276 Mr. J. L. Bonhote on Birds 



1. MlMOCICHLA PLUMBEA (Linn.). 



Mimocichla plumbea (Linn.) ; Cory, Bds. Bahamas, 2nd ed. 

 p. 45 (1890) j id. Cat. W. Indian Bds. p. 122 (1892) ; Bon- 

 hote, Ibis, 1899, p. 506. 



Mimocichla brijanti Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 280 (1881). 



4 ? . March 1902. Nassau, New Providence. 

 ? . 30th March, 1902. Little Abaco. 



Very numerous on New Providence, but seldom seen 

 owing to its retiring habits. 



-i-2, Mimus polyglottus (Linn.). 



Mimus polyglottus (Sund.) ; Cory, Cat. W. Indian Bds. 

 p. 121 (1892) ; Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, p. 507. 



5^,1 ? . Little Abaco, March 1902. 



1 nest and 3 clutches of eggs. Little Abaco, March 1902. 



So far as I am aware, this is the first record of this 

 species as a permanent resident in the West Indies. I 

 have carefully compared my examples with a large series of 

 M. polyglottus from the States and can find no difference. 

 The bird was very numerous on Little Abaco, and I also 

 saw it on Great Abaco ; it appears, however, to be local, as 

 none were seen on some neighbouring cays. The average 

 measurements of the six specimens procured are — wing 42 

 inches, tail 4*7, tarsus 1*1 9, culmen *66. The nest is an untidy 

 structure, built a few feet from the ground on any suitable 

 bush ; the foundation is made of very coarse material, and 

 consisted, in the case of one found near a boat-building yard, of 

 sticks, fibre, old rope, shavings, pieces of sail, &c, lined with 

 dry bents. The birds were just commencing to lay during 

 the latter half of March, and three seemed to be the usual 

 number of the eggs. These were pale blue, with large rust- 

 coloured spots and a few that were paler. Measurements : 

 26 by 19 mm. 



.f-3. Mimus gundlachi Cab. 



Mimus gundlachi Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 470. 



Mimus bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. 

 p. 114 (1859) ; Cory, Bds. Bahamas, 2nd ed. p. 48 (1890) ; 



