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gray; throat and upper part of the breast, black, some of the lower 

 feathers edged with gray; below, brownish white; wing-coverts, chest- 

 nut and black, crossed and tipped with dull white, forming two wing- 

 bands ; tail, brown ; bill, black. 



Adult Female. — Colors of the male, replaced by light and dark 

 brown ; olive-brown on the head ; under parts, brownish white ; 

 wing-bands indistinct. 



Length 5 lo, wing 2.84, tail 2.36, tarsus .68, bill .36. 



Mr. L. J. K. Brace states that the English Sparrow has been 

 introduced into the Bahamas within the last few years, and I was 

 told by several gentlemen that it still exists there ; but during my 

 different visits to the islands I have never met with it. 



CVAA'OSPIZA CIR/S. {Linn.) 

 Nonpareil. 



Adult Male. — Head, blue; back, green; rump, brownish red; 

 under parts, red, becoming pale on the belly; tail, reddish brown; 

 upper mandible, black ; lower mandible, pale. 



Adult Female. — Above, green, showing slight golden reflections 

 on the back ; under parts, j^ale yellow, greenish on the breast ; 

 slightly smaller than the male. 



Length 4.80, wing 2.60, tail 2, tarsus .So, bill .40. 



