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Fam. HIRUNDINID^. 



11. Progue dominicensis (Gm.)- 



" LeDgth, (J , 7^ in. ; alar extent, 15| ; wing-, 5^. 



" I saw the first this moutb, February, at the same time with, and in 

 the same place as, the Tropic bird (Phsethon). I think, however, both 

 are residents." 



Fam. C^REBID^. 



12. Oerthiola atrata, Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vol. 1, p. 150. 

 " CertUola ? 



" Length, <?, 4§ in. ; alar extent, 8 ; wing, 2|. 



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



" This black species seems to have almost entirely replaced the black 

 and yellow one of Dominica, etc. It is abundant mixing with the ' black 

 bird ' {Loxigilla noctis) in the cotton-trees and plantains, so as to be 

 hardly distinguished. The love for the iiowers of the banana and plan- 

 tain, and the fruit as well, is the same trait possessed by the Dominica 

 species." 



13. Certhiola sacchariua, Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vol. 1, p. 151. 

 " Certhiola. 



"Length, <?, 4| in. ; alar extent, 7^ ; wing, 2|. 

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

 " Not so abundant as the preceding. Called the 'Molasses birdV 



Fam. TANAGRIDiE. 



14. Euphonia flavifrous (Sparm.). 



'' Length, (?, juv., 5 in. 5 alar extent, 8; wing, 2|. 



" Only observed in the high valleys, and only one seen. A quiet, 

 unsuspicious bird ; feeds on a berry known here as the misseltoe, and 

 hence called the ' misseltoe bird'." 



15. Calliste versicolor, Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vol. 1, p. 153. 



"Length, (?, G;^ in.; alar extent, 10; wing, 3|. 



" Length, 5, C in. ; alar extent, 10 ; wing, 3|. 

 • "At 'Carabries ', the highest place of residence in the island, I first 

 found this bird, feeding on the gommier seeds and others; frequently 

 flying into the high woods, but remaining principally in the more open 

 tracts bordering the, negro provision grounds. In the heat of the day, 

 and when it was windy, they kept more in the low shrubbery, feeding 

 •on the seeds of a low bush." 



