THE BIRDS OF ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS 55 



varia, Dendroica tigrina, D. caendescens, and Geothlypis trichas, the birds were 

 observed later in Andros than at the Dry Tortugas. The commonest Warbler at 

 the latter place was D. palmarum, of which I only secured one specimen, and no 

 more were seen, while D. discolor, the commonest Warbler in Andros, was "not 

 uncommon" with Mr. Scott. I doubt, however, if any inference of importance 

 can be drawn from these facts. 



In regard to the occurrence of the Warblers above mentioned it may be worth 

 while to state that they appeared in "waves." The most noticeable of these was 

 on April 18. We had been at Red Bays on the west side for a week, and had seen 

 very few birds about, but a bird wave must have arrived during the night of the 

 18th, for the next day the grove about the house was full of birds, — the Black- 

 throated Blue, the Blue Yellow-back, the Redstart, Black-and-white Warbler, and 

 Vireo altiloquus barbatulus were seen here for the first time, and in considerable 

 numbers. 



19. Ccereba bahamensis Reich. Bahama Honey-creeper. "Banana Bird." 

 — Common throughout the island except in the swashes. The state of the genera- 

 tive organs of those taken near the end of March indicated that the birds were 

 nearly ready to breed. 



*2o. Callichelidon cyaneoviridis Bryant. Bahama Swallow. — This beauti- 

 ful Swallow was first seen on New Providence and was afterwards found to be 

 abundant on Andros, particularly in the clearings. They generally flew quite 

 close to the ground. Dr. Bryant in the Proceedings of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History, Vol. VII, page in, says that of those collected by him up to 

 April 28, the genital organs exhibited no appearance of excitement. On April 15 

 I collected a male with the testes much enlarged. The people told me that the 

 Swallow breeds on the island, building under the rocky ledges, but we were not 

 fortunate enough to find a nest. 



21. Vireo crassirostris Bryant. Large-billed Vireo. — Common at most places 

 on the island, and its cheery little song was almost constantly heard from the 

 bushes and low trees that the bird frequents. On May 24 the generative organs 

 of the male were enlarged. 



[The four specimens seem distinctly referable to V. crassirostris. — J. A. A.] 



*22. Vireo altiloquus barbatulus Cab. Black -whiskered Vireo. — The first 

 specimen of this bird was seen at Red Bays on the western side of the island, about 

 April 18. On our return to the east coast we found it common, and later noted it 

 as quite abundant at all our stopping places; and its song, so well described by 

 Dr. Bryant as "whip Tom Kelly, phew," was one of the most common notes of 

 the coppet. Dr. Bryant says that the seven specimens collected by him were all 

 males, and thinks that the females "had not arrived by the 13th of May." As I 

 collected the first female on May 24, having previously shot two males, this sur- 

 mise is probably correct. The genital organs were noted as being enlarged from 

 May 10 to June 5, when the last specimen was shot. Some of the birds were 

 mated and apparently ready to breed. 



23. Spindalis zena Linn. — This bird, called by the natives "Tom James' 

 Bird" and "Robin Redbreast," was very common in the coppet and the pines. It 



