from the Northern Bahamas. 307 



2 ? ad. Spanish Wells, Andros, 23rd January, 1902. 

 2 2 ad. Grassy Creek, Andros, 10th May, 1902. 



£ imra. „ „ 15th January, 1902. 



cT ad. Wide Opening, Andros, 25 th January, 1902. 



$ ad. Green Cay, near Andros, 20th April, 1902. 



ad. Little Abaco, 14th March, 1902. 

 A very common and numerous resident, the Bah am an 

 form being quite distinct from that of the mainland and Cuba. 

 The sexes are alike, and in the breeding-season the naked 

 skin in front of the eye, which is yellow at other times, 

 becomes a deep blue as in A. tricolor. Young birds apparently 

 moult in early spring, viz. March and April, at the same time 

 that the adults assume their brighter colours. Incubation 

 begins towards the end of April ; the nest, composed entirely 

 of sticks, is placed low down in small mangrove-bushes. 

 This species does not breed in colonies. The eggs are very 

 pale blue and measure 40 X 29 mm. 



_j_ 79. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). 



Nyctiardea violacea (Linn.) ; Cory, Bds. Bah. 2nd ed. 

 p. 173 (1890). 



Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.) ; Cory, Cat. W. Ind. Bds. 

 p. 90 (1890) j Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, p. 519. 



2 ad., 2 imm. Spanish Wells, Andros, 21st January, 



1902. 

 cJ ad. Grassy Creek, Andros, 15th January, 1902. 

 <J 2 ? ad. „ „ 10th May, 1902. 



J 2 imm. Green Cay, near Andros, 30th April, 1902. 

 (J ad. Hog Cay, off Gt. Abaco, 28th March, 1902. 

 2 ad. Little Abaco, 29th March, 1902. 

 A very numerous resident. The females appear to be 

 slightly darker than the males, and some shew traces of 

 yellowish on the throat. Breeding commences soon after 

 the beginning of April, although eggs do not seem to be 

 laid till late in May. When near the nest these birds are 

 stupidly tame, and one even allowed mc to take hold of 

 it through the thick bush in which the nest was placed. 

 I am inclined to think that they return yearly to the same 



