150 Mr. G. C. Taylor's Account of a Visit 



rode underneath, was not more than a yard above my head. She 

 sat with nearly all her neck and breast outside the nest, which 

 was only just large enough to contain the eggs ; and I could well 

 identify her as of this species. She did not fly off until after 

 I had tied up my pony hard by, and had almost touched her with 

 my stick. There were three eggs, laid side by side in a row, 

 alone/ which, strange to say, the bird had been sitting. The nest 

 was some distance from the stem of the tree, and placed loosely 

 on the bough ; it was a mere platform of small sticks laid one 

 across another with a few finer twigs and a little grass as a lining : 

 so slightly was it put together, that, on attempting to take it 

 from the tree, it fell to pieces." — E. N. 



23. Black-eared Cuckoo. Coccyzus seniculus, Gosse, B. of 

 Jam. p. 281 (excl. synon.). 



Mr. Sclater informs us that this is identical with Mr. Gosse's 

 specimens from Jamaica ; but whether they are truly the same 

 as Latham's seniculus, is at present questionable. 



" I shot a female of this bird, March 23rd, 1858, at the place 

 indicated as a locality for the species last mentioned. I am not 

 certain that I ever saw it again. Whether this and the preceding 

 are only summer visitors or not, I am unable to say : neither 

 bird, prior to my visit, appeared to be known to the inhabitants." 

 —E.N. 



24'[?] (?) Woodpecker. Picus (?). "Woodpecker." 



A bird answering to the description of a Woodpecker, and so 

 called by our informants, seems to be found occasionally ; but 

 neither of us had the good fortune to meet with one ; and the 

 accounts were so very vague, as to preclude our giving any 

 further indication of it than the present. 



[To be continued.] 



XIV. — Account of a Visit to a Nesting-place of the Frigate-bird 

 (Fregata aquila, L.). From a letter of George Cavendish 

 Taylor, Esq. 



On the 1st of January, 1858, we went off in a boat with four 

 rowers to visit an island some four or five miles from Tigre 



