538 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Bahama Islands. 



[FriiHjilla] zi'iia LiNX.Ei-s, Syst. Nut., ed. 10, i, 175S, 1S3, not of p. ISl (Bahama?; 

 based on I\tsser bicolor l><ili(i nirnsls Catesbv, Carolina, i, 37, pi. 37).— Latham, 

 Index Orn., i, 1790, 440. 



Fringilla zena Bry AST, Proc\ Bost. Soc. N. H., x, 1865, 254 (Bahamas). 



Fhonipara zemi Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 93, 

 part, pi. 29, figs. 15, 10 ("Key West," i. e., Miami, Florida; Bahamas).— 

 Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 1881, 87, pi. 2 (Miami, Florida, 1 spec. Jan. 19, 

 1871).— Ridgway, Nom. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 253.— CorES, Check List, 

 2d ed., 1882, no. 297. 



P.\}iompara'] zcmi Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 392. 



lGyri7iorhync}ius'\ zena Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 107, no. 7618. 



[Fringilla:] bicolor LiNNiEus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 324 ("America"; based 

 on Passer hicolor bahamensis Catesby, Carolina, i, 37, pi. 37). — Latham, 

 Index Orn., i, 1790, 456. 



IPhonipara] bicolor Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, July, 1850, 494.— Sclatek and 

 ' Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 29, part.— Coues, Key, 1872, 150. 



Fhonipara bicolor Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1873, no. 201.— Cory, Birds Bahama 

 I., 1880, 91.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 149, part (Bahamas). 



Spermophila bicolor Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1859, 119 (New Pro\a- 

 dence, Bahamas). 



Euetheia bicolor Stejnec;er, Auk, ii, Jan., 1885, 48.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 

 12, part; Auk, iii, 1886, 209, part; viii, 1891, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298 (New- 

 Providence, Berry Islands, Bimini Islands, Caicos Islands, Inagua, and Abaco, 

 Bahamas); viii, 1891, 351 (Eleuthera and Inagua islands); ix, 1892, 48 

 (Maranagua and Watlings Island, Bahamas); Birds W. I., 1889, 96, part 

 (Bahamas); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 113, 123, 150, part (Bahamas).— Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 603 (excl. syn. ). 



Eudhia bicolor Northrop, Auk. viii, 1891, 71 (Andros L, Bahamas).— Ridgway, 

 Auk, viii, 1891, 334, 335, 336, 337, 838, 339 (Abaco, New Providence, Eleu- 

 thera, San Salvador, Watlings, Rum Cay, Green Cay, and Concepcion 

 islands, Bahamas). — Hartert, Ibis, 1893, 315, part (Bahamas). — Nehrling, 

 Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 227. . 



[Euetheia] bicolor C-ory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 12. 



E.luctlieia] bicolor Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 451. 



EUETHEIA BICOLOR OMISSA (Jardine). 

 CARIB GRASSaUIT. 



Similar to II. Ik hicolof l)ut smaller (especiall}- wing and tail), and 

 color of upper parts decidedly more olivaceous or olive-greenish. 



Adult male.—'LQvx^th (skins), 92.71-111.00 (101.35); wing. 48.01- 

 53.34 (51.05); tail, 34.04-41.40 (38.86); exposed culmen, 8.64-10.41 

 (9.65); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.8J (7.37); tarsus, 15.24-17. 78 (16.26); 

 middle toe, 10.92-12.95 (12.19).^ 



Adult female. —hiin^^ih (skins), 88.39-113.28 (99.06); wing. 45.72- 

 51.56 (49.28); tail, 35.31-40.89 (36.83); exposed culmen, 8.64-10.16 



^Sixty-two specimens. 



