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dibula pallidiore ; pedibus brunnescentibus ; iride obscure cas- 

 tanea. 



Long. 0-16-0-17, rostr.afr. 0-013, alae 0-071, caudse 0068, tars. 

 0-025 met. 



No difference in the colour of the sexes. 



These birds build their nests in the beginning of June, among 

 bushes, about 4 to 8 feet high above the ground, like those of some 

 of our Sy/vice, about - l in diameter and - 07 met. deep. The female 

 lays two eggs, dirty white, brown-spotted, 0-025 m. long, 0'016 m. 

 large. Their song is like that of Sylvia cinerea, but louderand some- 

 what sharper ; when quarrelling they make a noise like Parus major. 



The native name is " Sibi fixe." 



8. PARINIA LEUCOPHjEA, Haiti. 



No difference between male and female. The bill of the living 

 bird is uniform dark grey ; the feet are greyish brown ; the iris 

 sepia-coloured. The nest, composed of fine grasses and attached to 

 two branches with the silk of moths, is comparatively small, no more 

 than 0-09 m. in diameter and - 06 m. deep. They hatch in June 

 and July; the eggs are two in number, white, 0"019 m. long and 

 0016 m. wide. 



They live in small flocks in restricted localities. 



9. ZOSTEROPS FICEDTJLINA, Haiti., 11. Sp. 



Supra dilute olivaceo-virescens, uropygio et supracaudalibus fla- 



vioribus : subtus dilute Jiuvida, subcaudalibus Icetius flavin, loris 



pallide flavis ; remigibus et rectricibus fuscis, dorsi colore jim- 



briatis ; subalaribus albidis, flavido tinctis ; pedibus pallide 



b runnels ; rostro brunnescente, mandibula pallida ; iride brun- 



neo-flavescente. 



Long. 013, rostr. a fr. 009, alas 0052, caudse - 04, tars. 0-014 m. 



Very different in colour from all congeneric species ; its colour 



and voice bear some resemblance to Phyllopneuste trockilus. Lives 



in the hilly parts of the interior. 



10. Dicrurus modesttjs, Hartl. 



Young specimens are uniform black, without a white spot on the 

 abdomen ; the older they grow the more the tops of the feathers of 

 the abdomen and breast are white-bordered. They build their nest 

 in September, when the rainy season sets in. Its shape is like that 

 of Oriolus galbula. 



The native name is "Maria Palu, feiticeira" (translated, Maria 

 Palu, the sorceress). - The bird is black, with red eyes; seems very 

 indolent in daytime, and shows a great ability in the imitation of 

 some other birds' voices. Of course there must be some " feiticeiria " 

 in it : therefore, sitting on the roof of a house and singing in its 

 melancholy manner, it prophecies the death of one of the inhabi- 

 tants ; and this, of course, takes place, but often a long time after 

 this prophecy. 



