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the back of the neck. Bill brown. Eye-lids red : 

 pupil black. 



Great caution is used by birds in concealing their 

 nests. I never discovered but two, although I frequently 

 searched, and with care. One was a pendulous nest, 

 within two feet of the ground, built of small sticks, lined 

 and covered with cotton. It had an entrance nearly be- 

 neath. I discovered, to my surprize, that it was tenanted 

 by yellow wasps. 



At Gonaives, I saw a small species of HIrundo, en- 

 tirely black, and inhabiting the rocks. Size of a Hum- 

 ming bird. Language of the family. 



I saw a bird of the appearance, and with the note, of 

 the Muscicapa Rex of Professor Barton. 



A species of marine Turtle, the Tustudo imbri- 

 cata, which aifords the tortoise-shell of commerce, is 

 plentiful : but there are, probably, no Land-tortoises. 



I saw no Toads. Frogs begin to sing, and spawn 

 about the 20th of February, several weeks earlier than 

 they do in Pennsylvania. 



The species of the genus Lacerta are extremely nu- 

 merous ; but serpents are less frequent than with us, 

 and probably they are all innocent species. I caught a 

 species of Coluber?. It was of a fine grass- green- colour, 

 except two lateral yellow lines. Some species are as- 

 serted, by the Americans, to possess the power of fasci- 



