BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
I I I 
not rare, cannot be considered as an abundant species. All the 
specimens which I procured were killed near Mathewstown, and 
none were taken on any other part of the island. Its habits, as far 
as I was able to observe, were the same as those of D. evelynce , from 
which it is impossible to distinguish it while darting from one flower 
to another. A negro brought me a fine male alive, which he had 
caught in a small net as it hovered over a flower. When living, 
the plumage shows somewhat brighter than in a dead specimen. 
SPORADINUS RICORDI. (< i'Orb .) 
Ricord’s Humming-bird. 
Winter Plumage , Male. ■ — Entire plumage, bronzy green, becom- 
ing metallic on the throat; wings, purplish brown; four central tail- 
feathers bronze, the remainder purplish black, showing bronze on 
the outer webs ; under tail-coverts, white ; upper mandible, dark 
brown ; lower mandible pale, becoming dark at the tip ; tail forked. 
Winter Plumage, Female. — Resembles the male, except having 
the crown brownish ; throat and centre of abdomen, pale buff ; under 
tail-coverts, grayish white. 
Length 3.60, wing 1.80, tail 1.50, tarsus .15, bill .75. 
I was agreeably surprised at finding this pretty little species 
common on Andros Island, as it had not been previously recorded 
from the Bahamas. It seemed to prefer the vicinity of the shore, 
