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very poor condition ; it has the upper plumage olivaceous, and on the 



crown is of a rather deeper shade. 



9. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). 



Ui Le Gobe-mouche auroreS 

 " Not often seen." 



Fam. VIREONIDiE. 



10. Vireosylvia calidris var. domiaicana, Lawr. 

 « i Quec. 9 



Fam. HIRUNDINID^E. 



11. Progne domiuicensis (Gin.). 



" Flying above the sea near the cliffs between St. Pierre and Fort de 

 France." 



Fam. CCEREBIDiE. 



12. Certhiola martinicana, Reich. 



" i Bucrier J 



" Length, 3 , 4g in. ; alar extent, 7^ : wing, 2J. 



"Not so abundant as in Dominica, but in greater numbers than in 

 St. Vincent and Grenada. The Jar din des Plantes, near the city of St. 

 Pi one, is the only place in which I have seen it plentiful. In the trees 

 overhanging the suburbs of the city it is not an infrequent visitor, espe- 

 cially to the tamarind tree. 



" As it lives for a while contentedly in a cage, many are caught by the 

 negro and colored boys, with bird lime, and by the use of the blowgun. 

 Hence their scarcity; 1 have walked some days for several miles with- 

 out seeing this or any other bird, along the shore of the west coast." 



Fam. TANAGRIDJE. 



13. Euphonia flavifrons (Sparm.). 

 u t PerroueheJ 



"Length, <?, 5 in. ; alar extent, 8; wing, 2£. 



"Nowhere is this bird abundant. I have already chronicled its dis- 

 covery in Dominica, St. Vincent, and Grenada, but in no island is it 

 numerous. I might set it down as rare, did I not think it possible that 

 it may occur in greater numbers than my researches have led me to sup- 

 pose, from the fact that its secluded habits and its peculiar food cause 

 it to betake itself to the tops of the highest trees, where it might be 

 passed ;i hundred times without discovery. Though undoubtedly gen- 

 erally associating in small flocks, I have not as yet (with one exception), 

 found it otherwise than alone. Its stomach always contains a peculiar 

 viscid green flat seed, the name of which I cannot at this time recall." 



14. Saltator guadeloupensis, Lafr. 

 " ' Gros-bec. y 



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

 "Length, 9, 8 in.; alar extent, 12; wing, 3J. 



