Vol. XVIII"! Bangs and Bradlee, Birds of Bermuda. ^S2) 



and never any trace of sulphur-yellow on sides and flanks. So 

 far as we know the peculiarities of the Bermuda Vireo have never 

 even been alluded to in any of the various lists of the birds of these 

 islands, though Mr. Wm. Brewster in describing Vireo novcboraccnsis 

 maynardi from Key West, Florida,^ said " two Bermuda specimens 

 show only slight, and perhaps accidental, peculiarities" from V. 

 fioveboracensis. 



The notes and song of V. bermudiatms are not at all the same as 

 those of V. noveboracensis. The usual note is a harsh scolding or 

 querulous mew, often varied by a clear warble — chk-hh-chic-a-choo- 

 choo-weeoo ; chic-choo-choo-iijceoo-iveet , its song being surprisingly 

 varied. It is one of the familiar birds of the islands, very tame 

 and found everywhere, and very different in all its ways from its 

 shy, retiring continental relative, V. noveboracensis. 



The iris in V. bermudianus is white as in V. noveboracensis and 

 not, "brownish, brownish gray, or gray " as stated by Capt. Reid. 



Corvus (americanus Aud. ?) . 

 Crow. 



Capt. Reid in his list of Birds of Bermuda gives a good account 

 of the habits, etc., of the Crow in Bermuda (pp. 204, 205). It is, 

 however, doubtful if the Bermuda crow is Corvus americanus. Its 

 notes are said to be different, more like those of the European 

 Carrion Crow {Corvus corone Linn.) — a hoarse, raven-like cioak. 



During the season of 1900-190 1, crows were seen but seldom 

 and never more than three together at any one time. They were 

 shy and their notes were not heard distinctly. 



Galeoscoptes bermudianus Bangs &> Bradlee, sp. nov. 



Bermuda Catbird; "Blackbird." 



Type, from Hamilton, Bermuda, 5 adult, No. 39130 Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology. Collected Mar. i, 1901, by T. S. Bradlee. 



lAuk, IV, April, 18S7, pp. 14S, 149. 



