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tive of the Picicke. la habits much like 

 the Red-headed Woodpecker of the 

 State, with simular garulosity. 



Antrostomus carolinensis, A number 

 were noted in one creek bottom two 

 females secured. (A Hummer was 

 noted simiiiar to specimens secured on 

 the main island, but as these are un. 

 identified they cannot be included ) 



Tyrannus dominicensis . By all means 

 the commonest bii'd of its class. A fair 

 series were obtained and stomach con- 

 tents proved that the birds do not con- 

 fine themselves to insects, as berries 

 and seeds of same were often found in 

 them. 



Pitangus taylori. Quito common 

 though not nearly so much so as the 

 preceeding species. Probably not 

 always separated from Tyi-annus. Often 

 associated with the above. 



Myiarchus mitillaruni. Not so abun- 

 dant as the above. In habits quite sim- 

 iiiar to the Pnoebe which it resembles 

 to quite an extent. 



(Probably Icterus portoricensis is 

 found on the island as it is vei'y abun 

 dant on the main island, but as it was 

 not noted it cannot be included.) 



Quiscalus brachyplerus Common. 

 Often noted in large flocks. 



( Ammodramus savannarum and Pyrr- 

 huloxia portoricensis were neither of 

 them noted but most likely occar.) 



Euetkia bicolor. One of the mos; com. 

 mon birds. I found them breeding 

 from Nov. 15t;h to Feb. 9:h, the day be- 

 fore I left the Island on which day a 

 nest found containing one fresh egg 

 The composition of the nests is com- 

 monly fine dry grass, rootlets, skeleton 

 leaves, etc. It is shaped much like the 

 nest of the Marsh Wren, a ball of grass 

 etc., with an entrance m the side and 

 is commonly built in a bush or small 

 tree at an elevation of 2 to 10 feet. It is 

 not always distinguishable from the 

 nest of the Honey Creeper but is usual- 

 ly not so bulky nor so firmly and well 

 built. Sets consist of two or three 



eggs. No sets of four were noted. Set 

 i Nov. 15th nest fine grasses, rootlets, 

 skeleton leaves, etc., 7 ft. from ground 

 in fork of bush in pasture. Eggs fresh. 

 Set 2-2 Nov. 19th, fresh. Nest same as 

 last 6 feet up in small bush by roadside. 

 Set 3-3 Nov. 19th far advanced, nest 

 fine rootlets, skeleton leaves, weeds 

 and grasses, 8 ft. up in bush by road- 

 side. Set 4-2 Nov. 25th far advanced, 

 nest fine grasses, weed stems, skeleton 

 leaves, 4 ft. from ground in top of bush 

 by fence near creek. Set 5-3 Nov. 27th, 

 1 fresh 2 slight. Nest same composi- 

 tion as foregoing, 3 ft. from ground and 

 fairly well concealed in thick bushes in 

 pasture. Set 6-3 Nov. 30Lh, far advanc- 

 ed, nest dry grasses and skeleton 

 leaves, measurements outside diam. 3i 

 in. inside, depth 6 in. inside, 11 in,, 2i 

 ft. above ground in tops of Spanish 

 bayonet and grass by edge of woods. 

 Set 7-3 far advanced, nest entirely 

 made of dry grasses, measurments out- 

 side diam., 5x2i in. inside, U in. out- 

 side, depth 4i in. inside, 2i in., situated 

 in dense wall of a kind of jointed climb- 

 ing grass and being composed of the 

 same material was extremely well hid- 

 den. A chance blow on the grass with 

 a stick caused the bird to leave, thus 

 drawing attention to the nest. Going 

 back to this nest which was in a woods 

 on a hill, on Dec. 30th, to obtain a 

 photo of this unusual nesting site, I was 

 quite surprised to see the bird again 

 leave the same place. Examination 

 disclosed a nest exactly simiiiar to the 

 one of set 7-3 and placed in same spot, 



The sun being at the time hidden, it 

 was necessary to make a time exposure 

 so an improvised tripod was construct- 

 ed of poles bound with vines. Soon 

 after the nesting site was photographed 

 the sun coming out, I made a photo of 

 the tripod with my partner standing- 

 beside it drawing a bead with my gun 

 on imaginery bird above. 



Set 8-3 Dec. 19th, far advanced, nest 

 dried grasses, skeleton leaves, fine root- 



