1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEV7 FORM OF SPINDALIS FROM THE BAHA- 



MAS. 



BV ROISERT RIDG^VAIT. 



Spindalis zena townsendi, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to 8. zena (Linn.),* but ^ith the back either 

 entirely olive or much mixed with this color, iustead of being uniform 

 deep black. Rab. Abaco Island, Bahamas. (Dedicated to Mr. Chas. 

 W. Townsend, collector of the type specimen, No. 108525, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. ; Abaco, March 26, 1886.) 



Five adult males from Abaco differ in the character pointed out above 

 from every specimen in a series of twenty from other islands (New 

 Providence, Eleuthera, and Cat Island), obtained at the same season, 

 showing the difference to be local, and not dependent on age or season. 



" Fringilla zena LiXN. S. N., ed. 10, i., 1758, 181. Spindalis zena Scl. P. Z. S., 18.56, 321. 



