316 Gundlach’s five new Species of Cuban Birds, etc. 
glossed with bluish green. The ten primaries on the inner 
webs and at the base of the outer webs cinnamon colored. 
Lower parts, from the grayish white throat to the breast, 
more and more dusky ; and from this to the abdomen, which 
is whitish, paler and paler. The breast is glossed with green 
and violet, every feather being green with a violet tip. The 
feathers of the legs, those under the tail and wings cinnamon 
colored, paler on the tip. Habits like those of Columba 
montana. Island of Cuba. 
Male. Length 0.306 m. Extent of wings 0.526 m. Bill 
along the ridge 0.014 m. 
I will now give some notes regarding Cuban species, of 
the eggs, nests, and other interesting particulars, of which 
although they have been described, no mention is made. 
Muscicapa or Muscipeta caribea D’Orb. Bobito. Hist. fis. 
polit. y natural de la [sla de Cuba. Ornith. p. 77. Slightly 
crested, third and fourth quills longest, second nearly equal, 
fifth 1 mil. shorter, first shorter than sixth. Tail emarginate. 
The young birds with the tipsof the wing coverts whitish, and 
therefore resembling the Muscicapa virens. Length 0.168. 
Extent of wings 0.234. In the months of April or May 
they build their pretty nests on the top of the fork of a hori- 
zontal twig. It is constructed of mosses, lichens, fibrous 
roots, or horsehair, and the interior is lined with hair, fea- 
thers, wool, &c. The two or three eggs laid are white, with 
a crown of lilac and brown dots. 
Agelaius assimilis Gundl. Chirriador, or Mayito de la Cie- 
nega. This species is very common in the Cienaga de Za- 
pata, S. Coast. It builds its nest in the month of June, in the 
very same manner as described by Mr. Audubon, of Ag. 
pheniceus. It lays four whitish-blue eggs, with some lilac and 
dusky spots, 0.025 mil. in length, and 0.018 mil. in breadth. 
vorvus Jamaicensis Gmel? Cao. Nests in April and 
May. The nest is built of little twigs, grass, feathers, or any 
soft materials, and fixed on the top of parasitic plants, oF 
