38 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



groves. From fifty to a hundred were sometimes seen together, but 

 they were shy, and difficult to approach. The Thrush {Margarops 

 fiiscatiis)^ Parrot (C collaria). Little Mocking-bird [Miimis orphciis 

 var. doniiiiicHs), and Lyre Humming-bird {Doricha lytird) we also 

 obtained here, and did not observe them elsewhere. 



