was scarce 20 feet above me and I put my glass on it. I 
heard at least a dozen males singing during the hour that 
we spent ashore hut not another bird of any kind did I see 
or hear except a female Redstart, which hopped and flitted 
along a narrow street, alighting on the ground within a 
few yards of us, and a small greenish Hummer which flashed 
past my head, giving me no chance to note its form or 
coloring with any degree of accuracy. 
As the morning was still and clear and as we were 
ashore soon after sunrise, it seems safe to assume that, 
at this season at least, the only singing bir d which is 
commonly and generally distributed in this town is the 
W 8 rbler above mentioned. I suppose this species to be 
Dendroica petechia melanoptera ;peculiar to 
Guadaloupe and Dominica. 
We were told that the Guinea Fowl are still very 
numerous on Guadaloupe but the Mongoose is here, also, and 
is preying on them with its characteristic energy and 
relentlessness. 
