128 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XX. 2. 36- 4. 



(5) Another on the same day and place about six feet from, 

 ground In orange tree and contammg one egg. 



The nest is domed with a small round openmg in one side. 



The egg is of the normal egg shape, pale bluish, evenly spotted 

 and speckled light sepia. 



According to Mr. H. P. C. Strange this bird frequently builds, 

 nests without any idea of breeding and pulls them to pieces again. 

 He also state: that he has observed that the mother bird carries the 

 droppings of the nestlings far from the nest, which he suggests makes 

 the position of the nest less conspicuous. 



8. Arhelorhina cycnea Lmn. Red Legged Grampo. 

 Coereba cyanea. Leotaud No. 57. 

 A female of this species v/as found dead in a house at 

 San Fernando on September 13, 1919. Its legs were entangled with 

 fluff, which v/as evidently the cause of its death. 



The stomach contained the remains of spme insects and about 

 40 Nematode worms which may have been parasitic. 



Family VIREONID;^. ViREOS. 



9. Vireo calidris Lmn. Grey Headed V;reo. 

 Vireo altiloquus. Leotaud No. 134. 

 One of these was shot on a tree at Brechin Castle Est.te on 

 July 14, 1919. 



The stomach contained rema ns of a beetle and a grasshopper. 



Family HIRUNDINID.^. Swallows. 



10. Atticora cyanoleuca Viell. White-Bellied Sv/::llow. 

 Hirundo cyanoleuca. Leotaud No. 43. 

 This swallow, though doubtless quite common, waa only 

 definitely recorded on three occasions when specimens were shot to 

 determine their food. 



(i) Shot at Carom en September 28, 1917 flying ever sugar 

 cane contained one small fly (Ortalidae), one Chalcid fly, one head o'r 

 bug (? Rediiviid) and miscellaneous unidentifiable msect remains. 



(2) Shot at Harmony Hall on July 1, 1919 among sugar cane 

 infested with froghopper {Tomaspis saccharina) contained remains of 

 several froghoppers, one winged ant, one smo.ll shot borer beetle, 

 and one small phytophagous beetle. 



(3) Shot at the same locality on July 29, 1920 contained 21 

 Tomaspis saccharina, one winged ant and two small beetles. 



According to Leotaud this species is resident m Trinidad 

 throughout the year. 



