318 Gundlach’s five new Species of Cuban Birds, etc. 
brown and lilac, will be found. Diameter, 0.022 m. in 
length, 0.015 m. in breadth. 
Hirundo coronata Mus. Berol. Notwithstanding the de- 
scription given in p. 46, of Mr. Lambeye's work, of the 
eggs of this Swallow, I give another on account of a mistake 
having arisen. "They are sometimes white with brown and 
lilac spots, and at other times reddish brown instead of 
brown. Diameter, 0.021 m. in length, 0.016 m. in breadth. 
Noctua Siju D'Orb. Siju Chico. This species breeds in 
April in hollow trees or palms, laying at the bottom of the 
hole, without building a nest, three or four eggs, nearly round 
and ofa pure white. Diameter not measured. 
Xanthornus dominicensis L. Solibio. This species nearly 
always builds its nest in a most artificial manner, from threads 
of palm leaves, knit under the horizontal ones that adorn this 
tree, sowing them for this purpose in a most curious fashion, 
leaving a lateral entrance. In this airy structure they lay 
four eggs, bluish white, with little dots of a grayish violet, 
principally towards the large end. Sometimes they are found 
with large brown dots. When there are no palms in the 
neighborhood they build their nests amongst the leaves of 
parasitic plants ; and I have even seen one in a bunch of the 
Mango fruit. Diameter, 0.025 m. in length, 0.018 m. in 
breadth. 
Turdus rubripes Temm. Zorzal de patas coloradas. Its 
nest is made of grass and dry leaves, and lined with vegetable 
wool, horsehair, and feathers; this species builds either in 
large holes of trees or palms, or on parasitic plants, or amongst 
the new shoots of a horizontal branch and sometimes amongst 
thick and frondent branches. Its three to five eggs are 
greenish white, with spots of a reddish brown and pale violet, 
which increase towards the large end. Diameter, 0.032 m. 
in length, 0.024 m. in breadth. 
Tyrannus caudifasciatus D'Orb. T. matutinus Vieill., domini- 
censis Br. Pitirre, In April, May, and till July, both these 
species build their nests with slender twigs, and fibrous roots, 
