No. 7.—BIRDS OF THE SOUTHERN LESSER 
ANTILLES. 
BY AUSTIN H. CLARK. 
Introduction. 
The specimens which, together with my field notes, serve as a 
basis for this list, were collected during a continuous residence in 
the Lesser Antilles from August 3, 1903, until September 22, 
1904. I was on Barbados from August 3 to October 18, 1903, and 
again from January 2 to 16, 1904. On St. Vincent I remained 
from October 19, 1903, to April 10, 1904 (exclusive of two weeks 
spent on Barbados and a couple of short trips to the Grenadines) 
and again from July 2 to 11, and from September 14 to 21, 1904. 
I visited Bequia from November 30 to December 3, 1903, and from 
February 8 to 12, 1904, also calling in on my way to and from the 
other Grenadines. I spent December 9 to 11, 1903, on Mustique; 
March 23 and September 13, 1904, on Canouan ; April 15 and 
part of March 24, April 26, and September 12 on Mayreau ; April 
24 and May 3 on Prune; March 25 to May 6, and September 5 to 
II on Union Island ; July 29 on Petit Martinique ; July 12 to Sep¬ 
tember 5 on Carriacou ; and from May 10 to June 30 on Grenada. 
I had previously taken a few notes on the birds of the larger 
islands (Grenada, St. Vincent, and Barbados) during a trip through 
the West Indies from Trinidad to Bermuda, in 1901, when I spent 
August 9 in Grenada, August 10 in St. Vincent, and August 11 to 
13 in Barbados. 
The specimens collected during the trip are at present in the col¬ 
lection of Messrs. E. A. and O. Bangs, of Boston, Mass. 
Literature. 
Barbados .— The first account of the birds of Barbados is that of 
Ligon. His descriptions of the habits of the different species are 
bright and very interesting, but there is no attempt at classification, 
nor are all the species mentioned. Sir Hans Sloane touched at 
