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very poor conditiou ; it has tlie upper plumage olivaceous, and on the 

 crown is of a rather deeper shade. 



9. Setophaga ruticilla (Liuu.)- 

 ^'' Le Gobe-monclie aiirore.^ 

 " ]S^ot often seen." 



Fam. VIREONID^. 



10. Vireosylvia calidris v;u. domiiiicana, La^Yl■. 

 '' • Qucc: 



Fam. lilRUXDINID^. 



11. Progne dominicensis (Gm.). 



••Flying- above the sea near the elitits between St. Pierre and Fort de 

 France." 



Fam. CGEREBIDJC. 



12. Certhiola martinicana, Eeirh. 

 '• • Hitcrler.' 



" Length, S , 4 J in. ; alar extent, 7f| ; wing, 2i. 



"Not so abundant as in Dominica, l>nt in greater numbers than in 

 St. Vincent and Grenada. The Jardin des Plautes, near the city of St. 

 Pierre, is the only place in which I ha^e seen it j)lentiful. In the trees 

 overhanging the suburbs of the ciry it i.s not an infrequent ^-isitor, espe- 

 cially to the tamarind tree. 



'• As it lives for a while contentedly in a cage, many ai'c caught by the 

 negro and colored boj's, with bird lime, and by the use of the blowgun. 

 Hence their scarcity f I have walked some days for several miles with- 

 out seeing tliis or any otber l)ird. along the shore of the west coast." 



Fam. TAXAORIDaE. 



13. Ei'phonia flavifrciis (Spanju). 

 '• ' Pcyroiichc' 



'•Length, ,?, 5 in.; alar extent, 8; wing, 2.^. 



'•Xowhere is this bird abundant. I liave already chronicled its dis- 

 covery in Dominica, St. Vincent, and (rrenada, but in no island is it 

 numerous. I might set it down as rare, did 1 not thinlv it possible that 

 it may occur in greater numbers tliau my researches have led me to sup- 

 pose, from the liK.'t that its .sec^luded habits and its peculiar food cause 

 it to betake itself to the tops of the highest trees, where it might be 

 passed a hundred times without discovery. Though undoubtedly gen- 

 erally as.sociating in small tiucks, Ihave not as yet (with one exception), 

 found it otherwise than ahme. Its stomach always contains a peculiar 

 viscid green flat seed, the name of which I cannot at this time recall." 



14. Saltator guadeloupensis, Lafi. 

 " ' Gros-hec.^ 



"Length, S, 8| in.; alar extent, 12; wing, L 

 "Length, 5, 8 in.; alar extent, 12 ; wing, S?. 



