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BAHAMA BIRDS. 253 
SWALLOWS. 
Bahama Swallow. Small and beautiful, confined to these is- 
lands; it was found by Mr. Corey abundant in the neighborhood 
of Nassau in June. Dr. Bryant ‘“‘saw them during the whole 
of his stay at Nassau, but only on the first mile of the road lead- 
ing to the west of the island. They were so abundant there that 
thirty or forty could be seen there at almost all times,” skimming 
along the road near the ground. 
White-bellied Swallow. Seen occasionally during stormy 
weather at Nassau. 
VIREOS. 
Black-whiskered Vireo. Wery abundant after May 1st. 
Common Vireo. Small and abundant throughout the islands. 
It isa resident, and Mr. Corey found it especially common in the 
neighborhood of Nassau. 
FINCHES, 
Purple Grosbeak; (local name, Spanish Paroqguet.) Itis abun- 
dant throughout the Bahamas, is very retiring in its habits, and 
in the thick undergrowth its peculiar notes are heard. Gosse 
says that at the extremity of an immense horizontal limb of the 
silk cotton, or some other gigantic and hoary tree in the forests. 
of Jamaica, ‘it builds a nest of rude materials, as large as a half 
bushel measure, the opening being near the bottom.” Dr. Robin- 
son, (speaking of this bird as we suppose,) says: ‘‘the black 
bull-finch builds a nest as big as a blackbird’s cage, and, by the’ 
artful contrivance of this little volatile, the whole has the ap- 
pearance of a heap of trash, flung on the bow of some tree as if 
by accident, so that nobody could suppose it to be anything else.” 
Those which Mr. Corey saw showed no signs of a purple color,. - 
