64 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



(/(/. Nuchal collar rufous-orange; ujiper tail-coverts rufous-orange, like mnip; 

 chest rufous-orange. (Cuba; Isle of Pines. ) 



Spindalis pretrei, adult male (]>. 68) 

 re. Bill stouter (depth at base nearly ecpial to distance from nostril to tip of 

 maxilla) ; nuchal collar chestnut, at least the upper portion; upper rump 

 olive-green or ))lack, like T)ack; lower rump chestnut. 

 d. Smaller (ving 7:14-81.0, tail 57.9-65.0) ; l)ill much narrower (depth at l)ase 

 6.1-7.9). {Sj)i)idalis zena.) 

 e. Back and scapulars uniform black (rarely very slightly mixed with olive- 

 green). (Bahamas, except Abaco island. ) 



Spindalis zena zena, adult male (p. 70) 

 ee. Back and scapulars dark yellowish olive, or at least much mixed with 

 this color or olive-yellowish. (Abaco Island, Bahamas.) 



Spindalis zena townsendi, adult male (p. 72) 

 d(J. Larger (wing 76.2-86.4, tail 63.0-6S.1); bill much stouter (depth at base, 

 7.6-8.9) ; \)&(ik. and scapulars always yellowish olive. 

 ('. Median throat-stripe lemon yellow; lower rump chestnut. (Cozumel 



Island, Yucatan) Spindalis benedicti, adult male ( p. 73) 



ee. Median throat-stripe "yellowish orange;" lower rump "brownish 

 orange." (Island of Grand Cayman, Caribbean Sea.) 



Spindalis salvini, adult male (p. 74) 

 aa. Head olive-grayish, without distinct (if any) white superciliary or malar stripes. 

 (Adult females.^) 

 h. Larger (wing 97.8, tail 74.7); a])domen yellow. 



Spindalis nigricephala, adult female (p. 65) 

 hb. Smaller (wing less than 85. L t^iil less than 66) ; abdomen not yellow. 



r. Under parts streaked Spindalis portoricensis, adult female (ji. 66) 



cc. Under parts not streaked. 



d. Larger (wing 76.2-81.5, tail 59.9-63.5) ; bill stouter (depth at base 7.6-8.1). 



Spindalis benedicti, adult female (p. 73) 

 dd. Smaller (wing 68.6-76, tail 53.3-60.7) ; bill more slender (depth at base not 

 more than 7.4). 

 *'. Larger (wing 71.1-76.4, averaging more than 72.4; tail 53.3-60.7, averag- 

 ing 55.6 or more); bill stouter, averaging 7.1-7.4 in basal depth; color 

 less strongly olivaceous. 



/. Grayer Spindalis zena zena, ailult female (p. 71) 



ff. More olivaceous. .-. Spindalis zena townsendi, adult female (p. 72) 



ee. Smaller (wing 68.6-71.1, averaging 70.1, tail 50.8-54.1, averaging 52.6); 

 bill more slender (averaging 5.6 in basal depth) ; color more strongly 

 olivaceous. . .' Spindalis pretrei. atlult female (p. 69) 



SPINDALIS NIGRICEPHALA (Jameson). 

 JAMAICAN SPINDALIS. 



Adult male. — Head and upper neck black, relieved by a broad super- 

 ciliary stripe (extending to nape), a broad malar stripe, and a patch 

 covering chin and upper throat, of white: back, scapulars, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts plain yellowish olive-green, more yellowish poste- 

 riorly; under parts deep saffron or Indian 3^ellow, deepening into 

 orange, or cadmium orange, on median portion of chest and foreneck, 



^ Females of »S'. midticolur and »S'. salvini have not been seen by me. 



