]l[r. E. C. Taylor on the Birds of the West Indies. 169 



smooth 'the bird seems entirely blacky on raising them it is seen 

 that the base of each feather is white. Irides bright red. 



18. Tyrannus griseus, Vieill. 



This is a very abundant species in Porto Rico ; but I did not 

 meet with it anywhere else. It is very bold and familiar, and 

 has a loud, shrill note. Next to Quiscalus barita, I think this is 

 the most common bird in Porto Rico. 



19. PiTANGUS TAYLORI, Sclatcr, Sp. UOV.* 



This species, which Dr. Sclater has done me the honour of 

 naming after me, is by no means rare in Porto Rico; it is not, 

 however, nearly so abundant as the preceding one. 



20. Myiarchus, sp. ? 



I shot a pair of birds of an obscure species of this genus in 

 Dominica one morning ; but, as this was the only occasion that 

 I saw it, I suspect it is not very common. 



21. Elainea martinica, Linn. 



I found this little bird rather common in Dominica, but did 

 not meet with it elsewhere. 



22. Lampornis viridis, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 78. 

 Porto Rico is the only locality where I met with this rare 



Humming-bird, and it was by no means abundant there. 



23. EuLAMPis JUGULARis, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 82. 



I obtained this fine species both in Martinique and Dominica ; 

 it is abundant in the former, but less so in the latter island. 

 It frequents cool valleys and thick shady places, and shows a 

 strong preference for bananas and plantains, on the flowers of 

 which it seems to feed. It is decidedly the largest species of 

 Humming-bird I have ever seen alive. 



* PiTANGUS TAYLORI, Sp. nOV. 



P. supra fuscus, capite nigiicante, crista interiore flava : alarum mar- 

 ginibus grisescentibus : cauda unieolore : subtiis albus, lateraliter 

 ^risescens, tectricibus subalaribus flavidis : rostro et pedibus nigris. 

 Long, tota 85, alie 40, caudae 35, tarsi 0*9. 

 Hab. Ins. Portoricensi. 



Affinis P. caudi-fasciato (ex Jamaica et Cuba) et ejusdem fornifp, sed 

 caudae fascia liasali carens et colore corporis supra fusco nee nigri- 

 canti-griseo. — P. L. S. 



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