92 Mr. E. C. Taylor on the Birds of the West Indies. 

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97. Chrysolampis moschitus, Gould, Mon. Troch.iv.pl. 204. 



This very brilliant species is abundant in Trinidad, where it is 

 called the " Ruby Humming-bird," from the colour of the crown 

 of its head, which glitters like a ruby in the sun. 



V 98. Chrysobronchus virescens, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. 

 pi. 230. 



Obtained in Trinidad, where it is not very common. Creole 

 name, " Colibri vert-perU." 



99. Heliomaster longirostris, Gould, Mon. Troch, iv. 

 pi. 259. 



Rather a rare species in Trinidad, where it is called " Car- 

 mine Humming-bird." 



^ 100. Thaumantias chionipectus, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. 

 pi. 293. 



Tolerably abundant in Trinidad, where it frequents deep 

 shady woods. Local name, "White-throated Humming-bird." 



-^ 101. Erythronota antiqua, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 316. 

 A very common species in Trinidad, where it is called " Eme- 

 rald Humming-bird." 



^102. EucEPHALA c^RULEA, Gould, Mou. Troch. V. pi. 331. 

 Equally common with the preceding species. Known in Tri- 

 nidad as the " Sapphire Humming-bird." 



^ 103. Chlorostilbon atala, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pi. 356. 

 Not very abundant in Trinidad, where I am told it prefers the 

 open country, and is called the " Savannah Sapphire." 



^ 104. Crotophaga ani, Sclater^s Cat. no. 1905. 



Decidedly the commonest bird in Trinidad, where it is called 

 " Blackbird " or " Tickbird." It is very tame and familiar, and, 

 with the exception of Cathartes atratus, it is the only bird (except 

 Humming-birds) that one sees habitually in the town of Port of 

 Spain. It is always to be seen in fields where there are cattle 

 grazing, to which it resorts, no doubt, for the sake of picking up 

 the grasshoppers and other insects which are disturbed by the 

 cattle. In the month of January it was breeding in the acacia- 

 trees in the savannah of Port of Spain. As the egg has already 

 been figured in * The Ibis,' I will not describe it. On the 



