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I have never seen but one nest of this bird. It was obtained at 
Belair, St. Vincent, and was composed of down, bits of fine leaves, 
etc., and was saddled on a small twig. There was one egg, white, 
the size of those of Bellona cristata. 
Trochilus colubris Linn. Ruby-throated Hummingbird.— 
Col. Feilden says that this bird has been so accurately described to 
him that he has little doubt of its having occurred at Barbados. 
There are no records of actual capture for these islands, but it has 
been obtained on the Bahamas, Cuba, and Porto Rico. 
Florisuga mellivora (Linn.). Jacobine. — On August 9, 
1904, I procured an immature male of this species near the residence 
of Mr. G. Whitfield Smith, Top Hill, Carriacou. It was probably 
an accidental visitor, as I saw no others, and had it occurred on the 
island during the life of Mr. Wells, he would probably have noticed it. 
There are many sloops trading between Carriacou and Trinidad, 
one of which this bird may have followed up from the latter island, 
where it is common. Mr. Chapman gives an interesting account of 
an example of Volatinia jacarini splendens coming up from Trini¬ 
dad to Grenada on a steamer, and very likely this bird reached 
Carriacou by some such method. Possibly the northward extension 
of the range of certain South American birds (as Molothrus atroni- 
tens , Sporophila gutteralis , Tyrannies melancholias satrapa , and 
Miescivora tyrannies) in recent years may have been due in a 
measure to this habit. ' 
Anthracothorax gramineus (Gruel.). Roscal.— A young 
male of this species was observed just behind the town of Ashton, 
Union Island, on September 9, 1904. It was the only example met 
with. 
Bellona exilis ornata (Gould). St. Vincent Crested 
Hummingbird; Small Doctor-bird. — This bird is generally dis¬ 
tributed over St. Vincent, but is not abundant at present- The 
nest and eggs resemble those of B. cristata. 
Bellona cristata cristata (Linn.). Coulibre 1 ; Small Doc¬ 
tor-bird. — The Coulibre is common on Grenada and on all the 
Grenadines. It is especially pugnacious and torments many of the 
larger birds, not even allowing other hummingbirds to feed on the 
same tree with it. 
1 According to Labat (1722, vol. 4, p. 317) this is the Carib name. 
