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smaller than northern birds; an examination of a series from the 
West Indies may demonstrate a recognizable local race. 
Hughes ( 1750 , p. 71) mentions a grebe “of the bigness and much 
the color of the American quail” as resident in Barbados in his day, 
and refers to it under the name of “The Two-Peny Chick.” Sir 
Robert Schomburgk includes Podiceps dominions in his list of the 
birds of Barbados, calling it the “Two-penny Chick,” a name at 
present used on the island for Porzana Carolina. Col. Feilden 
(’89a, p. 503) refers the grebe mentioned by these two authors to 
Podiceps dominions , following Schomburgk; but as that species is 
unknown from the Lesser Antilles, whereas P. podiceps is of very 
general occurrence and has been recently taken on Barbados, I 
have thought it best to refer it to the latter. 
Note. — Colymbus holboelli, recorded by various authors (following Wells, 
’86, '86a, Podiceps holboelli) from Grenada (Isle Ronde. Grenadines) is in 
reality Erismatura jamaicensis (q. v .) wrongly identified. 
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). Wilson’s Petrel. —Recorded 
from Grenada and Carriacou. Without doubt of casual occurrence 
near all these islands. 
Puffinus lherminieri Less. Duyblotin ; Audubon’s Shear¬ 
water. — This is the only sea bird resident on Barbados. It 
breeds regularly, though in small numbers, on Bird Rock, off the 
northern coast of St. Lucy’s parish, from which place Col. Feilden 
(’ 89 , p. 60) has obtained the eggs in March. 
Hughes says, speaking of Barbados in 1750: “The several 
cavities in the cliff facing the sea [in St. Lucy’s] are proper dens 
for Raccoons, and such wild beasts. They are likewise a place of 
safety for several sea-birds to breed in, especially at a place called 
‘ Bird Rock,’ where are to be seen at most times of the year a great 
many of their nests and eggs. The young ones are sharp-billed, 
wet-footed, and very fat, but taste fishy. The old ones are seldom 
or never seen in the day time, for they are obliged to range to so 
great a distance from the shore for food that they have been seen 
scores of miles from land.” 
I have seen Audubon’s Shearwater in Kingstown Bay, St. Vin¬ 
cent, and it is sometimes common about the entrance to Bequia 
Harbor. It occurs throughout the Grenadines, breeding, according 
to Wells, on most of the small islets about Carriacou, especially on 
Bonaparte Rocks. 
