72 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Bahama Islands, except island of Abaco. (Recorded -from Berry 

 Islands, Eleuthera, New Providence, Andros, San Salvador, Lono' 

 Island, Green Cay, and Marihuana islands.) 



[FringiUa] zeua I^inn.euh, >Syst. Nat.,ed. 12, i, 1706, 320 (based on Bdhaina Finch, 

 Frhiifilla hahamemis Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, i, pi. 42). 



2'[""",'/'""] zcna Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1844, 365, part. 



Tanagra zena Bryant, Proc. Best. Soc. N. H., vii, 1859, 111 (New Providence, 

 Bahamas). 



hSpindidis] zf-zMi Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 240. — ScLATERand Salvin, Nom. 

 Av. Neotr.. 1873, 21.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 11. 



Sj'iiKhdis zena Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 231, part, excl. syn. part; 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 169 (Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas). — 

 Cory, Birds l^ahama I., 1880, 92; Auk, iii, 1886, 195 (synonymy; descr.) ; viii, 

 1891, 294 (New Providence), 295 (Berry Islands); ix, 1892, 48 (Mari>,niana) ; 

 Birds W. I., 1889, 82 (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 114,127 (Berry Islands, 

 New Providence, Andros, San Salvador, J.,ong I., Green Cay, and Mariguana, 

 Bahamas). — Northrop, Auk, viii, 1891, 70 (Andros I.; food, etc.). — Ridu- 

 way, Auk, viii, 1891, 335 (New Providence), 336 (Eleuthera I.), 337 (Cat I. 

 or San Salvador), 339 (Green Cay). 



Spind(d\s zena stejnegeri Cory, Auk, viii, Oct., 1891, 348, 351 (Eleuthera Island, 

 Bahamas; coll. C. B. Cory); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 114, 126, 152 (Eleu- 

 thera; San Salvador?). 



SPINDALIS ZENA TOWNSENDI Ridgway. 

 ABACO SPINDALIS. 



Similar to S. z. zena, but adult male with back either wholly olive or 

 mvich mixed with that color, instead of uniform black, the adult female 

 more decidedly olive or olive-greenish. 



Adalt m«/t^.— Length (skin.s), 149.9-162.6 (154.7); wing, 74.2-78.7 

 (76.7); tail, 61.2-62.7 (62); exposed culmen, 11.7-12.2 (11.9); depth of 

 bid at base, 5.8-7.1 {'o.^); tarsus, 18.5-19.8 (19.3); middle toe, 18.7-14.5 



A<h(U fern ale. ^Ijexy^th (skins), 141-147.3 (144); wing, 71.1-73.7 

 (72.9); tail, 53.3-57.9 (55.6); exposed culmen, lO.J-11.7 (11.2); depth 

 of bill at base, 6.9-7.1 (7.1); tarsus, 18.3-19.8 (19.1); middle toe, 

 13.5-15 (14.2).'~ 



Island of Abaco, Bahamas. 



Spi tidal is zena toumsendi Ridgway', Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, Apr. 25, 1887, 3 (Abaco 

 Island, Bahamas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ) ; Auk, viii, 1891, 334 (Abaco).— Cory, 

 Auk. V, 1888, 157; viii, 1891, 298, 350 (Great Bahama; Abaco) ; Birds W. I., 

 1889, 292; Cat. \V. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 114, 127, 152 (Abaco; Great Bahama; 

 Andros?). 



SPINDALIS BENEDICTI Ridgway. 

 COZUMEL SPINDALIS. 



Similar in coloration to S. zena tornm^endi (the back and scapulars 

 always olive) })ut much larger and with much thicker bill. 



•Five specimens. ^Three specimens. 



