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swallows. 



Hahama Stcalloio. Small and beautiful, confined to these is- 

 lands; it was found by Mr. Corey abundant in the neighborhood 

 of Nassau in June. Dr. Bryant ''saw them during the whole 

 of his stay at Nassau, but only on the first mile of the road lead- 

 ing to the west of the island. They were so abundant there that 

 thirty or forty could be seen there at almost all times," skimming 

 along the road near the ground. 



White-bellied Sicallow. Seen occasionally during stormy 

 weather at Kassau. 



VIREOS. 



JBlack-whiskered Vireo. Very abundant after May 1st. 



Common Vireo. Small and abundant throughout the islands. 

 It is a resident, and Mr. Corey found it esi^ecially common in the 

 neighborhood of Nassau. 



FIKCHES. 



Purple Grosbeak; (local name, Spanish Paroquet. ) It is abun- 

 dant throughout the Bahamas, is very retiring in its habits, and 

 in the thick undergrowth its peculiar notes are heard. Gosse 

 says that at the extremity of an immense horizontal limb of the 

 silk cotton, or some other gigantic and hoary tree in the forests 

 of Jamaica, " it builds a nest of rude materials, as large as a half 

 bushel measure, the opening being near the bottom." Dr. Eobin- 

 son, (speaking of this bird as we suppose,) says: *'the black 

 bull-finch builds a nest as big as a blackbird's cage, and, by the 

 artful contrivance of this little volatile, the whole has the ap- 

 pearance of a heap of trash, flung on the bow of some tree as if 

 by accident, so that nobody could suppose it to be anything else. '* 

 Those which Mr. Corey saw showed no signs of a purple color. 



