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Scott on the Birds of Jamaica. I Apri 



L April 



153. Contopus pallidus {Gosse). Buff-winged Flat-bill. — This 

 appears to be another species more common above than below a thousand 

 feet above the sea. At Stony Hill I saw them frequently and procured 

 a fine series of individuals, but at the sea level in the vicinity of Priest- 

 man's River they were not observed, while on the foot-hills a mile or 

 more back from the salt water a few, two or three, were taken during the 

 two months spent in this region. Its habits seem to resemble closely 

 those of Contopus virens. 



154. Elainea cotta {Gosse). — A rare species at points that I visited. 

 On December 9, at Stony Hill, a female (9567) was taken. It was feeding 

 on low bushes near the ground and acted much more like a Dendroica 

 than a Flycatcher. On January S one was taken near the house at Boston, 

 and on February 13 a male (11,120) and a female (11,121) were taken, 

 evidently mated. On dissection these birds showed that the breeding 

 season was about six weeks distant. These four are all the records 

 made during my stay. 



155. Elainea fallax {Scl.) Said to be very rare. Not met with at the 

 points visited. 



156. Corvus jamaicensis {Gmel.). Gabbling Crow. Jabbering 

 Crow. — These birds were not uncommon at a point known as Egg Hill, 

 about three miles inland from Priestman's River and about one thousand 

 feet in altitude. Here, in a practically unsettled wilderness, I procured 

 some six or eight individuals at various times, and this was the only 

 point where I observed them. For an excellent account in much detail, 

 as to habits and so forth, the reader is referred to Gosse ('Birds of 

 Jamaica,' pp. 209-217). 



The Black-headed Jay {Cyanocorax pileatus) (Temm.) has been re- 

 corded from Jamaica by Gosse ('Birds of Jamaica,' p. 208;, but its occur- 

 rence must have been accidental. 



157. Dolichonyx oryzivorus {Linn.). Bobolink. Butterbird. 

 October Pink. Pink. — A very abundant migrant in October and April. 

 Does not winter. 



15S. Nesopsar nigerrimus {Osburn). — Not met with. This species, 

 from all I have been able to learn, is local in its distribution, and nowhere 

 common. 



159. Icterus icterus {Linn.). Troupial. — Cited by authors as an 

 introduced species. I did not meet with it, and it apparently does not 

 occur on the island in a wild state at present. 



160. Icterus leucopteryx ( Wagl.). Banana-bird. — A common resident 

 species and generally distributed. The plumage of the sexes cannot be- 

 distinguished when the birds are adult. No. 9729, adult female, Stony 

 Hill, Dec. 15, 1890, and nos. 10,703 and 10,704, both adult females, Priest- 

 man's River, January 28, 1891, do not differ in appearance in anyway 

 from adult males in highest plumage. Other instances might be cited. 

 But young birds and birds probably up to the second year are not nearly 

 as highly colored as adult birds. This seems to have nothing to do with 



