So BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



on the first mile of the road leading to the west of the island. They 

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

 all times." He also says, " They generally followed the road up and 

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

 I did not succeed in finding their nests, and could not ascertain 

 whether they bred on the island or not. I killed no specimens after 

 the 2Sth 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 extremely 

 minute." 



TACHYCIKETA BICOl.OR. (In-//.) 

 White-bellied Swallow. 



Adiilt Male. — Above, lustrous slecl-blite ; under parts, pure 

 white. Female much duller in plumage. 



Length 6, wing 5, tail 2.40. 



I have included this Swallow on the authority of Mr. L. J. K. 

 Brace, of Nassau, who says, " During the stormy weather of Dec. 

 I and 2 of last year, a number of these birds were to be seen 

 flying about. On the ist, I saw only three, but on the 2d a great 

 many, which flew very low, close to the ground ; two flew inside the 

 house, and clung for a few minutes to the edge of a shelf, but before 

 they could be secured, flew out again. On the 4th, the weather 

 moderating, not one was to be seen." 



