314 Gundlach’s five new Species of Cuban Birds, etc. 
swallows it. "Towards the latter end of April or beginning of 
May this species builds in a dry and hollow branch, or in 
some hole of a tree, a nest of dry grass and fibrous roots, 
horse hair, feathers, or vegetable wool, and even with the 
cast-off skins of snakes. The eggs are four, of a reddish 
white color, with small lilac and red spots, principally grouped 
in a circle towards the large end. M. D'Orbigny describes 
them inaccurately as white, as are those of the true Phoebe. 
Eges 0.022 m. in length 0.017 m. in breadth. 
2. Muscicapa LEewBEvrer Gund. Moscareta parda. Mr. 
Lembeye mentions this species in his Birds of Cuba, page 41, 
under the name of M. fusca; but having myself some doubt 
on the subject, I compared a specimen with a skin of M. fusca 
from the United States, and it was at once evident that 
the Cuban species is different, not only in the proportional 
length of the quills, but in the reddish color of the forehead. 
The bill, like that of M. fusca, is black, with the base of the 
lower mandible whitish. Feet black. Iris dark hazel. Head 
slightly crested. Third quill longest; fourth nearly equal; 
second and fifth equal; first and seventh nearly equal; tail 
pretty long, emarginate. Upper parts brownish gray, the 
head much darker ; quills and tail dusky brown ; secondaries 
edged with whitish; the primary coverts edged and tipped 
with grayish white, the secondaries tipped with brownish 
gray; outer tail feathers whitish on the outer edge except 
towards the tip. Chin and sides of the breast brownish gray ; 
fore part of neck and the other lower parts yellowish white; 
forehead reddish brown, with a few feathers on the eye lids 
whitish. Lower wing coverts tinged with gray. In the 
female the outer edge of the outer tail feather is grayish and 
the forehead whitish. 
Male. Length 0.086 m. Extent of wings 0.278 m. Bill 
along ridge 0.014 m. Island of Cuba. I have seen but one 
pair of these birds, near Cardenas, and it was in the month 
of February, 1846. They lived in a freshwater marsh, 
amongst the bushes, and hunted their prey like the other 
