484 Col. H. W. Feilden on 



dant at the breakfast-table, entering by the open windows, 

 perching on the backs of chairs and sideboards, and levying 

 toll from the eatables placed on the table. It has a rather 

 sweet but monotonous song as well as a chirp. It makes 

 its nest, from March to June, fully exposed in the branches of 

 trees, a large domed structure, composed of grass and roots, 

 lined with finer material and a few feathers. The eggs are 

 three in number, white, blotched and speckled with reddish 

 brown. The old birds feed their young by regurgitation, 

 putting their bills into the mouths of their nestlings. 



—-13. EuETHiA BicoLOR (Liuu.). Cauc Sparrow. 



Common throughout the island. It is very noticeable 

 when the guinea-grass is in flower, small parties are con- 

 stantly flying from stem to stem, the birds clinging to them 

 and feeding on the ripe seeds. Throughout the year it is 

 found spread over the island, particularly on the sour-grass 

 pastures. It has a peculiar flight, just before alighting it 

 quivers its wings with a rapid motion, the wings vibrating 

 like those of a Humming-bird. The nest is generally placed 

 in low bushes, though I have found it at a considerable 

 height in a tree. It is made of grass and fine roots, and is 

 domed ; the number of eggs three ; they are white, with 

 minute brown spots. 



-^14. Agel^us icterocephalus (Linn.). 



Dr. Manning procured a specimen of this species in the 

 autumn of 1887, which he kindly placed in my collection. 

 It must be a very rare and accidental visitor to the island. 



— 15. DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS (LiuU.). 



Dr. Manning shot a female of this species in October 

 1887 ; Mr. Herbert Hart has another in his collection of 

 Barbados birds, shot some years ago. I came across a flock 

 of seven at Chancery Lane on the 13th of October, 1888, 

 out of which I shot two specimens ; both proved to be males. 

 They Avere quite tame, and when disturbed tried to hide them- 

 selves in some coarse sedge growing round a marshy spot. I 



