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grasses, 8 feet up in brush by roadside. 4-2 Vieques, Nov. 25, '99. Heavily- 

 incubated. Nest: grasses weedstems, rootlets and skeleton leaves, 4 feet from 

 ground in top of bush by fence, near creek. 5-3 Vieques, Nov. 27, '99. One 

 fresh, others slightly incubated. Nest: fine rootlets, skeleton leaves and 

 grasses, 3 feet from ground, fairly hidden, in thick bush in clump of bushes in 

 pasture. 6-3 Vieques, Nov. 30, '99. Heavily incubated. Nest: diameter 3^ 

 X If; depth, 6 x If inches, of dry grass and skeleton leaves, 2^ feet above 

 ground, in top of cactus (Spanish bayonet) and grass by edge of woods. 7-8 

 Vieques, Nov. 30, '99. Heavily incubated. Nest: diameter, 5 x 2f; outside, 

 IJ inside; depth, 4J x 2^- inches, entirely dry grasses, in wall of climbing grass, 

 5 feet from ground, entirely well hidden. 8-3 Vieques, Dec. 19, '99. Heavily 

 incubated. Nest: diameter, 3^ x 2; depth, 9 x If inches of dried grasses, 

 skeleton leaves, rootlets and horse-hair in tips of branch of tree 8 feet from 

 ground over road. 9-3 Vieques, Dec. 30, '99. Fresh. Nest entirely of fine 

 grasses in same spot as 7-3. 10-3 Vieques, Feb. 9, 1900. Fresh. Nest: fine 

 roots, vines, weed stalks and skeleton leaves, in tips of slender bush, growing 

 from mass of "Spanish bayonet", on bank of road, 10 feet from ground. 11-3 

 Vieques, Feb. 4, 1900. Fresh. Nest entirely of bits of dead vines in which 

 it was built, in mass of dead vines hanging from tree, about 10 feet from 

 ground. Nest closely imitated surrounding vines. 12-1 Vieques, Feb. 8, 1900. 

 Fresh (incomplete — taken by friend). Nest usual material, 8 feet above road- 

 bed, in tip of bush overhanging road from bank. 13-5 Aguadilla, May 27, 

 1900. Fresh. Nest: diameter, 4f x 3^ outside, 1-J inside; depth, 5f x 1^ 

 inches, fine dry grasses, dead leaves, and few horse-hair, 5 feet up in coffee 

 bush, in coffee grove, near house. 14-5 Aguadilla, June 9, 1900. Slightly in- 

 cubated. Nest: diameter, 3^ x 1-J, depth, 8 x 1-J^ inches, fine grass stems and 

 dead leaves, 7 feet up in small mango tree in coffee grove near plantation 

 house. 15-5 June 21, 1900, Aguadilla. Incubation about 4 days. Nest: 

 diameter, 4 x 2|-; depth, 5f x 2 J inches, of fine weed-stems, dead leaves and 

 rootlets, 12 inches above ground, in thick weed in open field. 16-4 Aguadilla, 

 June 33, 1900. Heavily incubated. Nest: diameter, 5 x 7|-; depth, 5^ x 1^ 

 inches, fine vine, weed, and grass-stalks and leaves, in twigs against body of 

 small mango tree close to plantation house. 17-3 Aguadilla, Jul}^ 20, 1900. 

 Incubation advanced. Nest: diameter, 3 x 3|-; outside. If; inside depth, 5 x 

 IJ, of fine grasses, rootlets and dead leaves, 8 feet up in mango tree in small 

 grove near plantation house. 18-4 Aguadilla, July 23, 1900. Heavily incu- 

 bated. Nest: diameter, 3^ x 2f ; outside, 2 inches; depth, 5f x If inches, of 

 fine grasses, dead leaves and several bits of wild cotton. 19-3 Aguadilla, July 

 27, 1900. Slightly incubated. Nest: diameter, 4-| x 3^; outside, 2^; inside 

 depth, 5i X If inches, of dead grasses, rootlets and leaves, 12 inches above 

 ground in vine in cultivated field. 20-3 Mayaguez, Oct. 18, 1900. Fresh. 



