BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 143 
would be caused by climatic influences. The inhabitants claim that 
a number of these birds were imported many years ago from the 
United States, and have since multiplied so that at the present 
time they are numerous in the neighborhood of Nassau. Their 
habits appear to be the same as those of our bird, and they are 
generally found frequenting the edges of the fields or the open 
woods, usually in flocks. Their food consists of grain, berries, and 
occasionally insects. The eggs of this species are pure -white. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pl. 289. 
