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by tearing to pieces the young ears. At night it usually roosts in 
great Hocks. All the birds in a certain district spend the night in 
one tree, and generally choose one that is large, more or less iso¬ 
lated, and conspicuous. On Carriaeou there is a good-sized roost 
near Beausejour estate, another near Mount d’Or, and several more 
in different parts of the island. The largest in the Grenadines is in 
the middle of the town of Ashton, Union Island. There is a tall 
tree here which harbors many hundreds, and all the lower trees 
behind the town hold them by scores. They begin to collect an 
• hour or so before dark, arriving in small or medium-sized com¬ 
panies. On Easter Sunday, 1904, there was an unusually heavy 
rain which killed a large number of these birds. The ground under 
the main roosting tree was strewn with their dead bodies. 
The nest and eggs resemble those of H. for tiro stris. 
Pyrrhulagra noctis crissalis Ridgw. Robin ; Sparrow.— 
This bird is fairly common on St. Vincent about the towns, but is 
rarely seen far from houses, and never in the woods. It frequents 
especially the large-leaved breadfruit trees (Artocarpus incisa ), and 
is often to be found about the arrowroot works, feeding on the 
arrowroot. The notes of this bird are clear and loud, sounding like 
“ wheou , wheou , wheou.” It also has a characteristic chirp. 
The nest is a bulky domed affair with the entrance on one side. 
The eggs are white, evenly and finely speckled with lilac and red 
brown. 
Pyrrhulagra noctis grenadensis Cory. Red-throat See- 
see. — This subspecies is abundant all over Grenada. In habits it 
is just like the preceding form, and the nest and eggs are the same. 
Pyrrhulagra barbadensis (Cory). Sparrow.— This bird is 
very common on Barbados, and, about the houses, very tame, 
entering them freely. The Rev. Canon Bindley writes : “ I have 
had a sparrow perch atop of a book as I held it in my hand read¬ 
ing ; who, after liberally helping himself to toast and bananas, 
appeared to desire now to gratify an intellectual appetite hitherto 
unsuspected. One morning the same greedy creature actually fell 
into the milk jug, having overbalanced himself in his endeavors to 
reach the milk, and was rescued half drowned. Taking a half 
circle flight outside, he re-entered the window and, with feathers 
still milky, began another raid on the buttered toast. Sometimes, 
however, this excessive domesticity is destruction of more valuable 
