Vol. XXII 

 1905 



G. M. Allen, Summer Birds in the Bahamas.. 127 



was taken whose plumage was unusually light because of a partially 

 albinistic tendency. The four-syllabled note of the bird has gained for 

 it its local name, rendered throughout the northern islands as " Killy-ka- 

 dick." This note has the same penetrating quality as that of our northern 

 bird, and oftentimes is heard apparently close at hand while the bird 

 itself is a distant speck against the sky. We found them common at 

 Great Bahama as well as on most of the cays. 



40. Riccordia aeneoviridis Palmer & Riley. Bronzy Riccordia. — 

 This hummingbird occurs commonly with the following species on the 

 " main " islands, Great Abaco, Little Abaco, and Great Bahama and also 

 on all the outer cays wherever there is any considerable growth of bushes. 

 On Great Bahama both species of hummingbirds were numerous, fre- 

 quenting the bushy undergrowth in the open pine woods. On the larger 

 cays we usually found them among the low bushes on the edges of open 

 spaces, and often heard their squeaking notes as they darted past in play- 

 ful pursuit of one another. On only one occasion did we see them off the 

 islands. This was on July 4, when a bird flew past our schooner close to 

 the water, crossing the bay at Elbow Cay off the Hopetown harbor. Its 

 flight over sea was hardly less than a mile but the water was perfectly 

 calm. 



41. Doricha evelynae (Bourc). Bahama Woodstar. — On all the 

 islands and cays wherever there was bush or tree growth this humming- 

 bird occurred. Both species were especially numerous in the undergrowth 

 of the Great Bahama pine woods. Curiously enough, this species does 

 not seem to have been reported heretofore from Great Bahama though 

 we found it there during our visit on July 17-18, and also on Elbow Cay, 

 Moraine Cay, Stranger Cay, and at Nassau, New Providence. 



42. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmel.). Gray Kingbird; "Pick- 

 Peter." — This was one of the most conspicuous of the land birds and 

 nesting pairs Avere found on all the islands and larger cays wherever there 

 was a growth of tall bushes or trees. They prefer the vicinity of the 

 water and even frequent the usually barren mangrove swamps, nesting 

 along their edges. Nests with fresh eggs were found at Elbow Cav on 

 July 5 ; these were usually placed in a crotch some ten feet from the 

 ground or overhanging the water. The sharp notes of the birds were 

 not unlike the words " Pick-Peter," whence the local name. 



43. Myiarchus leucaysiensis Bryant. Rufous-tailed Flycatcher. 

 — A pair only of these birds was seen at Cedar Harbor, Little Abaco, 

 July 11. They were silent and kept near together along the bushes 

 fringing a limestone bluff by the sea. 



44. Blacicus bahamensis (Bryant). Least Bahama Flycatcher. — 

 Among the open pine woods to the south of the city of Nassau, New 

 Providence, we found two individuals of this little flycatcher, July 26. 

 Their habits were somewhat like those of our Wood Pewee. They 

 perched among the higher branches of the pines whence they occasionally 

 darted after passing insects, and returned again to the same or a nearby 



