614 CATAL0GU1-: OF BIRDS OF GRENADA. 



species was the same as C. cucuUata, Sw. (cf. Ibis, 1879, p. 357), and 

 that there might have been some error in the statement that Swainson's 

 species came from Veneziieki." — G. X. L.] 



Family FRINGILLID^. 



15. Loxigilla uoctis (Linn.). Red-throat See-see. 



$ Length, 5^ inches; expanse, 8 inches; wing, 2^ inches; tail, 1^ 

 inches. 



$ Length, 5 inches; expanse, 8 inches; wing, 12f inches; tail, 1^ 

 inches. 



Almost as familiar as the wren are this black fellow t»nd his brown 

 mate; plentifully* distributed all over the island; feeds on iruit of all 

 kinds; roosts in large numbers in the mango trees, also in churches and 

 other large buildings. The Holy Innocents' Chapel is a favorite resort of 

 these birds, where they nest in the ridge. A nest I procured from Saint 

 Cyr House was built on the ledge above a window; very like a wren's 

 in shape; no attempt at a dome. When they build in trees the nest is 

 rather a large domed structure, with a round opening at the side, com- 

 posed of tine dried leaves and stems, the bottom compactly formed and 

 lined with soft grass. The eggs, three in number, are of a dirty white, 

 speckled all over with reddish brown; sometimes the spots are con- 

 fluent at the blunt ends. They measure .80 inch by .60 inch, one clutch : 

 another measures .82 inch by .56 inch. 



16. Spermophilagutturalis (Licht.). White-beak See-see. 



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



When the Guinea-grass fields are in seed numbers of these birds 

 may be found feeding there morning and evening, flitting from one 

 flower-stem to the other, which, bending down with their weight nearly 

 to the ground, enables them to reach the bunch of seed at the euii, 

 which they soon pick clean. They are very shy, especially during the 

 nesting period, and I have been baffled in identifving their nest. They 

 build in the clumps of grass. 



[This species is new to the West Indies. Examples from Panama and 

 Bahia are rather larger, but there is no perceptibh' difference in plu- 

 mage. — G. jST. L.] 



17. Euetliia bicolor (Linn. ). Se»sec Zerbe ; B];U'k-face Seed-eater. 



5 Length, 4^ inches; expanse, 6i inches; wing, 2| inches. 



$ Length, 4J inches; expa?ise, 6^' inches; wing, 2^ inches. 



This is an exceedingly common species; is found everywhere except 

 in the mountains; feeds almost exclusively on the seeds of grasses. In 

 the Guinea-grass field small flocks of six to ten may often be seen. They 

 perch on the flower-stem, which bends down with their weight and 

 enables them to pick off the seeds. When flying from one tuft of grass 



