presence known by n song, whioh is more renmvkahle for variety than for sweetness. For its
roosting place it usnally selects the small palm trees, which grow in damp situations, where tlie
arnva o f each additional iiiciiiher o f the flock is greeted witli a cackling, which does not cease
until darkness sets in. M. Leotaud adds that the gourmands o f Trinidad higlily appreciate
this ihrush , particularly at the season wdicn it feeds on certain aromatic berries.
r«r<iiisjy»mop7,i7,aima5m a yb e r ea d ily d istin g u ish ed fr o n i all its congeners in America
by the broad naked skin round the eye, wliicii, in life, is o f a bright yellow. Hence its trivial
name in Trinidad is “ Le Grive ¿1 p a iip ih e s ja tme s.”
Onr figure o f this Tlinisli is taken from a Vciicznelaii specimen in Sclatcr’s collection.
