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Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). Yellow-billed Cuckoo.— 
Col. Feilden records the capture of a male of this species at Graeme 
Hall swamp, Barbados, on October 6, 1888. 
Wells saw a pair at Grand Anse pasture, Carriacou, in 1896, one 
of which, a male, he obtained, and since then has found them every 
year. 
I shot a male on the Spring estate pasture, Bequia, on November 
30, 1903. 
It has never been obtained on St. Vincent or Grenada, but prob¬ 
ably occurs as a rather rare winter visitor ; Mr. Cory gives it from 
Barbuda, and Mr. Chapman obtained one on Trinidad. 
Crotophaga ani Linn. Tick-bird ; Chapman-bird ; Corbeau. 
— The Ani is common on St. Vincent about the cleared land. It is 
said to have been introduced into the island from Tobago in the 
sixties by a Mr. Chapman, by whose name it is now commonly 
known. 
On Grenada it is very numerous. Among the Grenadines it 
occurs on the southern end of Bequia (Friendship estate), on Mus- 
tique, Canouan, LTnion Island, Petit Martinique, and Isle Ronde, 
but is absent from the other islands. 
The nest of this species is a bulky structure of sticks and dry 
leaves, placed in a tree or bush, usually rather low. Several pairs 
use the same nest, all the females laying their eggs in it. Some¬ 
times three or four may be seen sitting on the nest at one time. 
The eggs are green, covered with a white calcareous deposit, 
through which the ground color shows faintly. 
Amazona guildingii (Vig.). St. Vincent Parrot. — In view 
of the rarity of this bird in collections, and considering the fact 
that nothing has been written on the variations in its plumage, nor 
on its young stages, I have thought it best to go somewhat into 
detail in regard to its coloration. I obtained eight specimens, no 
two of which are exactly alike in either measurements or plumage. 
Color .— Adult: 1 “ Orange brown, edges of feathers black ; pileum 
white, turning to yellow on the hind part; lores and feathers under 
the eye, white. Occiput, throat, and sides of head, blue, with bases 
of feathers yellowish green ; lower part of the neck more or less 
tinged with green; the feathers of the abdomen green near the 
1 Salvaclori, Cat. birds Brit, mus., vol. 20, p. 273, 1891. 
