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on the Birds of St. Croix. 
which relates it in the first person singular, to place it between 
inverted commas, and to add the proper initials; but in general 
the date of the year will show who is responsible for the state¬ 
ment. To the notice of those species of which we did not obtain 
specimens, and concerning the determination of which some 
doubt may therefore be entertained, there is prefixed a note of 
interrogation; and those which occur also in the Island of St. 
Thomas are marked by a dagger. 
1. [?] American Osprey. Pandion carolinensis, Bp. Falco 
haliceetus, ptm., L.; Aud. pi. 81. 
We have both seen on various occasions what we fully believe 
to have been this species. It probably appears in the island at 
all times excepting the breeding season. 
2. Duck Falcon. Falco anatum } Bp.; F. peregrinus , Wils. 
pi. 76. 
The sternum and other bones of a bird which had been 
wounded in the autumn of 1856 and kept alive for some time, 
are now in our possession; and we have no doubt as to this being 
the species to which they belong. 
“ I saw a Falcon, probably of this species, March 17th, 1858.” 
—E. N. 
f 3. American Kestrel. Tinnunculus sparverius , Vieill. 
Falco sparverius , L.: F. B. A. ii. pi. 24 : Aud. pi. 42. “ Killie- 
killie.” 
This bird is common over the whole island, and may almost 
always be seen hanging in the wind at a considerable height 
from the ground, in the manner of its European congener (T. 
alaudarius, Gray), or passing rapidly from tree to tree in its 
graceful flight, uttering, as it goes, its plaintive cry. It seems 
to breed most commonly on the old windmills dismantled since 
the almost general introduction of steam-power. A male, killed 
May 2nd, 1857, had in its stomach the remains of a full-sized 
house-lizard (. Anolis , sp. ?). Another male, shot April 2nd, 1858, 
was carrying in its claws a mouse or small rat, which, dropping 
into a thick bush, was lost. All the specimens obtained by us 
were very brightly coloured; but assuredly there is no specific 
difference between them and those from North America. Indi- 
