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Living World 2007

Table of Contents

The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club ... Inside Front Cover
Acknowledgements ... ii
Editorial ... iii
Guest Editorial: Growth of Populations and its Effects ... iv
Cover Photograph ... v

Dedication
Dr. Thomas Henry Gardiner Aitken (1912-2007) ... vi

Review Papers
A Review on Warszewiczia coccinea (Vahl) Klotzsch - the "Chaconia"   E. J. Duncan  ... 1

A Review of the Ecology and Conservation of the Neotropical River Otter, Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818), with Special Reference to Trinidad   E. S. Devenish and C. Sayer  ... 8

Research Papers
The Screening of Mushrooms Found in Trinidad to Determine the Presence of the Psychoactive Substances Psilocin and Psilocybin   L. Garraway and R. Maharaj ... 12

Metamysidopsis insularis (Crustacea: Mysidacea): The Life History of a Mysid Species Suitable for Toxicological Testing in the Tropical Americas   N. Elias-Samlalsingh, A. Mohammed and J. B. R. Agard ... 15

Freshwater Macroinvertebrates and Their Habitats in Dominica   D. Bass ... 21

Diversity of the Ichthyofauna of Estuaries in Southeastern Trinidad   W. G. Rostant, R. S. Mohammed, F. B. Lucas and P. Badal ... 31

The Skipper Butterflies (Hesperiidae) of Trinidad. Part 15, Hesperiinae, Genera Group M   M. J. W. Cock  ... 38

The Status and Abundance of Birds in Trinidad and Tobago   G. White, M. Kenefick and W. Murphy  ... 57

A Preliminary Assessment of the Species Richness of the Madamas Watershed: A Proposed National Park   E. S. Devenish, H. P. Nelson. F. Lucas and E. Erdmann  ... 69

Report
Fourth Report of the Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee: Rare Birds in Trinidad and Tobago in 2004 and 2005   M. Kenefick  ... 79

Nature Notes
Capture and Breeding of the Tobago Caiman   H. E. A. Boos  ... 20

Xylophanes titana (Druce) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Trinidad   M. J. W. Cock  ... 82

The Girth of Sandbox Trees (Hura Crepitans) in Trinidad   J. L. Young and D. Jaggernauth  ... 84

Four More Trinidadian Spider (Arachnida: Araneida) Families   J. N. Sewlal and G. A. Garcia  ... 85

A Preliminary Survey for Spiders on Nevis, West Indies  J. N. Sewlal and C. K. Starr  ... 86

A First Record of the Gecko Gonatodes ceciliae for the Island of Gaspar Grande, Trinidad and Tobago  S. P. Charles  ... 88

Book Reviews
The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club Trail Guide   V. C. Quesnel   ... 89

Flowers of Trinidad and Tobago  A. Hilton  ... 90

Reviewers, 2003-2007  ... 11

Notes to Contributors  ... Inside Back Cover