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did not meet with it on Narborough. On James two were 
taken and on Duncan one. 
The one shot on Duncan on August 15, was found on the 
floor of the north crater, the elevation of which is about 450 
feet. The floor is paved with reddish earth, which supports a 
rather scanty growth of bushes and shrubs, and is strictly in 
the arid belt. 
The two taken on James, December 28, were found in the 
humid or semi-humid region. 
Albemarle was the stronghold of this species, it being found 
on all of the five great mountains. On southeast Albemarle the 
first specimen was taken in the humid region below Santo 
Tomas in March. Later in the year, August 27-30, one or two 
were seen in the once-cleared fields just below the village. On 
the 15th of March, in the arid region three or four miles west 
of Cape Rose, Mr. Beck saw one and on April 26, in the dry 
coastal region a few miles west of Villamil, an example was 
secured. 
Only one was seen on Tagus Cove Mountain, Albemarle, 
and that was in latter March, the bird being observed in a large 
thick-foliaged tree at 1500 feet elevation on the west side of 
the mountain. 
Three or four were taken on the east side of Cowley Moun- 
tain, Albemarle, above 1200 and below 2500 feet elevation in 
the middle of August. 
Several immature ones were shot at the western base of 
Banks Bay Mountain, Albemarle, in the middle of April, and 
one adult was also taken at about 1500 feet elevation. 
They move about in the same manner that the Black-headed 
Tree Finch does, flying from tree to tree and bush to bush in 
search of food, which they hunt singly, a trait apparently con- 
stant with but few exceptions to all the tree finches. One bird 
seen feeding on a tree on Cowley Mountain had several chrysa- 
lides of a small species of moth in its gullet. 
A few birds were in song at Iguana Cove on March 19 
and 20. 
Only one black-headed bird was taken and that was on 
Cowley Mountain on August 10 and 11. A bird having a slight 
tendency toward a black head was taken at Iguana Cove in 
March. One-third of the birds taken there on March 19 and 
