CLARK: LESSER ANTILLEAN BIRDS. 
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Mimus polyglottos orpheus (Linn.). Greater Antil¬ 
lean Mockingbird. — This species has recently been introduced 
into Barbados from Jamaica but does not yet appear to have become 
established. 
Mimus gilvus (Vieill.). Mockingbird; Pied Carreau.— 
On St. Vincent this bird is very common about Kingstown. It 
occurs throughout the Kingstown valley, and sparingly along the 
leeward coast to Chateaubelair. It is most abundant in the town of 
Kingstown, and in the Botanic gardens. 
It occurs on all the Grenadines, and is there the commonest bird ; 
on Grenada it is found abundantly everywhere (except in the deep 
woods), and is rather partial to neglected pastures. 
The nest is rather coarse, of twigs, lined with finer twigs, midribs 
of leaves, etc., and is usually placed rather low. The eggs are usu¬ 
ally three, pale olive or dull green, some very light, others dark, with 
spots, blotches, or a ring about the larger end, of brown. It is sel¬ 
dom that two eggs are found alike, even in the same set. I have 
seen a specimen (in the collection of Mr. John Grant Wells) immac¬ 
ulate, except for one or two small and very pale spots. 
This species was introduced into Barbados from Grenada in May, 
1901, and in the following spring one pair nested near the Garrison 
at Hastings, and another in the neighborhood of Chelston, the resi¬ 
dence of Sir Daniel Morris. 
Allenia albiventris (Lawr.). Spotted Grieve. — The name 
Turdus montanus given by Lafresnaye to this species (Rev. zool.. 
May, 1844, p. 167) is preoccupied by Turdus montanus Voigt, 
(Thierreich, vol. 1, p. 484,1831 ; Audubon, Orn. biog., vol. 4, p. 487, 
1838, and Townsend, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1839, p. 153). 
Lawrence’s name of ( Margarops ) albiventris will therefore have to 
be used {vide Riley, : 04b, p. 288). 
This bird is rather uncommon on St. Vincent. It occurs about 
the Queensberry estate in the upper Buccament valley, but is only 
casually met with at other points, although I have seen or heard it 
in many places in the woods from Chateaubelair to Kingstown. I 
obtained one in the Botanic gardens at the latter place, another at 
Edinboro’, and a third at Peter’s Hope. 
Although Lister says it is never met with out of the high woods, 
I have most frequently found it in scrubby growth, or on the borders 
of woodlands. He gives it as not so commonly met with as Cinclo- 
certhia ruficauda tenebrosa , but, he writes, “it may be common.’'" 
