CLARK: LESSER ANTILLEAN BIRDS. 
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On February 6, 1904, while I was at Kingstown, St. Vincent, 
Mr. T. M. Macdonald of Wallilibou sent me a wounded bird of this 
species which had been caught on his estate near Barrouallie. He 
told me that a few days before a dock of about two dozen of them 
had appeared in Barrouallie Bay, and subsequently dew over to the 
Wallilibou estate. They were so tame that ten or more were killed 
by the negroes with sticks and stones. He tells me he never before 
met with this bird on St. Vincent. 
Mr. Charles Wallace afterwards told me that a few days previous 
to this he had seen a dock (probably the same one) on the pond 
near his house on Mustique, and that he had never before observed 
this species. 
Branta bernicla (Linn.). Brant. — Col. Feilden says that he 
considers himself justided in including this goose as having cer¬ 
tainly visited Barbados on one occasion. “My authority is Mr. 
J. P. Massiah, M. P., who shot the bird in question at Chancery 
Lane on November 15th, 1876. His accurate description leaves no 
doubt in my mind that the bird was of this species. During an 
experience of over thirty years, Mr. Massiah has never seen but this 
one wild goose in Barbados, nor could I hear from any other source 
of wild geese having been seen or obtained, except in this single 
instance.” 
This is especially interesting in being the only recorded instance 
of the occurrence of the Brant in the West Indies. The White- 
fronted Goose (Anser albifrons gambeli ) has been taken in Cuba, 
the Snow Goose ( Chen hyperborea ) in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, 
and Porto Rico, the Blue Goose ( Chen caerulescens) in the Bahamas 
and Cuba, and the Canada Goose ( Branta canadensis) in Jamaica. 
[ Vide Doubtful Species ; Branta canadensis.'] 
Catharista urubu (Vieill.). Corbeau; Black Vulture.— 
Mr. Francis Coull tells me that about twenty years ago two of these 
birds lived for a while on the Montrose estate, Grenada, but sub¬ 
sequently disappeared. I have been credibly informed by a num¬ 
ber of people that this bird is occasionally seen in Grenada. 
W ells records JJrubitinga anthracina from Grenada, but it is 
much more likely that it was this species, as he gives it as doubtful, 
and usually in the case of the Urubitinga there is no possibility of a 
doubt, as the glaring white bands on the tail at once make it clear 
what the bird is. When soaring, the two birds are strikingly alike ; 
