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them, or on the agricultural industry, until it is introduced, 
and then it is too late. 
It seems, then, that it would be well to introduce into the 
Game Laws a clause prohibiting the importation of exotic birds 
or mammals, or at least requiring written statements from 
some acknowledged authority on the subject that they could 
not become obnoxious. Western Australia (Jour. Bureau 
Agricultural, December 10, 1895) and the United States have 
already taken the initiative in laws of this kind, while Cape 
Colony has gone as far as to exclude rabbits, and require 
that those kept in captivity be closely guarded. 
LIST OF THE BIRDS OF ST. VINCENT. 
1. MERULA GYMNOPTHALMA. Yam Bird. Yellow-eyed Grieve. 
84 inches. Dull olive brown, lighter below: naked skin, 
about eye yellow. 
2. MERULA NIGRIROSTRIS. Grieve. 
9inches. Brown, lighter below. 
3. MYIADESTES SIBILANS. Soufriére Bird. 
74 inches. Nearly black : underparts gray, throat and belly 
orange rufous. White markings on inner nibs of tail and wing 
feathers. 
4. MARGAROPS MONTANUS. Spotted Grieve. 
91 inches. Brown, belly white. Dull white markings on 
wings, tail feathers tipped with white, and white edgings to 
breast feathers. 
5. Mimus @itvus. Mocking Bird. 
8? inches. Gray, white below. Tips of tail feathers and 
markings on wings, white. 
6. THRYOTHORUS MuUSICUS. Wall Bird. Wren. 
5 inches. Rusty brown, narrow black lines across wing and 
tail feathers. White below. 
7. CARTHAROPEGA BISHOPI. Lesser Soufri¢re Bird. 
54 inches. Back and band across breast, black. Circle 
about eye, throat, and belly, white. 
8. SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS. Oven Bird (U.S.). 
54 inches. Olive green, lighter below. Centre of crown, 
dull orange, with a black line on each side. 
9, SEIURUS NAEVIUS. Water Thrush (U.S.). 
5 inches. Brown above, underparts and line over eye, white. 
10. CERTHIOLA SACCHARINA. Mistletoe-bird. 
4 inches. Dark-slaty above, underparts and lower back 
bright yellow ; white line over eye, and white patch on wing. 
11. CERTHIOLA ATRATA. St. Vincent Blackbird. 
4 inches. Black. 
12. PROGNE DOMINICENSIS. West Indian Martin. 
7 inches. Steel blue; middle of breast and belly, white. 
13. PETROCHELIDON FULVA. Eave Swallow. 
4? inches. Back and top of head bluish black. Forehead 
