BIEDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 



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Adult female.—hength (skins), 128.5-162 (154); wing, 71-S5 (77.2); 

 tail, 01-74.5 (G6.9) ; exposed culmen, 11-13.5 (12); tarsus, 18-22 

 (20.2); middle toe, 11.5-13.5 (12.3).« 



Lesser i\jitilles, except those south of St. Vmcent; some <,f the 

 smaller Greater Antilles ; islands of Cozumel and Mujeres and adjacent 

 coast of mainland, Yucatan; islands of Old Providence and Curasao, 

 southern Cari])bean Sea. [Greater Antilles: Grand Cayman; Cay- 



a Forty-one specimens. 



Notwithstanding the large number of specimens examined, so many of them are in 

 poor condition of phimage and the series from the different islands so unequal, that a 

 satisfactory comparison is impossible. Therefore, for the present, I can only "lump" 

 all the more grayish West Indian birds, or rather those with the under parts whitish 

 instead of yellow, under one name and leave for otliers who may be able to bring 

 together a more satisfactory series the labor of determining whether the series can be 

 divided into two or more recognizably different forms. If the birds from Barbados 

 are separable, certainly those from some other islands are also; and I believe that 

 eventually several forms will have to be recognized. 



