BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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itants say that incubation commences about June 1. Most of the 
specimens taken during the month of June were in full breeding 
plumage. The nest is simply a rough construction of sticks, gen- 
erally built on the mangroves, in which the female deposits two, and 
according to some writers, three eggs, which are of a dull white 
color. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VI. pi. 362. 
