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Cuba I have also seen the candelabra-like flower-scapes of 
the Agave crowded with another Icterine bird, viz. Icterus 
hypomelas . 
Blanquilla Island. 
On January 7th we arrived at Blanquilla Island, which 
Sir Frederic Johnstone had very kindly consented to touch at 
again to enable me to get a series of specimens of the Parrot 
found there, which I had been unable to do during our previ¬ 
ous visit. In addition to securing seven of these birds, which 
are to be found in abundance on the island, I also obtained one 
or two examples of a Tyrant, Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin), 
which I did not meet with on our first visit to the island in 
1906, and four more examples of the Myiarchus which I have 
referred in my paper on the birds of Blanquilla ( f Ibis/ 1907, 
p. 118) to Myiarchus tyrannulus. I think there can be no 
doubt, however, that these birds should be called Myiarchus 
brevipennis Hartert. I have compared my examples with a 
series kindly sent to me bv Dr. Hartert from the Tring 
Museum, and mine appear to be identical with his. 
Chrxsotis rothschildi. 
Chrysotis rothschildi Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. xii; id. 
Ibis, 1893, pp. 123, 328; Lowe, Ibis, 1907, p. 117. 
Six males, two females, and one immature specimen 
unsexed. 
I have compared my series of Parrots from Blanquilla 
with a series from Bonaire, which Dr. Hartert kindly lent 
me for comparison from the Tring Museum. It included 
the two types of C. rothschildi. As noted above, I have 
referred my Blanquilla birds to this form, but the series is 
rather puzzling. 
Some of my specimens agree with C. rothschildi in that 
the green coloration extends to the lower mandible, and 
is seen as a bar on either side of the chin. The distribution 
of the yellow colour on the vertex and sides of the head 
also agrees with Dr. Hartert’s description of this bird; 
but, on the other hand, several of my examples exhibit 
