Brace.] 240 [May 16, 



priate that a namesake should be the first to meet with it in New 

 England. 



A vote of thanks to Mr. Townsend for this gift was passed. 



Dr. Brewer also presenlied the following papers : 



Notes of a few Birds observed at New Providence, Ba- 

 hamas, NOT INCLUDED IN Dr. BRYANT'S LlST OF 1859. By 



L. J. K. Brace. 



Dendroica dominica. Two specimens seen, one shot, Sept. 

 30, 1876, in the "Pine Barren," the other seen Oct. 22, 1876; 

 both were in full plumage. 



Passer domestieus. House Sparrow, introduced within the 

 last few years. 



Coccyzus minor. " Rain Crow, or Cotoo " ; probably a con- 

 traction of Cuckoo. Is tolerably abundant, and not at all a shy bird. 



Hirundo bicolor. During the stormy weather of Dec. 1st and 

 2d of last year, a number of these birds were to be seen flying about. 

 On the 1st I saw only three, but on the 2d a great many, which flew 

 very low, close to the ground ; two flew inside the house and clung 

 for a few minutes to the edge of a shelf, but before they could be 

 secured flew out again. On the 4th, the weather moderating, not 

 one was to be seen. 



Athene cunicularia. Killed Dec. 20, 1876. For about a 

 month past I had been watching a small owl that was in the habit of 

 foraging up and down the wharfs that line one side of the harbor of 

 Nassau. As dusk approached, he would make his appearance and 

 perch on some elevated place, such as a post, or part of a fence. On 

 the approach of any one to his resting place, he would allow them to 

 come within about twenty feet, but if approached nearer, no matter 

 how cautiously, he would fly off, generally uttering a shrill and 

 quickly reiterated ckur-chur-chur-chut ! to another spot, scarcely ever 

 returning to the same one. Some evenings he was more vociferous 

 than on others. I could not determine where he retired during the 

 day, but he would generally arrive from a southerly, inland direction; 

 at other times from either the east or west end of the wharfs. When 

 shot, he had only come a short time, and was perched on the cross 

 trees of a flagstaff, about fifteen feet high. From part of the con- 

 , tents of the gizzard, I concluded it was attracted by the " Crawlers," 



