300 PROCEEDINGS : BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
After the hurricane of 1898, this species appeared in numbers on 
Union Island and Carriacou, where it was resident, according to 
Wells, as late as 1902. I made a particular search for it during my 
stay on those islands, but did not find it and therefore, as in life it 
is a rather noticeable bird with a loud and characteristic note, am 
forced to the conclusion that it has since died out, as I explored 
both islands very thoroughly. 
On Grenada it is not common, and appears to be confined to the 
higher wooded parts of the island. 
Cory (’92, p. 121) gives this species as occurring on “ Lesser 
Antilles [no.] 33 [= Barbados] ”; probably this is a misprint for no. 
32 (= Grenada), which locality is omitted. 
The notes of this species are clear and loud, resembling the sylla¬ 
bles “ wheou wheou wheou ” rapidly repeated half a dozen times or 
so, sounding much as if someone were calling a dog. In general it 
keeps near, but not on the ground, and its actions resemble those of 
thrashers (Toxostoma). Its attitude is very characteristic; the 
head is kept low, and the tail usually straight up in the air, or 
slightly inclined over the back. The yellow irides are very notice¬ 
able. 
Allenia sp. “Wren.”—H ughes (1750, p. 73, “The Wren”) 
and Ligon (1763, p. 60, “Wren ” ; 1764, p. 101, “Roytelet”) men¬ 
tion a bird, apparently of this genus, as occurring on Barbados. 
Margarops fuscatus densirostris (Vieill.). Mocking 
Ti irush.— Dr. C. J. Manning obtained a male of this species in his 
garden at Bagatelle, Barbados, on March 2, 1889. There are no 
other records. 
Margarops sp. “ Thrush.” — Hughes, (1750, p. 72, “ Thrush”), 
Ligon, (1763, p. 60, “Counsellor; 1764, p. 102, Conseiller”), and 
Schomburgk (’48, p. 681, “ Turdus mustelinus ”) mention what 
appears to have been a species of this genus as occurring on Bar¬ 
bados. 
Doubtful Species. 
Anas obscura Gmel. Black Duck. — Schomburgk (’48, p. 
682) mentions this species as a visitor occurring on Barbados. As 
no one else mentions it, and as none of the Black Ducks have 
