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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
as none were taken far inland, and was quite abundant in the neigh- 
borhood of Long Bay Key, as was also D. evelynce. 
On the 13th of January, my friend, Mr. George E. Fowle, Jr., 
found the nest of this species near Long Bay Key. It was attached 
to a small trailing vine, which was suspended from the branch of a 
paw-paw tree, about four feet from the ground. The nest was close 
to the branch, and contained two young birds, apparently about a 
week old. 
The young were dark slate-color above, with the under parts 
flesh-color, having a slight down upon the back ; the bill was fully 
as broad as it was long, having the upper mandible dark, and the 
lower light colored. 
Mr. Gould, in his magnificent monograph of this family, restricted 
the range of 6". ricordi to the island of Cuba, and all other writ- 
ers have done the same. In Ramon de la Sagra’s “ Histoire de 
Cuba ” is to be found the following note regarding this species : 
“Far from migrating, like the Red Humming-bird {Trochilus colu- 
bris ), this is one of the stationary inhabitants of the island of Cuba, 
which it never leaves, and of which it is one of the most beautiful 
ornaments. The inhabitants (to imitate, doubtless, the sound which 
it makes while flying) give it the name of Zun-zun. Interesting in 
its plumage and habits, its works likewise are not without merit. 
Artificially built, and often composed of wool from the silk which 
surrounds the seed of Asclepias anasarica , its nest is attached to 
the forks of young twigs ; like that of all the Trochilid<z, it con- 
tains only one or two eggs, from which the young are produced, 
which, at their birth, have the beak very short.” 
