172 Todi] — A Neir WurJAer from the BaJiama Islands. 



MEASUREMENTS (ill millimeters). 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



19785* rT ad. 

 l!»S,S7*!c? ad. 

 2(i047t'd' ad. 

 1<)(>72* 9 iin. 

 11)82:)* 9 ad. 



Sand Bank, Abaco . . 

 Spc^ncer's Point, Abaco 



"Abaco" 



Sand Bank, Abaco . . 

 Sand Bank, Abaco . . 



Date. 



April 26, 1<)09 

 :May 7, 1909 

 Jnne 18, 1891 

 April 2-1, 1909 

 April 29, 1909 





X 3 



17 

 1«) 

 17 

 17 

 16.5 



* Collection W. W. Worthington. 

 i Collection Field Museum. 



Remarks. — Four specimens of tliis fine new species were secured by 

 Mr. Worthington, while I have recently discovered a fifth in the collec- 

 tion of the Field Museum of Natural History, whose series of Dendroica 

 dominica has been placed at my di.spo.sal through the courtesy of Mr. 

 Charles B. Cory. So far as known it is confined to the pine barrens of 

 Abaco, but may be expected to occur on Great Bahama Island also. It 

 is evidently most closely related to Dnidroica dominica, from which it 

 may readily be distinguished by the decidedly longer bill and the exten- 

 sion of the yellow over the entire under parts. This yellow color is much 

 paler, less orange, than in adult specimens of D. domiiiica. The bill is 

 an exaggeration of that of tliis latter species, l^eing longer and ai)i)reciably 

 more decurved, approaching in some degree that of Cyanerpes among the 

 Ccerel)idfe. The remarkable character of this member, so very different 

 from that of the type of Dendroica (I). coronata), would indicate that the 

 present bird is one of the most al)errant members of that genus, and would 

 favor the recognition of Neodendroica, projiosed by Mr. Charles J. I\Iay- 

 nard (Warblers of New England, part 4, 1901, 69) for D. dominica.. 



