noble: the resident birds of Guadeloupe. 



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kindly furnished the following measurements of the specimens in the 

 collections of the American Museum of Natural History and of Jona- 

 than Dwight, Jr. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 



It appears from this table that all of the birds in these collections 

 except P. meridio7ialis Lawr. are referable to Aestrelata diabolica 

 Lafresnaye. The actual measurements of Lawrence's type are 

 somewhat larger than those considered typical Aestrelata haesitata as 

 represented by the two specimens in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, but the characters of bill and coloration make it referable 

 to that species. 



I have included in the table the measurements of Aestrelata jamai- 

 censis to bring out the similarity between that species and Aestrelata 

 haesitata. It would be rash to consider Aestrelata jamaicensis simply 

 a color phase of Aestrelata haesitata. Yet further study may reveal 

 that these two species are very closely related. 



During the course of my investigation of the status of Aestrelata 



