i886.] HoxiE on the Breeding Habits of the Black Vulture. 245 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish-ash, darkest on the head ; a dull black 

 patch behind the eye; underparts whitish, ashy on the sides of 

 the breast; wings brown, secondaries and coverts edged with dull 

 white; under wing-coverts pale yellow; tail brown, feathers faintly 

 tipped and edged with dull white ; upper tail-coverts edged with 

 pale rufous. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 8.50; wing, 4.40; tail, 4.10; tarsus, .75; bill, .90. 

 Habitat. Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti,. San Domingo, Jamaica, 

 Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Bartholomew, and 

 Sombrerof 



Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.). 



Lanius tyrannus Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 94 (1758). 



Lanius tyrann.us var. carolinensis et ludovicianus Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 



302 (17S8). 

 Tyrannus intrefidus} Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 232 (San Domingo). — 



Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba) ; ib. 



Bryant, XI, p. 90 (1867) (San Domingo). 

 Tyrannus pipiri GuNDL. J. f O. 1872, p. 423 (Cuba) .'' 

 Tyrannus carolinensis CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1855). 



Accidental in Cuba. Porto Rico.'* San Domingo.'' 



Tyranmis sulphurascois Herz. P. V. Wiirttemberg is an un- 

 determined species mentioned by Cabanis (J. f. O. 1S57, p. 

 241). It was originally described as occurring in Cuba and Haiti. 

 Gundlach, in writing of this species (J. f. O. 1S71, p. 268), 

 thinks there has been a mistake in the locality. 



( To be continued.^ 



BREEDING HABITS OF THE BLACK VULTURE. 



BY WALTER HOXIE. 



Buzzard Island lies in a bend between Ladies' Island and 

 Wassa Island, and is about three miles in a direct line from Beau- 

 fort, South Carolina. It is about an acre and a half in extent and 

 surrounded by boggy marsh, beyond which, at low tide, stretch 



