338 G. E. Verrill — Fauna of the Island of Dominica. 



tirely lacking from the lower tail-coverts, or occupy them to the 

 exclusion of black. Two of the females have rufous feathers on the 

 throat, forming, in one of them a small patch ; in this specimen 

 there is more or less black mixed through the plumage, giving a 

 patchy effect, suggesting a young male in changing plumage. The 

 sex, however, was carefully determined by dissection. [This speci- 

 men also agrees with the other females in size. — g. e. v.] It thus 

 appears that the female sometimes partially assumes the livery of 

 the male, as Mr. Cor^- has recently found is the case in Loxigilla 

 violacea (cf. Auk, viii., 1891, p. 296)." 



Irides red or brown ; upper mandible black or dark horn, lower 

 mandible lighter, particularly in the female ; legs and feet brow^n. 

 S 6-2i-2i ; H--2i-2i • 5j-2i-2-9f ? 5|-2i-2-8i ; 5i-2f-2i 



"Nest a bulky affair of leaves, sticks, etc. Sometimes domed with the opening 

 on one side. Breeds anywhere. Eggs two to Ave. A number of sets taken March 

 28-April 9."— (A. H. V.) 



There are two nests of this species in the collection, neither of 

 them domed. One, taken April 1, is composed of pieces of drj^ 

 plantain and banana leaves, fine stems, roots and dead leaves, and is 

 lined with dried grass, stems, etc. It measures 3 in height and 3f 

 across the top. The cavity is If deep. This nest contained two 

 fresh eggs, white, blotched and spotted with reddish brown, con- 

 fluent at the large end, and measuring •8lX"5'7 and •84X"61. 



Another nest taken March 31 contained one fresh egg. The nest 

 is like the last and about the same size. The egg markings are of 

 very light brown, not so heavy as in the last, and the large end is 

 not so heavily ringed. It measures •80X"58. On another egg, from 

 a third set, the spots are much more even, rather darker, and form 

 no ring at the large end. This egg measures -85 X "58. 



38. Euetheia biCOlor (Linn ) S ''Zee Zee Zeb." ? "Zee Zee Zay" (Pat.). 



Phonipara hicolor (Linu ): Lawr., and Scl. Lists. 



Phonipara omissa Jard. ; Tayl. List. 



Abundant, but like the last, found i»rincipally in. the neighborhood 

 of plantations and along the trails and paths. Not often seen in the 

 interior nor far from the settlements and cleared lands. 



"Note resembles that of the Yellow-winged S^parrow (Aimnodrcunus savannarum 

 passerinus)y — (a. h. v.) 



Sexes different in plumage. Iris black, legs and feet (hirk brown, 

 bill black. ,t4f-2-lf-6i; 4^-2-1^6^^; 4-2-lt. ^ ^-2-^-^ ; 

 4^-2-lf. 



"Nest built of grass, near the ground, among tall weeds or in the cane-fields. En- 

 trance on the side." — (a. h. y.) 



