yO NoKTiiRui' on the Binh of Aiiifros hlaud. [ Jamiaiy 



19. Ccereba bahamensis (y?t'/<:^.)- Bahama Honey-crekper. 'Kana- 

 NA HiKU.' — Common throughout the island except in the swashes. The 

 state of the generative orijans of those taiien near the end of Marcii in- 

 dicated tliat the birds were nearly ready to breed. 



* 20. Calichelidon cyaneoviridis {Bryant). Bahama Swallow. — Tliis 

 beautiful Swall(.)vv was first seen on New Providence and was afterwards 

 found to be abundant on Andrews, particularly in the clearings. They 

 generally flew quite close to the giound. Dr. Bryant in the 'Proceedings' 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. VII, page 11 1, says that of 

 those collected by him up to April 28. the genital organs exhibited no 

 appearance of excitement. On April 15 I collected a male with the testes 

 much enlarged. The people told me that the Swallow breeds on the 

 island, building under the rocky ledges; but we were not fortunate 

 enough to find a nest. 



21. Vireo crassirostris Bryant. Large-bh.lkd Vireo. — Common at 

 most places on the islaiui.and its cheery little song was almost constantly 

 heard from the bushes and low tiees that the bin! frequents. On May 24 

 the generative organs of the male were enlarged. 



[The four specimens seem distinctly referable to V. cras:iirostris.- — 

 J. A. A.] 



* 12. Vireo altiloquus barbatulus {Cah.). Black-whiskered Vireo. 

 — The first specimen of this bird was seen at Reti Bays on the western 

 side of tlie island, about April iS On our return to the east coast we 

 found it common, and later noted it as quite abundant at all our stop|)ing 

 places; and its song, so well described by Dr. Bryant as '' zvliip Tom 

 Kelly, pliew^^ was one of tiie most common notes of the coppet. Dr. 

 Bryant says tiiat the seven specimens collected by him vveie all males, 

 and thinks that the females " had not arrived by the 13th of May." As I 

 collected the first female on May 24, having previously shot two males, 

 this surmise is probably correct The genital organs were noted as being 

 enlarged from May 10 to June 5, when the last specimen was shot. Some 

 of the birds were mated and apparently ready to breed. 



23. Spindalis zena {Linn.'). — This bird, called by the natives 'Tom 

 James' Bird' and 'Robin Redbreast,' was very common in the coppet and 

 the pines. It is one of the most conspicuous birds of the island, as well 

 as one of the tamest, being quite often caught by the children. The\- 

 seemed to be particularly tbnd of the fruit of the gum elemi {Burscra 

 g-ammifera) and of the ripe figs. About May 20 the genital organs were 

 enlarged. 



♦24. Piranga rubra {Linn.). Summer Tanager. — A single speci- 

 men, a male, was taken at Red Bays, April 19. We showed it to some of 

 the natives, but they had never seen any like it. As its color would 

 reiuier it conspicuous, we mav infer that it was not a regular visitor, but, 

 as staled by Cory in his • Birds of the West Intlies," p. S5, is only acci- 

 dental in the Bahamas. 



25. Loxigilla violacea {Linn.). Violet Grosbeak. — Known by the 

 natives as the ' Spanish Paroquet,' and quite abundant both in the coppet 



