. 
265-278, F ebruary, 1879. 
t Catalogue of the Birds collected in Martinique by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for 
the Smithsonian Institution. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., Vol. I, pp. 349-360, March, 1879. 
| Catalogue of a Collection of Birds obtained in Guadeloupe for the Smith- 
sonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I, pp. 449- 462, April, 1879. 
§ A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser 
