Cory on ike Birds of the West Indies. I 6 "I 



'■'■Habitat. — Guadeloupe, West Indies. Type in my collection. 



'■^Female. — The color above is similar to that cf the male, but ii 

 has the entire back and wings marked sparsely with small white 

 spots; in the inarkings on the head, Avings, and tail they are much 

 alike ; it has the white throat and band on the hind neck as in the 

 male; across the lower part of the throat and upper part of the 

 breast there is a broad band of ashy-blue, minutely freckled wich 

 white ; this band is bordered narrowly below v.ith Avhite ; the entire 

 under plumage besides, and the under Aving-coverts are deep cinna- 

 mon. 



"Length (skin), 17^ inches; wing, S; tail, 54; bill, 3. 



"The type of the female is in the National jNIuseum, Washington, 

 to Avhich it Avas sent from Guadeloupe by Mr. L. Guesde." (Laavr., 

 1. c, orig. descr.) 



It has always been supposed that Cerylc torquata did not dif- 

 fer from the Guadeloupe species, but Mr. Lawrence considers 

 the West Indian biixl as new and has described it as above. The 

 greatest difference seems to bj the white spottmg of the wings 

 and back, and the rufous marking of the under wing-coverts. 

 Were it not for the isolated position where it occurs it would 

 represent a variety of C. torqjcata., but as Ave have no record of 

 its occurrence elsewhere ia the West Indies, and as it is claimed 

 to be resident in Guadeloupe, intergradation seems hardly proba- 

 ble, still the Lesser Antilles are not, as vet. so Avell known as to 

 justify us in saying C. torqttata does not occur elsewhere in the 

 West Indies. 



Ceryle alcyon (Lixn,). 



Alcedo alcyon Lixx. Syst. Nat. I, p. iSo (1760). — D'Ord. in La Sagra's 

 Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 130 (1840). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. X, p. 255 (1866) (Porto Rico). — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. 

 Akad. For. 1S69, p. 585 (St. BartholomeAv) ; ib. p. 600 (Porto Rico). 



Ceryle alcyo7i GossTE., Bds. Jam. p. 81 (1847). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 

 233 (San Domingo). — A. & E. Neavton, Ibis, 1S59, P- ^7 (St. 

 Croix).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 108 (1S59) (Ba- 

 hamas). — Breaver, /Zi. p. 306 (1S60) (Cuba). — Sol. P. Z. S. 1S61, 

 p. 77 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199 (Jamaica). — 

 GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 292 (1866). — Laavr. Pr. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. I, p. 62 (1S78) (Dominica) ; ib. p. 193 (St. Vincent) ; ib. 

 p. 292 (Grenada) ; ib. p. 359 (Martinique) ; in. p. 459 (Guadeloupe). 

 — GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 218 (1878) (Porto 

 Rico).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S79, p. 765 (Montserrat).— Allen, Bull.. 



