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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
groves. From fifty to a hundred were sometimes seen together, but 
they were shy, and difficult to approach. The Thrush (. Margarops 
fuscatus), Parrot (C. collaria ), Little Mocking-bird (. Mimus orpheus 
var. dominions), and Lyre Humming-bird ( Doricha lyura) we also 
obtained here, and did not observe them elsewhere. 
