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coming after this material in a continuous stream. Ordinarily a 

 mouthful was snatched while on the wing, but sometimes the birds 

 would alight and deliberately take all they could conveniently hold in 

 the bill and then fly away. The males accompanied the females, but 

 beyond this encouragement seemed to give no other aid in the work. 



20. Vireo calidris (Linn.~). JULIAN CHIVI One of the most 

 abundant species met with. The song is somewhat like that of the 

 Red-eyed Vireo. One hundred and forty-five specimens were secured 

 and I believe all are typical calidris. 



21. Dulus dominicus (Linn.]. SIGUA DE PALMA Gregarious 

 and abundant at almost all points visited. The nests are tremen- 

 dous affairs, invariably (?) placed in the tops of the Royal Palms, 

 built of relatively large sticks and twigs. A number of females use 

 the same nests, and there are many entrances to the interior. I did 

 not have opportunity to examine a nest closely, so do not know the 

 internal structure. 



22. Euphonia musica (Gmel.} Rare. Eight specimens were 

 taken at Honduras and one at Maniel. Not seen at any other 

 points. Although quite conspicuous for its colors I did not meet 

 with any of the natives who had ever seen the bird. I did not hear 

 the song. 



23. Spindalis multicolor (Vieill.} Rare, and apparently un- 

 known to the natives. Taken and observed only at Catare and 

 Aguacate. Four adult males, two adult females and four young 

 males, in transition plumage from that of the female to that of the 

 male, constitute the list of specimens collected. All the specimens 

 secured by me were taken in old overgrown clearings where the birds 

 were feeding on some sort of a berry that was ripe at the time (Janu- 

 ary and February). 



Young males resemble the females, but are slightly grayer above 

 and lighter below, with a white chin and throat. In assuming the 

 plumage of the adult male the feathers of the crown first begin to 

 blacken, the white throat is gradually replaced by orange yellow, 

 while brownish-chestnut feathers appear on the gugulum, and the 

 dusky or olive grayish feathers, with black shaft streaks, of the breast 

 are crowded out by orange yellow ones. White feathers begin to 

 appear and form a superciliary streak, and the lores and auriculars 

 together with the patch on the side of the throat grows black. In 

 none of the four young males before me are the two outer pair of 

 rectrices marked with white as in the adult. 



