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pale chocolate, couflueut at the larger end ; they measure in length .80 

 of an incli by .60 in breadth. 



The nevSi measures in outside diameter 3 J inches; depth of cavity IJ 

 inches. 



Fam. HIRUNDINID^. 



14. Progne domiuicensis (Gm.). 

 " ' Hiroudelle.' Resident. 



" The first seen was shot at Mountain Lake, 2,300 feet above sea-level, 

 March 23; later in the season I found a few on the Atlantic side, in 

 June, breeding in the cliffs at Batalie, on the Caribbean shore. 



"Length, 7f in, ; alar extent, 15 ; wing, Sf, <?." 



Fam. CJEREBID^. 



15. Certliiola doiiiiiilcana, Taylor. — Local uame, " Sucrier ". St. Marie. 



" 1 procured a .series of these, that you might be able to determine 

 l>etter the local differences. 



" Every where abundant in lowland and mountain valleys; breeds in 

 old jtlantations from March through to the rainy season. I send nests 

 and eggs. 



"Length, 4^ in. ; alar extent, 7f ; wing, 2^. 



" 1 put in a few nests of these birds to illustrate the domed struc- 

 ture — a character that prevails among the smaller birds — grass-birds, 

 Sparrow and Sucrier." 



There are two nests, globular in form, one containing three eggs, ob- 

 tained at St. Marie, April 20,1877 ; the other with lour eggs, in Shawford 

 Valley, in April. For the size of the bird, the nest seems a bulky struc- 

 ture, but is elaborately made: the inside is of fine grasses; the outside of 

 fine wiry stems of some plant, and the thin flag like leaves spoken of in 

 describing the nest of Dendrceca petechia ; it has an outside diameter of 

 5 inches, the depth of the cavity 3 inches, across the opening 1^ 

 inches. The entrance is on the side. The eggs are dull white, some 

 closely spotted with pale reddish-brown; others less so; some with the 

 spots confluent at the larger end ; others having them distinct. They 

 "measure .08 of an inch in length by .53 in breadth. 



Fam. TANAGRID^ 



16. Euphoiiia flavifrons (Sparm.). 



'• 'L'oiseau de St. Pierre.' Eare. 



"Feeds among the tops of trees in the high woods ; said to occur, 

 also, on the coast; stomach full of small green seeds. 



" Length, ^ in. ; alar extent, 8 ; wing, 2| ; tail. If, 9." 



There is in the collection but one specimen, a female, which I suppose 

 to be this species. I wrote Mr. Ober to endeavor to get others, but he 

 was unable to do so. 1 have a male specimen from Porto Rico of E. 



