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



Sexes alike. Irides of adult, white or pale yellow ; of the young 

 brown ; bill black ; legs and feet dark brown. 5 9i-4|_3^_14^ ^ 

 9-4f-3i. $ 9-4^-31 ? juv. 9.^-4^-3^-121. 



"Nest like that of the 'Grosse Grive ' {C. fuscata densirostris) but smaller."— 

 (a. h. v.) 



One set taken, May 3, at Spring Hill, contained very large em- 

 bryos. These eggs are of a uniform blue green color and measure 

 1-14X-78, Mix -80 and 1-23 x -79. 



•■iS. Cichlherminia fuscata densirostris (Vieiii). "Grosse Grive," 



Pat. and Fr. (Large Thrush). 

 Margarops densirostris (Vieill.) ; Lawr. List. 



Not common and very wild. This and the foregoing are much 

 hunted for food, which probably accounts for their shyness. Well 

 distributed and found mainly in the tops of trees and seen flying 

 over at considerable height. The song of this and the preceding is 

 loud and rather pleasing but short, somewhat like that of our Wood 

 Thrush (Tardus mustelinus), and is mainly uttered late in the after- 

 noon, a short time before sunset. 



Sexes much alike, the male apparently slightly larger. Irides 

 white; legs, feet, and upper mandible yellowish brown; lower mandi- 

 ble yellow at the base, dark at the tip. S 1 2^-5^-4^, extent not 

 taken. ? 1 l|-5f-4^-l7f. 



" Nest built of twigs and lianas, closely resembling tliat of the Brown Thrush {Har- 

 iwrhynrhus rufus). Eggs blue. Several nests found with young. Breeds in February 

 March."— (A. H. v.) 



•53. Cichlherminia dominicensiS (Lawr.). "Morvy," Pat. (Fr. Mauvis, 

 Redwing). 



Referred to Marqarops herminier i (La!r.) in Lawr. List. Afterwards described by 

 him as M. dominicensis (P. U. S. N. M.. vol. iii, p. 16). 



Not common and very shy. Found chiefly near the ground in the 

 thick woods, Laudat, Bass-en-ville. 



Note, a loud whistle somewhat resembling some of the notes of the 

 Blue Jay ( Gyanocitta cristata). 



Sexes much alike, the female appears to have rather more white 

 on the abdomen. Irides white; legs, feet and bare skin surrounding 

 eyes, yellow; upper mandible yellowish brown, darker at the base; 

 lower mandible yellow. .^ 10^-4f-35-irv| ; 10^-0-3^-16. ? 11-5-3^; 

 ll-5-8i; 1 1-4^-3. 



One nest taken at Bass-en-ville, May 1 9th, contained only a few 

 fragments of the eggs, of a beautiful, uniform blue green about the 

 color of those of the "Grive" {A. montana). It was in thick, 



