334 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



AGELAIUS PHGENICEUS BRYANTI Ridgway. 

 BAHAMA RED-WING, 



Similar to A. p. ^floridamis, but bill still longer; adult female much 

 palor, with under parts more purely white, the dusky streaks much nar- 

 rower, and dusk}^ g'l'a^.Y or brownish gray instead of nearly black; pileum 

 brown, narrowly streaked with dusky (instead of the reverse), and 

 lighter streaks on hindneck, back, and scapulars much broader and 

 more conspicuous, the darker markings of the same portions less 

 black, the rump and upper tail-coverts more grayish. 



Ad t/Jt wale.— Ijength (skins), l!)3-3U.r> (205.2);" wing, 112.3-120.7 

 (U-t.S); tail, 83.8-88.1 (86.1); culmen, from l)ase, 25.7-26.2 (25.9); 

 depth of bill at base, 11.1-12.2 (11.7); tarsus, 27.D-30.2 (29.2); middle 

 toe, 19.1-19.8 (19.6).^ 



Adidf female.— hength (skins), 165.1-182.9 (173.2); wing, 89.9-95.8 

 (92.5): tail, 64.8-71.6 (68.6); culmen, from base, 18.5-20.3 (19.3); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.2-10.4 (10.2); tarsus; 24.4-25.4 (24.9); middle 

 toe, 16.5-lS (17.3).^ 



Bahamas (New Providence; Abaco; Andros; Berry Islands; Bimini; 



the males from Louisiana (I have not seen males from Texas), the only apparent 



difference l)eing the slightly shorter and thicker bills of the birds from Louisiana 

 and Texas, in which respect they are intermediate between y/o(vV/«»«.s and plucniceus, 

 though nearer the former, as they also are in other measurements. 

 Average measurements are as follows: 



Locality, 



MALES. 



Ten adult males of A.p.floridamm (from Florida) . 

 Four adult males from coast of Louisiana (Averys 



Island and Timbaline Island) 



Ten adult males of A. p. phceniceus 



FEMALES. 



Ten adult femalesof ^L j3.^onriaMMs(from Florida) . 

 Two adul t females from coast of Louisiana ( Averys 



Island ) 



Two adult females from Galveston, Texas 



Ten adult females of A.p.phanicens 



Middle 

 toe. 



20.8 

 21.3 



17.8 



17.8 



17 



18.3 



So far as the females from Louisiana and Galveston are concerned (those examined 

 are all breeding birds), it may be observed that in size they are intermediate between 

 phcenicem and ftondanus; but there being only two specimens from each place it may 

 reasonalily be expected that measurements of a larger series would show different 

 results. 



' Five specimens. 



