96 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



quainted. I was informed by a wise old negro that this species was 

 the true Paroquet, and that the " httle feller," as he designated the 

 Black-faced Finch, was the Banana Bird. Upon my showing him a 

 female specimen, he appeared slightly puzzled, but after a moment's 

 reflection said it was a Banana Bird, " but of another kind." On one 

 occasion I met a negro who recognized it by the name of Cashew 

 or Casha, a name given it by the inhabitants of Jamaica. 

 This is the Fringilla bahamensis of Catesby. 



