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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Tliough abundant in Cnl.a tliis species does not appear to have been found 

 in Jamaica, except as an imported bird irom tlie former island, contrary to 



the assertions of various writers, as 

 Tennninck, Rrisson, and others. Mr. 

 Gosse was not able to trace its presence, 

 tliougli its existence among the pre- 

 cipitous woods on the north side of 

 that island he regards as quite possible. 

 Like Orcopckia martinica and Zc- 

 mtida ainabilis, tliis species, thougli de- 

 scribed by Audubon as not being rare 

 on the keys of South Florida, has not 

 been met with in that State by later 

 exploiters. 



„ , . , -^n egf? of this species laid in con- 



fin nent in the aviary of Dr. Bachmau, in Charleston, S. C, is of a rounded- 

 oval shape, and of a uniform creamy-white color; it measures 1.43 inches 

 in length by 1.10 in breadth. 





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