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36. Elania pagana. Licht. Tillon or White-Crested Fly catcher. 

 Myiobius martinicus. Leotaud No. 168. 



One of this species was seen at Harmony Hall on July 1, 1919. 



37. Legatus albicoUis. Black-Banded Flycatcher. 

 Myiobius leucophanis. Leotaud No. 120. 

 This species was found nesting in an old nest of a corn bird 

 ■{Icterus xanthornis) on the end of a leaf of a tall gru-gru palm in the 

 Maracas Valley on August 1 I, 1920. 



The stomach of one shot on August 17, 1920 contained about 

 ninety-nine per cent, vegetable matter, some greenish berry or fruit, 

 and a small quantity of insect remains. 



38. Pitangus sulphuratus, Linn. The Common Keskadee. 

 Saurophagus sulphuratus. Leotaud No. 111. 



This is perhaps the most obvious bird in Trinidad, both from 

 its abundance and its noisy cry which is heard from early morning to 

 dusk. It is abundant in the towns and common in the cacao districts, 

 but in the more open sugar cane districts it is largely replaced by 

 the Grey-Headed Keskadee {Tyrannus melancholicus). 



Nesting records are as follows : 



(1) On April 15, 1920 in Maracas Valley in a large tree about 

 fifteen feet from the ground in the fork of the main and side branch. 

 On April 26 it contained three eggs. 



(2) On July 7, 1920 in Port-of-Spain in a Cabbage Palm a nest 

 containing fully fledged young (G. Thompson). 



(3) On August 5, 1920 a bird was seen entering the nest No. 1 in 

 Maracas Valley but there were no eggs in it. 



The nest is a very deep cup with a slight dome so that the opening 

 is at one side of the top. 



The egg is elongate oval pale coffee coloured spotted dark brown 

 some of the spots are pale brown and there are more markings at the 

 broad end. 



I have no actual records of stomach contents of this species but it 

 appears to be omnivorous. Guppy {Bull. Dept. Agr.Wll 125 1914 

 says that they eat Capsicum peppers and also Honey Bees and the 

 large Moth Borer of sugar cane {Castnia Licus). 



Mr. Barnardo tells me that it is difficult to keep bees in the 

 Tamana district as the keskadees eat all the queen bees on their 

 nuptial flight. 



The bird has been frequently accused of eating lizards and 

 Mr. Urich considers that the great number of lizards in the cacao 

 districts of Grenada is due to the absence of this bird. 



