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l)endeut among the liaimes !iO feet high and swinging with the brezee, 

 and also in the razor-grass tufts. They nest all the year round. The 

 eggs are three, and are of a dull white, with spots of purplish brown, 

 generally thicker at the blunt end. 



12. Certhiola saccharina Lawr. Sucrier; Yellow See-see. 



$ Length, 4 inches ; expanse, 7 inches; wing, 2| inches. 



The most brilliant in plumage of our birds (excepting the humming 

 birds), though, strange to say, it is not found in the island of Grenada 

 itself, but in all the islands on the coast northwards. It is abundant 

 at Isle de Ehonde and Carriacou. Habits very similar to that of the 

 black species above described. 



The nest and eggs are not to be distinguished from that of C. atrata. 

 I once observed a nest on a bracket to the spouting of a house in the 

 town of Hillsboro', Carriacou. 



Family TANAGRID^. 



13. Eiiphonia flavifrons (Sparnii.). Yellow Bird. 



Not numerous; rather shy; frequents the tops of high trees covered 

 with a creeping vine, on the seeds of which it feeds ; nesting habits not 

 determined. 



14. Calliste versicolor Liiwr. Sour-sop Bird. 



$ Length, G inches ; expanse, 9 inches; wing, 3 inches; tail, 2inches. 

 2 Length, 6 inches; expanse, 9 J inches ; wing, 3^ inches ; tail, 2 inches. 



This is a strong, robust bird, rather plentifully distributed all over 

 the island. As its name implies, it is very partial to the fruit of the 

 sour sop, but feeds also on all kinds of fruit. It is very pugnacious 

 when put in a cage along with other birds. I have seen one peck a hole 

 in the head of a $ L. noctis within five minutes after being put together 

 in a cagjfe^.Tl frequents the fruit-trees near the houses, and often nests 

 in them ."^iffi'robs the nests of other birds most unmercifully of materials 

 for building i t^s own. 



The nest is generally placed in a forked branch, about 6 to 8 feet from 

 the ground. It is round, with a deep cup-like depression, composed out- 

 wardly of tiat leaves and fronds and lined with fine hairy roots and 

 tendrils. The eggs are two, of a dull bluish white, plentifully spotted 

 and blotched with brown and drab spots. They measure .90 inch by 

 .(>2 inch and .90 inch by .O-l inch. 



[Soon after my description of this species Mr. Sclater considered it 

 not to differ from Calliste ciwullata, Sw. His decision was accei)ted as 

 correct, and it has been so noted by several writers. 



In a revision of the Family Tanagrida? (Cat. of the Birds of the Brit. 

 Museum, Vol. XI, p. 113) he restores it to specific rank, and remarks : 



''At one time Mr. Salvin and I were inclined to believe that this 



