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diligently for their food, and twittering cheerfully to one another, 

 without seeming to mind my presence in the least. Dr. Bryant 

 states that he thought this species a constant resident in the 

 Bahamas, and that it breeds there, as after the middle of April he 

 saw none that were not mated. It is possible that a few individuals 

 may remain through the summer, but there can be no doubt that 

 most if not all of them leave the islands before the last of April. 

 I did not meet with it after May i. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. II. pi. 97. 



DENDRCECA DOMLXICA. {Linu.) 

 Yellow-throated Wakbler. 



Winter Plumage, Male. — Above, grayish blue ; forehead, lores, 

 cheeks, and sides of the throat, and streaks on the sides of the 

 breast, black ; superciliary line, white, with a yellowish tinge at 

 the base of the bill; small white line under the eye; sides of the 

 neck behind the cheek-patch, and two bands on the wings, white ; 

 throat and part of breast, bright yellow ; lower part of breast and 

 belly, white, the latter with broad black stripes upon the sides; 

 the outer webs of the three outer tail-feathers patched with white. 

 Female slightly smaller and paler, showing a trace of brown upon 

 the belly. 



Length 5.15, Aving 2.60, tail 2.20, tarsus .65, bill .50. 



