302 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Hans Sloane (1707, vol. 1, p. 34) says: “ Turner (ap. Purchas, p. 
1265) found Hogs, Pigeons, and Parrots here [Barbados].” This is 
the only statement I can find of their occurrence on that island by a 
person who actually visited the place. Albin (Nat. hist, birds, vol. 
3, p. 11, pi. 11, 1738, “The Barbados Parrot”), Edwards (Birds, 
vol. 4, p. 162, 1751, “The Great Green Parrot from the West 
Indies’’ [Barbados] ; t. c., p. 246, “ Psittacus viridis major occiden¬ 
tal's ”), Latham (Gen. syn., vol. 1, p. 284, no. 90, 1781, “The 
Ashfronted Parrot” [Barbados]; Gen. hist., vol. 2, p. 238, 1822), 
Brisson (Orn., vol. 4, p. 236, 1760, “ Le Perroquet des Barbades 
Psittacus Barbadensis ”), and Gmelin (Syst. nat., vol. 1, p. 339, 
1788, “ Ps\ittacus\ barbadensis ”) give a parrot of the genus 
Amazona as having inhabited Barbados. The species as described 
is referable in all cases to varieties of A. aestiva or A. ochroptera. 
Possibly there was an Amazona allied to these species on the island 
at the time of its colonization, but there is no definite proof that 
such was the case. A species of the A. amazonica group (to which 
A. aestiva and A. ochroptera belong) is common (A. amazonica') 
on Tobago and on Trinidad. 
There is a single passing reference to a parrot on Grenada, Dutertre 
(1667, vol. 2, p. 249) saying that the macaw on Guadeloupe is larger 
than “ the large parrots of Guadeloupe or Grenada.” Possibly 
Tobago is meant. 
Species Known to Breed. 
Barbados. 
Puffinus Iherminieri Less. 
Butorides virescens maculata (Bodd.). 
Gallinula galeata (Licht.). 
Fulica caribaea Ridgw. 
Zenaida zenaida aurita (Temm. and Knip.). 
Columbigallina passerina trochiia (Bonap.). 
Stricotes holosericeus (Linn.). 
* Bellona cristata emigrans (Lawr.). 
Tyrannus dominicensis rostratus (Scl.). 
* Elaenea martinica barbadensis (Cory). 
* lloloquiscalus fortirostris (Lawr.). 
* Peculiar to the island. 
