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bird was extremely abundant, but confined almost entirely to the 

 neighborhood of the sea-shore. Its habits are decidedly terres- 

 trial, and it approaches in this respect very nearly to the titlarks. 

 They were constantly running along the edge of the road, or else 

 hopping among the low shrubs in the pastures. I did not see a 

 single individual seeking for food amidst the large trees. My 

 room at Nassau was opposite the market, where these birds could 

 be constantly seen running up and down the pavement in search 

 of the small flies so numerous there. These they caught either 

 on the ground or else by hopping up a few inches, scarcely open- 

 ing the wings, and alighting directly. Why this bird has been so 

 fortunate as to escape being made a new genus of, I do not 

 know. 



Setophaga ruticilla. Very common from the 18th of April to 

 the loth of May. First seen at Andros Island. 



Tanagra zena. Abundant at New Providence. Resident and 

 breeds there. Its food consists almost entirely of small berries ; 

 the stomachs of nine individuals examined at different times from 

 Jan. 20th to March 13th, contained no other food. Incubation 

 had not commenced by May loth, at least not generally. 



Hirmido cyaneoviridis. This swallow, which I have been una- 

 ble to find described, is one of the most beautiful species inhabit- 

 ing North America. In the style of its coloring it resembles 

 more nearly H. thalassina than any other species. I have no 

 doubt that it has been confounded by European naturalists with 

 the H. hicolor, though its resemblance to this species is very slight. 

 I saw them during the whole of my stay at Nassau, but only on 

 the first mile of the road leading to the west end of the island. 

 They were so abundant there that thirty or forty could be seen at 

 almost all times. Its flight was more like that of the H. horreorum 

 than the H. bicolor. They generally followed the road up and 

 down, seldom flying high but skimming along near the ground. I 

 did not succeed in flnding their nests, and could not ascertain 

 whether it bred on the island or not. I killed no specimen after 

 the 28th of April ; up to this date the genital organs exhibited no 

 appearance of excitement. The stomachs of those dissected con- 

 tained almost entirely small dipterous insects, some of them ex- 

 tremely minute. 



Description. Adult male — Bill rather long ; tail deeply forked, 



