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SwainsoQ erroneously supposed this bird to be a native of Africa ; 

 his figure of it (2^at. Lib. vol. xiii), to be correct, should have the chin 

 and an elongated quadrate mark on the lower eyelid pure white. 



There are in the collection twelve adult specimens, which are appa- 

 rently in full plumage, having the pure white chin and rictal stripe sep- 

 arated by a black line, and the white patch on the lower eyelid ; in the 

 young example, the white marks are wanting. 



Fam. TROGLODYTID^. 



7. Thryothorus rufescens, Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. v. 1, p. 47. 

 " Wren, <? , Landat, March 3, 1877. 



" Found only in the deep, dark woods, or on their borders. I shot 

 several, but lost them in the rank vegetation. They have a most de- 

 licious song, like, I think, our Northern Wood Wren. Will have more 

 extended notes at some future day. I just missed getting its egg. In 

 June I found a nest, and had my boys watching it for eggs, but some 

 one robbed it before me. When I left, I told the people of the valley to 

 procure the eggs and save them for me. 



"It (the nest) was merely a few straws in a small hole in a bank, 

 about six inches deep, with a diameter of four inches. 



"Length, 4i in.; alar extent, 6g; wing, 2^; tail. If. 



"Iris bright hazel. Abundant in the deep woods, but hard to find 

 from its terrestrial habits. Native name, 'OseuoliV 



In the first two collections, there being but the type-specimen, I re- 

 quested Mr. Ober to get more ; in the last collection are four others, but 

 all are males. These were procured in September, and are of a darker 

 or brownish-rufous, no doubt owing to the different season. 



Fam. SYLVICOLID^. 



8. Siurus naevius (Bodd.). 



" Wagtail — very scarce. 



" Shot while feeding about the pools of the upper waters of the 

 Eoseau River, a rocky stream of cascades and water-falls. 

 "Length, 5f in.; alar extent, 9^ ; wing, 3^, 9." 



9. Dendroeca virens (Gm.). 



"Only one seen; very ragged in plumage. 

 "Length, 5 in.; alar extent, 7§ ; wing, 2^, ,?." 



10. DendrcBca petechia (Linn.). 



" Yellow Warbler, ' Titien '. Shawford Valley, March 21. 

 "Abundant on the plantations of the east coast, overgrown with 



guava-bushes. 



"Length, 5 in.; alar extent, 7^; wing, 2f, 9." 



"A nest with eggs was taken at St. Marie in April." 



The nest is well shaped and compactly formed ; is composed of fine 



dried grasses, the outside of coarser materials, strips of bark, and long. 



