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Common throughout the Bahamas, seeming to prefer the pine 

 barrens in the northern islands, but equally at home in the more open 

 coppet on Inagua and Watlings Island. A nest was built within 

 thirty feet of our palmetto shack at Sand Bank, Abaco, during the 

 last week in April. It was placed in the upright fork of a mango tree, 

 eighteen feet from the ground, surrounded by smaller branches, but 

 little supported by them. Cotton, dry leaves, and strips of plant-fiber 

 were the materials used in its composition, the lining being pale dun- 

 colored plant-down. There was but slight attempt at outside deco- 

 ration — merely a few bits of dead leaves and lichens stuck on, in striking 

 contrast to the usual elaborately finished structure of this species in 

 the Eastern States. It measured as follows: diameter, outside, two 

 and three-eighths inches, inside, one and one-half inches; depth, 

 outside, two inches, inside, one and one-eighth inches. It was finished 

 ready for the eggs, and then for some unknown reason abandoned. 



84. Vireosylva calidris barbatula (Cabanis). Black-whiskered 



ViREO. 



Andros, Abaco. 



A summer resident, first noted April 13 at Staniard Creek, Andros. 

 A few were found at Sand Bank the latter part of April, and it was 

 common at Spencer's Point by May. In habits it is very similar 

 to the Red-eyed Vireo. 



85. Vireo griseus griseus (Boddaert). White-eyed Vireo. 



A male bird of this species was taken at Staniard Creek, *Andros, 

 on April 14, this being the first record for the Bahamas. 



86. Vireo crassirostris crassirostris (Bryant). Thick-billed Vireo. 

 New Providence, Great Inagua, *Acklin Island, *\Vatlings Island, 



Andros, Abaco. 



Very common and generally distributed throughout the various 

 islands. It occurs as an inhabitant of almost every thicket, where it 

 may be observed in leisurely pursuit of food, and uttering its song at 

 regular intervals throughout the day. 



87. Progne subis subis (Linn?eus). Purple Martin. 



Miss Lightbourne of the *Blue Hills showed us an adult male mounted 

 bird of this species, which she had captured alive in her villa during 

 the winter of 1899-1900. The bird came into a vacant room to roost 

 for several nights, and she contrived to catch him and put him in a 

 cage, but he died during the first night of captivity, and she had him 



