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14. EUPHONIA MUSICA. 



(Cory, op. cit. p. 61.) 



Another species peculiar to the island. 



The only time I met with it was very early one morning 

 at La Vega on May 2, when I discovered a pair sitting on a 

 dead branch at the top of an alligator-pear-tree. I brought 

 both of them to the ground with a shot from my walking- 

 stick gun, but unfortunately only recovered the male (length 

 4^ inches, stretch 7|). The testes were very small. My 

 specimen differs from the plate in Cory's book chiefly in 

 having the slate-blue colour on the back of the head and 

 neck much less perceptible. 



15. Phonipara zena. 

 (Cory, op. cit. p. 63.) 



This common and cheery little bird is to be found every- 

 where along the roadsides and in the clearings, flying up 

 onto the wire fence or a branch as you draw near and uttering 

 its peculiar little long drawn-out twitter or trill, beginning 

 on a high note and ending on a lower, reminding one of 

 the note of our Wood-Warbler {Phylloscopus sibilatrix), but 

 uttered much quicker. 



I saw several nests of this species towards the end of 

 June, built like our WilloAv-W^arbler^s (P. trochilus), but 

 minus the lining of feathers (another point of similarity 

 between it and P. sibilatrix), and placed conspicuously in 

 the tufted head of spines on the top of a pineapple. The 

 eggs resemble those of P. sibilatrix in size, but are marked 

 with pale rust-coloured spots and blotches at the large end. 



16. LOXIMITRIS DOMINICENSIS. 



(Cory, op. cit. p. Q7.) »f*' 



This species locally, by a few of the natives, is called 

 " Canario," the '^ Canary"; it is a magnificent bird, peculiar 

 to San Domingo. I several times heard it in the dense 

 forest near La Vega, but, owing to its shyness, it was some 

 time before I could identify it. 



It has a beautiful flute-like song, but slower and not to be 

 compared with the Canary for variation. On June 3^ after a 



