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Fam. FRINGILLIDiE. 



16. Loxigilla noctis (Linn.). 

 "< Blackbird; 



"Length, <?, 5^ in. ; alar extent, 9; wing, 3. 

 " Length, 9, 5 in. ; alar extent, 8.J ; wing, 2f. 



" The young at first are like the females — gray. Its favorite tree is 

 the silk cotton ; it is very plentifully distributed." 



There is but one pair of this species in the collection ; they are of 

 rather smaller dimensions than examples from Dominica. The bill is 

 also somewhat smaller, but yet very much larger than that cf the bird 

 from Guiana, which 1 called var. propinqua in the Dominica catalogue ; 

 the last is of a much smaller size. 



17. Phonipara bicolor (Linn.). 

 " ' Ground Sparrow.' 



"Length, <? , 4J in. ; alar extent, 6j ; wing, 2. 



" The most numerous of any species ; everywhere it is found, except, 

 perhaps, in the depths of the ' high woods'. It breeds in nearly every 

 month from February to October ; its nest is dome-shaped, like nearly 

 all those of small birds in these islands. I procured many nests and 

 eggs in Dominica." 



Fam. ICTERIDiE. 



18. Quiscalus ? 



"A bird called the 4 Bequia Swee; from its note ; a black bird, much 

 resembling the Crow Blackbird, though smaller, the female the color of 

 the female Cowbird ; is plentiful in the adjacent keys, and a few have 

 been blown here by storms." 



Fam. TYRANNIDiE. 



19. Elainea martinica (Linn.). 

 " Flycatcher. 



" Length, <?, in.; alar extent, 11 5 wing, 3J. 



" The most common of these birds ; much frequents the silk-cotton 

 tree and the low bushes on hill sides." 



20. Myiarchus oberi, Lawr. 



u Flycatcher ; 4 Piperee.' 



" Length, & , 8 J in.; alar extent, 12£ ; wing, 4. 



"A companion of the preceding species, and found in the same locali- 

 ties." 



21. Tyrannus rostratus, Scl. 

 a Piperee. 



" Length,*?, 9 in.; alar extent, 15£; wing, 4}. 

 "Common in town and country." 



