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bles the cry of the Whippoorwill in the morning, just as it utters the 

 4 poor- will 7 , and just preceding the final cluck. It was not a stretch of 

 the imagination, either, to fancy a cry like ' how de dew 1 (as uttered by 

 the country gentleman when saluting an acquaintance), with the stress 

 upon dew. It has also, when alarmed or when threading a strange 

 thicket, the soft call-note of the Thrushes, similar to that of the grive or 

 Mountain Thrush. It inhabits the thick growth of old pastures, and 

 seems to prefer the dark recesses beueath the overhanging trees and 

 bushes of the hillsides on the borders of the opens." 



•3. Mimus gilvus, VieiU. 



"Mocking-bird. 



"Length, c?, 9J in. ; alar extent, 14; wing, 4J. 



"Kather plentif ally distributed on the hills sloping seaward; found 

 also well up the sides of the mountains, but not in the high woods, nor 

 far away from cleared land.' 7 



Fam. TROGLODYTIDiE. 



'4. Thryothonis grenadensis, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad, of Sci. v. 1, p. 161. 



"Wren j < God-bird. 7 



"Length, 5 in.; alar extent, 7; wing, 2\. 



"A sprightly bird, found in houses in the country, in the forests and 



in the towns. 



"Its song is a pleasing warble, and this, with its bright ways, make 

 it a welcome visitor. The blacks will eat nearly every bird but this and 

 the corbeau; but this, they say, 'make you dead, 7 for it is God 7 s bird. 



"Found an old nest in the house at Grand Etang, but the young had 

 gone ('it make child, but he go 7 ), I was told. They were hatched in 

 February. A nest under the veranda now has four young, recently 

 hatched. Going down to examine them one day, I found one of them 

 had about four inches of a 'God's horse 7 ('Walking-stick 7 ) (Phas- 

 mida) protruding from its mouth. The nest is of dried grass, lined with 

 feathers. Had it not been that these little beggars excited feelings of 

 compassion in my breast, I would have added the old ones to my col- 

 lection, well knowing that they would be valuable acquisitions. 77 



Fam. SYLVICOLIDiE. 



'5. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). 



"Only one seen. This was shot, but lost in the thick matting of the 

 loose leaves that covered the ground. It was near the border of the 

 mountain lake. 77 



Fam. VIREONID.E. 



♦6. Vireosylvia calidris var. dominicana, Law r. 



" Vireosylvia. 



"Length, <?, 6 in.; alar extent, 10; wing, 3§. 



