Near the Hallow-well at Content, on a bush whose glossy black berries
have obtained for it the name of _wild pimento_, but which is better
known as _rod-wood_, we found a nest of the Orange Quit, in June. It
was a very deep cup, of a coarse texture, rather rudely formed of
blades of grass, and the leaves of _Olyra latifolia_, interwoven with
stalks of grass. It was built on a horizontal branch, at the divergence
of two twigs, but did not embrace them. Four small eggs, ¹³⁄₂₀ inch by
⁵⁄₁₀, contained at that time embryos half matured: they were white,
splashed with dull red, thinly, except at the larger end, where the
spots were numerous and confluent. The male probably assists in
incubation; for he was seen to emerge from the nest.
BLUE QUIT.[66]
_Euphonia Jamaica._
_Fringilla Jamaica_, +Linn.+
_Euphonia Jamaica_, +Desm.+
_Grey Grosbeak_, +Brown+.—Ill. Zool. pl. 26.
[66] Length 4¹⁄₂ inches, expanse 8, flexure 2⁶⁄₁₀, tail 1⁵⁄₁₀,
rictus ⁵⁄₁₀, tarsus ³⁄₄, middle toe ¹¹⁄₂₀. Irides deep hazel: feet
dark grey; beak grey, the fissure, ridge and tip black.
Male. Upper parts slate blue, glossy, more or less tinged on the
rump with green. Throat, breast, and sides pale grey: belly yellow;
under tail coverts greyish white. The blue on the wing-quills
nearly black.
Female. Loins, upper tail-coverts, and thighs, yellow-green; no
yellow on the belly. Otherwise as the male.
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