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find no one who had heard it since the eruptions. Probably this 
bird is to be found yet in certain places, as it is hard to believe a 
species as common as this was, has entirely disappeared. 
Cinchlerminia I did not meet with, nor could I find Geotrygon 
montana. The latter bird is probably gone, as the mongoose (Iler- 
pestes), which is now abundant all through the St. Vincent woods, 
finds this bird an easy victim, and has very seriously reduced its 
numbers, if not actually extirpated it from some of the other islands 
(as Grenada) which have suffered neither hurricanes nor eruptions 
in recent years. 
Locally Extinct Species. 
The early writers on the ornithology of Barbados (Ligon, Hughes, 
Schomburgk) mention nine birds as occurring on that island which 
are unknown to-day as residents. They are : a grebe, probably 
Podilymbus podiceps (Hughes; Schomburgk, “ Podiceps domini¬ 
ons ”), a hawk, very likely Puteo antillarum or a closely related 
form (Ligon; Schomburgk, “ Puteo borealis”), the Purple Gallinule, 
Ionornis martinica (Hughes), the Ramier, Columba squamosa 
(Hughes, recorded as a visitor), a parrakeet, ? Conurus (Hughes; 
Schomburgk, “ Psittacus passerinus ”), an owl, possibly JStrix 
nigrescens 'or a closely related form (Schomburgk, u Strix flam- 
mea a trembleur, Cinclocerthia (Ligon; Hughes; Schomburgk, 
“ Turdus jamaicensis ”), a “ wren,” Allenia (Ligon; Hughes), and 
a “thrush,”? Margarops (Hughes; Schomburgk, “ Turdus musteli- 
nus ”) 
In St. Vincent the Mountain Ground Dove, or “Perdrix” ( Geo¬ 
trygon montana) and the normally colored form of Coereba atrata 
(z=z C. saccharina Lawr.) seem to have disappeared. Some of the 
other birds which I failed to find, are possibly extinct, but further 
investigation is necessary to determine the question satisfactorily. 
The normal form of Coereba wellsi appears no longer to exist on 
Grenada, although it is abundant on all the Grenadines. 
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Introduced Species. 
A number of birds foreign to the fauna of the West Indies have 
been introduced into these islands by man, and some species have 
, been introduced from neighboring localities. 
