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domed, with the entrance at one side, and was lightly built 

 of grass and fibre without any particular lining. The eggs 

 were white with claret-brown spots and markings, mostly 

 around the large end. They were hatched on the 26th, and 

 had probably been incubated for some days when first found. 

 This nest, until tlie bird was seen, was thought to belong to 

 Ca'reba sharpii, the eggs being almost identical with one 

 type of that Bird^s ; but the position of the nest so near the 

 ground seemed unusual, and it was much less substantially 

 built than the nest of Coereba sharpii usually is. 



Spindalis salvini is perhaps as common in the north of 

 Grand Cayman as the Bullfinch is in southern England, 

 and its abandoned nests, lightly built of palm-fibre and 

 looking very like those of the Whitethroat, are frequently 

 to be seen in the " bush." 



Mr. Lowe, in his paper on '' Birds collected during a 

 Cruise in the Caribbean Sea " (' Ibis,' 1909, p. 346), states 

 that the female of this species is undescribed. The plumage 

 has none of the bright colouring of the male, being, except 

 for the usual light and dark shading of the wing- and tail- 

 feathers, and for a light streak over the eye, as uniformly 

 brown as the fur of the common mouse — slightly darker on 

 the back than underneath. The eyes, beak, legs, and feet 

 are dark in colour, and it has just the smooth, neat 

 appearance that is to be seen in Ainpelis. 



A nest of this species containing three eggs was found in 

 a bush about nine feet from the ground on the 6tli of May, 

 1913. The eggs in size and colour were not unlike the 

 grey type of the Red-backed Shrike's, but with the addition 

 of some claret-coloured spots. The birds were not at all 

 noisy at the nest, and the hen, if she was sitting, sat lightly 

 and moved off quietly when the nest was approached. She 

 sat very little during the day, and the cock did not seem to 

 sit at all. 



The eggs, which were plainly visible from beneath through 

 the flimsy structure of the nest, were hatched on the 16th of 

 May, and on the 22nd the young birds were seen to have 

 black skin and down, while the inside of their throats, well 



