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Collector''s notes. 



Iris brown. Legs purplisli dusky. Bill of the newly-fleilged birds 

 greenish-yellow below. This bird is very numerous during winter in the 

 ■warm caiions of the central and southern portions of the island. They 

 feed extensively upon soft buds and tender vegetation generally, as well 

 as upon seeds, and are destructive to the grain, which they husk out of 

 its envelope in the same manner as Canarybirds do. During winter, 

 they avoid the vicinity of dwelling-houses, but in summer can scarcely 

 be kept out. During warm afternoons, they often congregate about the 

 springs to bathe. This is the principal songster of the island ; the 

 notes are fine, and quite equal to those of the Canary. Newly-fledged 

 young were taken May 5. A completed nest, though without eggs, was 

 found April 21 ; it was in the crevice of a rock, shaded and hidden by 

 shrubbery. The parents deserted it in consequence of my visit. 



5. JUNOO INSULARIS. nobis. 



Sp. CH. — Adult: — Head, neck, jugulum, and upper parts gray, the 

 tint of a light ash hue on tlie gular region, dark slate on the ])ileum, 

 overlaid with a wash of hair-brown on t-he back and wings, and becom- 

 ing almost black on the lores. liower ])arts white medially; the entire 

 sides light cinnamon. Three lateral tail-featbers with white patches, 

 on the outer occupying most of the feather; on the third reduced to an 

 elongated spot on the inner web. Male, wing, 2.70-2.85; tail, 2.50- 

 2,60; bill, 0.35-0.3S; depth, 0.25-0.27; tarsus. 0.80-0.85; middle toe, 

 0.55-0,00. Female, wing, 2.50-2.G5; tail, 2.30-2.45; bill, 0.35-=0.38 ; 

 depth, 0.25; tarsus, 0.80-0.85 ; middle toe, 0.55-0.60. Young: — ^^Above, 

 brownish-gray, browner on the back, the feathers indistinctly streaked 

 centrally with dusky ; wing-coverts indistinctly tipped with pale fulvous- 

 gray; jugulum and sides light grayish-fulvous, marked with cuneate 

 streaks of dusky ; throat pale ashy, more indistinctly streaked; abdo- 

 men dull white, without streaks ; bill wholly blackish. 



Remarks. — This very curious si)ecies resembles most closely in colors 

 the J. annectens of the Eocky Mountains, the similarity being very 

 great. The form and relative proportions, however, are so different 

 that we have no hesitation in pronouncing it a very distinct species. 

 The colors of the lower parts are exactly as in J. annectens, except that 

 the lower tail-coverts, instead of being entirely white for the exposed 

 portion, are dusky, merely bordered with dirty white. The wings and 

 back are the same color as in annectens, but the nape and top of the head 

 are considerably darker, being dusky slate instead of clear plumbeous. 

 The comparative characters of the two species may be expressed as 

 follows : — 



J. INSULIRIS.— Wing, 2.55-2.85; tail, 2.30-2.60; bill, 0.35-0.38; its 



