2(52 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
On Carriacou this species was formerly abundant but is now on 
the decrease. It is only found about the southwestern end of the 
island, especially on the Harvey Yale and Beausejour pastures. 
On July 12, 1904, I found a number (perhaps a dozen pairs) at the 
latter place and obtained four, but did not again meet with it, 
although I searched carefully in its favorite haunts. It is said to 
occur mainly in the summer, appearing in July, and is locally sup¬ 
posed to come from the mainland and from Trinidad, as does the 
Fork-tailed Kingbird (J luscivora tyrannies) ; hence its local name. 
It nests sparingly on Carriacou, and on the smaller islets off the 
coast. 
In habits it much resembles Zenaidura macroura. The loosely 
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constructed nest is placed in low trees ; the eggs are two, white. 
Engyptila wellsi Lawr. Pea Dove. — This species is con¬ 
fined to the island of Grenada and to the islets just off the coast, 
on some of which it is very numerous. 
Columbigallina passerina trochila (Bonap.). Ground 
Dove; Ortolan. — This bird is common on Barbados, especially 
in the pastures near the seacoast. It was more abundant formerly 
before the introduction of the mongoose. Col. Feilden states that 
he has heard of as many as fifty couples being shot in a day by two 
guns ; this could hardly be accomplished now. 
On St. Vincent the Ground Dove is not at all abundant. The 
only places where it can be seen at all commonly are the Kings¬ 
town valley and the neighboring windward district. It keeps near 
the seacoast, never venturing far into the hills. 
On Grenada it is found in numbers about the southern end of the 
island, and is fairly common at other points, keeping, however, near 
the sea. As on the other islands, the mongoose has made serious 
inroads into its ranks. 
On the Grenadines, where the mongoose does not exist, it is abun¬ 
dant, except on some of the smaller keys, notably Prune, where it 
is rare. 
On Barbados and St. Vincent the negroes catch numbers of these 
birds in traps and “springes,” the latter being supple twigs bent 
into a spiral form and secured in that position with twine, from 
which, as well as from the twig, horsehair nooses project upward. 
The bait is placed on the ground underneath. 
The nests are placed on the ground in tufts of grass, in bushes, 
