coming in towards the coast late in the afternoon, and roosting 
over night on the pieces of bamboo used as fishpot buoys. They 
are very unsuspicious and allow boats to approach within a few 
feet before taking flight. Breeding grounds with the sooty tern. 
Anous stolidus, Linn. Noddy Tern. ‘ M’ouen.” 
An abundant resident locally, breeding in large colonies at 
Pointe de Fous. Seldom seen near the shore during the day but 
arriving at the breeding grounds in large flocks at dusk. Arrives 
early in March and departs in October. 
Zenaida castanea, Bonap. Antillean Dove. “ Tourterelle.” 
This beautiful bird has increased in numbers to a remarka- 
ble degree since my visit to Dominica in 1890. At that time 
they were rarely seen except in the mountainous districts and 
were very shy and suspicious. At the present time they are 
abundant everywhere and are always to be found in the Botanic 
Station, at Morne Bruce and in the trees on the grounds of the 
“Pen; my residence in Rossau. They are very tame and easily 
approached and when feeding in the public roads merely flutter 
a few feet away when approached by carriage or on horseback. 
Doubtless the game laws now in force have much to do with 
the increase of this bird‘and the Perdrix. 
Columbigallina passerina trochila, Bonap. Antillean 
Ground-dove. “ Ortolan. 
Now very abundant everywhere. Common even in the 
streets, yards and gardens of Roseau, and feeding among the 
fowls in the yard of my residence in Roseau. 
Geotrygon martinica; Antillean Quail-dove. ‘“ Perdrix 
rouge” and “ Perdrix noir.” 
This bird, like the Tourterelle, has greatly increased in 
numbers during the past few vears. . A large series having been 
examined I have been able to settle definitely the question of the 
two phases of plumage,—red and dusky,—in regard to which all 
authorities have previously disagreed. Ridgeway has considered 
the red plumage that of the adult and the dusky-brown that of 
the young, (Ridgeway, Man. N. A. Birds); while Cory, (Auk, 
vol. 1V. p. 119), describes the red as the male and the dark-brown 
as the female. The natives have always asserted this to be the 
case and the small series obtained by my brother and myself in 
1890 seemed to bear out this theory. 
