Vol. XT Scott on the Birds of Jamaica. 339 



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OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIRDS OF JAMAICA, 

 WEST INDIES. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT. 



II. A LIST OF THE BIRDS RECORDED FROM THE ISLAND, 

 WITH ANNOTATIONS. 



{Concluded from p. /Si.) 



177. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). Cedarbird— Recorded by Gosse 

 (Birds of Jamaica, 1847. P- '97). ° n the authority of Mr. Hill. 



178. Laletes osburni Scl.-Kot observed at the points vis.ted by the 



writer. . , 



I7 o Vireo altiloquus Gamb. Whip-tom-kelly.-A m.grant and 

 summer resident. Said to be common in the regions near the coast. Not 

 observed during the time spent on the island. 



,80 Vireo modestus Scl. Sewy-sewy.-A rather common species at 

 all points which were visited. The birds were generally associated in pan-s 

 and reminded one strongly, in their method of life and general habits ot 

 Vireo noveboracensis. Up to the time of my departure from the island 

 these birds showed no signs of the approach of the breeding season. 



,81 Ccereba flaveola {Linn.). Black-and-yellow Honey-creeper. 

 Honey-sucker. Banana Qyix.-One of the most abundant and generally 

 distributed species. Often at Boston a dozen could be seen on the trees 

 and bushes close to the house. There is much variation in the intensity 

 of the dark color of the throat. From intense, clear, dark slate almost 

 black, at one extreme, every grade is to be found to faint slate color much 

 mixed with yellow feathers of the same color as the belly. 



These birds had not begun to breed at the time I left Jamaica. Gosse 

 speaks of finding the nests "in those low trees and bushes from which 

 depend the paper nests of the brown wasps," and gives May, June, and 

 July as the breeding season. (Birds of Jamaica, p. 85.) 



,8a. Ccereba cyanea (Linu.).-Ur. C. B. Taylor took on Elletson 

 Road, Kingston, on May 17, 1890, an adult male of this species which is 

 now in the author's collection (No. 12,946). There seems possibility that 

 this may have been an escaped caged bird, as the tail-feathers are some- 

 what worn ; it must, however, be recorded as having been observed and 



taken on the island. 



,8* Glossiptila ruficollis (Gmel.). Orange Quit. Blue Quit - 



Not quite as common as C. flaveola and more confined to the higher 

 altitudes, though also observed at the sea level. There is a great prepon- 

 derance of females and males in immature plumage, over the adult males, 



