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Show 1871.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF SANTA LUCIA. 265 lent article*, by the veteran ornithologist Prof. Sundevall, on the birds of this island, founded on a collection made by Dr. A. von Goes. The species enumerated are forty-seven in number, amongst which the most interesting, perhaps, is the Euphonia flavifrons, originally obtained, along with one or two other species, in the latter part of the last century, and figured by Sparrman in his ' Museum Carlsonianum,' along with several other species from the same island. 4. Barbuda.-Of this British island I believe I am correct in saying that nothing whatever is known of its ornithology, or of any other branch of its natural history. 5. St. Christopher and Nevis, to which may be added the adjacent smaller islands St. Eustathius and Saba.-Of these islands also our ornithological knowledge is of the most fragmentary description. Mr. T. J. Cottle was, I believe, formerly resident in Nevis, and sent a few birds thence to the British Museum in 1839. Amongst these were the specimens of the Humming-birds of that island, which are mentioned by Mr. Gould in his well-known work. Of the remainder of this group of islands we know absolutely nothing. 6. Antigua.-Of this fine British island, I regret to say, nothing whatever is known as regards its ornithology. Amongst the many thousands of American birds that have come under m y notice during the past twenty years, I have never seen a single skin from Antigua. 7. Montserrat.-Exactly the same as the foregoing is the case with the British island of Montserrat. 8. Guadeloupe, Deseadea, and Marie-gal ante.-An excellent French naturalist, Dr. l'Herminier, was for many years resident as physician in the island of Guadeloupe. Unfortunately, Dr. l'Her-minier never carried into execution the plan which I believe he contemplated, of publishing an account of the birds of that island. He sent, however, a certain number of specimens to Paris and to the late Baron de la Fresnaye, to whom we are indebted for the only article ever published on the birds of Guadeloupe!, or of the adjacent islands. 9. Dominica.-Dominica is one of the few of the Caribbean islands that has had the advantage of a visit from an active English ornithologist. Although Mr. E. C. Taylor only passed a fortnight in this island in 1863, and had many other matters to attend to, he nevertheless contrived to preserve specimens of many birds of very great interest, of which he has given us an account in one of his articles on the birds of the West Indies, published in 'The Ibis' for 1864 (p. 157). It cannot be supposed, however, that the birds of this wild and beautiful island can have been exhausted in so short a space of time, even by the energetic efforts of our well-known fellow-labourer. This Society have also upon one occasion received a valuable present from Dominica, in the shape of the splendid Parrot * " Foglarne pa on S. Barthelemy, efter de af Dr. A. von Goes hemsanda sam-lingarna bestamde;" af Carl J. Sundevall (CEfversigt af Kongl. Vetenshaps- Akademiens Forhandlingar, 1869, p. 579). f Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 167. |