n 2, NoRTiIRor on the Birds of Aitdros /s/(i>i(t. | I an nary 



30. Blacicus bahamensis (Z>n'rt«/). Bahaman Wood Pewee. — This 

 small species, of which Dr. Bryant says he only saw three specimens, ail 

 in the month of March, we found common on the island, not only in the 

 coppct, but also in the pine-yard, and even occasionally in the swashes. 

 At one of our stopping places two or three were always to be seen flying 

 about near the house. They were very (earless, and seveial times flew so 

 close as to touch us. One seemed to be particularly tame and would fly 

 in at the door or window or about our heads with perfect imconcern. lie 

 iiad several favorite ])erches about the house, on one or another of wliii ii 

 he was to be found at any time of ilay, cocking his little head from side 

 to side, in wait for unwarj' flies. 



31. Myiarchus lucaysiensis Bryant. Rufous-tailed Flycatcher. — 

 Not as abundant as the preceding species, but quite often noted, especially 

 in the northern part of the island. Seven specimens were collected, all 

 of which were males. 



[The series of seven specimens agrees with one of Brvant's original 

 specimens in the Lawrence Collection at the American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History, and differs from a small series of M. sagrce in being much 

 larger, with the bill narrower, and in lacking the strong yellow sulVusion 

 of the lower abdomen, crissum and axillaries, which in M. lucaysiensis are 

 either nearly pure white or only faintly tinged with pale vellow. It is ap- 

 parently a strongly marked form. — ^J. A. A.] 



*32. Tyrannus dominicensis Gmcl. Gray Kingbird. "Fighter." — 

 Qiiite common on the island, but most abundant near the coast. On Ma\' 

 31 we found a nest of this species in a small mangrove between tide marks. 

 We had often seen similar nests before, but could not be certain what bird 

 had made them. The nest was composed of small sticks rather com- 

 pactly arranged. It was about nine inches in diameter and four or five 

 inches in tlejith. In the centre was the cup, aliout three inches in diam- 

 eter and two or three deep, very neatly lined with the fibre fi-om some 

 palm, probably from the spathe of the cocoanut palm. While examining 

 the nest, the old birds flew from the shore and swooped over us, a]ipar- 

 ently much agitated. There were no eggs. On June 19 another nest 

 was found in a mangrove on the west side of the island. This time I shot 

 both birds and secured the nest and the one egg it contained. The latter 

 was ovate in shape, 1.94 inches long, and .70 wide: white with a few 

 small brownish and lavender spots and blotches, mostly' near the larger 

 end. It is stated that in Jamaica the nest of this bird "is seldom fouiul in 

 any other tree than that of the palm kind.'"* In Florida, howe\er, it 

 builds in the same situations as in the Bahamas. We found it a rather 

 quiet bird, although it has been described as noisy. Once we saw it 

 attack a Buzzard, and persistently drive it away. 



33. Chordeiles minor Cab. Cuban Nujhthawk. — Qt^iite abumiant; 

 sometimes a dozen or more were seen flying about in the dusk. It is 

 called 'Piramidig' by the natives, on account of its cry which to us, how- 



*Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, N. A. Birds, Vol. II, p. 322, 



