378 Messrs. A. mid E. Newton un the Birds uf St. Croix. 



at the same time was so good as to send us from the same 

 locality an example of Saurothera vieillotii *, Bp. ; and in thus 

 acknowledging his kindness, we cannot but express our hope that 

 he will continue to investigate the zoology of the neighbouring 

 islands, and our wish that as great success may attend his orni- 

 thological as has already crowned his conchologieal labours. 



Mr. Hewitson, whose fidelity as an oological draughtsman 

 needs no commendation from us, and who has already evinced 

 the interest he has taken in the success of this magazine, having 

 kindly consented to delineate some of the eggs of the Birds of 

 St. Croix obtained by us, we here subjoin a reference to the 

 specimens figured in the accompanying plate, and we feel sure 

 that all the readers of ' The Ibis ' will join with us in con- 

 gratulating him on the result he has achieved, when for the first, 

 and we trust not the last time, extending his labours to exotic 

 oology. For our own part, we can safely say that we were 

 careful to send him, for the purpose of illustration, only eggs 

 that had been rigidly identified. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIL 



Fig. 1. Egg of DendrcEca esstiva (No. 15), p. 143. 



,, '2. „ „ Pkonijmra bicolor (No. 21), p. 147. 



„ 3. „ „ Certhiola flaveola (No. 7)> \>- 67- 



„ 4. „ „ Tyrannus dominicensis (No. 20), p. I4f). 



„ 5. „ „ Crotophaga ani (No. 22), p. 148. 



„ 6. „ „ Butorides virescens (No. 46), p. 261. 



„ 7. J, )) Tinnunculus sparverius (No. 3), p. 63. 



„ 8. ,, „ Cichlherminia fuscata (No. 10), p. 141. 



And now, in conclusion, we must record the very great obliga- 

 tions we are under to the numerous friends, both at home and 

 abroad, who have in one way or another assisted us in these 

 " Observations." The names of several have already been 

 mentioned as occasion offered ; but there are many others — and 

 among them some to whom we owe most of all — whose kind 

 assiduity in furthering our objects deserves, and would obtain 

 from us, a like acknowledgment, were we sure that that way of 

 showing our gratitude would be the one most agreeable to them 



* Also a species peculiar to Porto Rico, represented in Jamaica by S. 

 vetula, in S. Domingo by S. dominicensis, and in Cuba by S. merlini. — Ed. 



