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15th near Montpclicr. The nestlings were uniformly clothed 

 with white down, but the black wing-feathers were just 

 sprouting. There was no sort of nesting-material in the 

 cavity. Other birds commonly seen in the gardens and 

 near the houses were the Tinkling Grakle (Qidscalus crassi- 

 ro*^m), the Banana- bird {Icterus leucopterT/x) , the Antillean 

 Mocking-bird [Mimus orpheus), the Ani {Crotoplimja ani), 

 and two species of Grass-quit {Pho7iipard). Examples of 

 all the three Jamaican Humming-birds had been observed, 

 the Long-tailed Polytmus [Ait hums poly tmus) being, perhaps, 

 the most common. 



The only collection of native birds in Jamaica Avas that of 

 the Jamaica Institute, which had been arranged by the late 

 Sir Edward Newton when Colonial Secretary. Since the 

 earthquake of 1903, which had destroyed the building, the 

 Library and Museum of the Institute had been removed 

 into temporary quarters, and the details of the rebuilding 

 had not yet been settled. The Collection sadly required 

 renovation and repair, but not much could be done until 

 a new house had been provided. 



Amongst the mounted specimens in the Collection, 

 Dr. Sclater had remarked Jamaican examples of the Ccdar- 

 inrd [Ampelis cedroruni), which is an occasional visitor in 

 severe winters, and of the Thick-billed Greenlet (Laletes 

 osburni), a little-known form peculiar to Jamaica. 



The only ornithologist now in Jamaica, so far as could be 

 ascertained after many diligent enquiries, was Mr. H. E. 

 Attewell, of 30 Orange Street, Kingston, who had a small 

 collection of living birds, and had written an interesting 

 account of the breeding of the Tody (Todus viridis) in the 

 ' Avicultural Magazine' [v. p. 339 (1907)]. 



Dr. Sclater exhibited two specimens of the eggs of Todus 

 viridis obtained by Mr. Attewell, also a nest and c^^ of the 

 Palm- Swift [Cypselus phoenicobius) taken from a cocoa-nut 

 palm in the garden of Mr. F. B. Stunidge, of Union Hill, 

 Moneague, and kindly presented to him by that gcutlemaa. 



