NO. 1916. REVISION OF BUT0RIDE8 VIRE8CENS—0BERH0LSER. 



557 



Measurements of specimens of Butorides virescens bahamensis. 



Mus«um and numhor. 



U.S.N.M.,10SS19i 



U.S.N.M.,inS001i 



U.S.N.M.,]OS002> 



U.S.N.M., 189(158 1 



U.S.N.M., 108S13> 



U.S.N.M., 189659 ' 



A.E.andO.Bangs,3423i 



A. E. and O. Bangs, 

 1'1994.> 



Am.Mus.N.II., 99128 1 

 M.C.Z., 56803 1 



Am.Mus.N.H., 99429 < 



U.S.N.M., 108820 >.... 



U.S.N.M., 1088141.... 



U.S.N.M., 1890601.... 

 Am.Mus.N.H., 994301 



U.S.N.M., 108645. 



Male 5.. 



..do.... 

 ..do.... 

 ..do.... 

 ..do.-.. 



..do.... 

 ...do.... 



...do...., 



...do...., 

 ...do 



...do... 



Female . 



...do..... 



...do 



...do 



Locality. 



Watling Is- 

 land.' 



do 



do 



do 



Rum Cay 3.. 



New Provi- 

 dence Is- 

 land. 3 



South side of 

 New Prov- 

 idence Is- 

 liind.3 



Mangrove 

 Cay, near 

 Andros Is- 

 land.' 



Southern.\n- 

 dros Island. 



.■Vlfred Sound, 

 Groat Ina- 

 gua Island. 3 



Sou (hern. \n- 

 dioslsland.3 



^\■atling Is- 

 land.' 



Rum Cay'.. 



do.' 



Northern An- 

 dros Island.^ 



Abaco Is 

 land.' 



Mar. S,1880 



do 



Pob.27, 1886 

 July 12,1903 

 Mar. 1,1886 



June24,1903 

 May 7,1897 



Summer,1904 



June 2,1904 

 Feb. 5,1909 



June 14, 1904 



Mar. 1,1886 



Mar. 2,1886 



July 10, 1903 

 May 16, 1904 



Apr. 3,1886 



Collector. 



^V. Nye 



do 



J. H.Rilev... 

 C. II. Town- 

 send. 

 J.H.Riley... 



C.J.Maynard 



F. M. Chap- 

 man. 



W.W.Worth- 

 ington. 



F. M. Chap- 

 man. 



L. F. Wash- 

 Vnirne. 



J. II. Rilev... 



F. M. Chap- 

 man. 



C. H. Town- 

 send. 



■3 

 ^ . 



•OS °S 



77! 771 ' 77J 771 

 159. 58. 



165. 

 161.0 

 158.0 

 163. 



163. 



61.0 

 61.0 

 61.0 

 62.5 



60.0 



162. 5 

 164.0 



149.0 



160.0 



160.5 



156.0 

 164.0 



159.0 



62.0 



61.0 

 58.5 



mm mm 

 56.011.8 



60.011.5 

 56.5|ll.0 

 58.511.5 

 64.0.10.2 



57.011.5 



57.0 



12.8 



54.010.5 



.51.0 

 57.5 



10.5 

 12.0 



54.5 51.511.0 38.0 

 63.o'61.011.3 48.0 



TnTtiimm 

 47. 5i38. 5 



44.5 41.0 

 42. 5,39. 

 43.0,38.5 

 51.0 41.0 



44.0 39.0 



43. 5 39. 5 



43.5 40.0 



46. 38. 

 47.0 40.5 



136.5 

 40.5 



60.0 53.5 11.0,46.0 



.39.5 



58. 0'55. 0112. 47.0139.0 

 58. 5,57. 3112. 2 47. 5141.0 



59.0 54.010.0 45.0 40.0 



' Used in measurement averages on p. 556. 

 «Type. 



' Bahama Islands. 



* .\lmost adult, but apparently not full gioirn. 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS CUBANUS, new subspecies. 



Chars, subsi). — Similar to Butorides virescens virescens, but smaller 

 in all measurements; neck and sides of head usually lighter, more 

 rufescent, less purplish; posterior lower surface averaging somewhat 

 paler. 



Description. — T3^pe, adult male, No. 177847, U.S.N.M.; Palmarito, 

 Cuba, February 16, 1902; William Palmer. Piloiim, orcipitjil crest, 

 postocular region, and a short subauricular streak, deep, glossy 

 bottle green; malar stripe light ta^vny ochraceous; submalar stripe 

 purplish chestnut mixed with blackish; cheeks, auriculars, sides and 

 back of neck, purplish chestnut, a little more rufescent anteriorly, 

 somewhat glaucous posteriorly; upper surface of body deep bottle 

 green, more or less glossy, the long, pointed, plume-like feathers of 

 back and scapulars glaucous and inclining to bluish; wings fuscous, 

 the primaries and outer secondaries dull, dark, greenish-blue slate 

 color, a few of the inner primaries and outermost secondaries very 

 narrowly tipped with white; tertials, outer webs of inner secondaries, 

 and all the supenor wing-coverts, dark, glossy bottle green; the outer 



