BIBDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Advlt female.— Length, (skins), 278-322 (299); wing, 127-140.5 

 (133.8); tail, 152.5-172 (163.1); exposed culmen, 26-29.5 (27.8); 

 tarsus, 26.5-30 (28.9); outer anterior toe, 17.5-20.5 (19). '^ 



Jamaica (Priestman's River; Kingston; Port Antonio; Port Hen- 

 derson) ; Haiti (Port au Prince and Le Coup, Haiti; San Cristobal, 

 Catare, Puerto Plata, Samana, Cana Honda, La Canita, San Lorenzo, 

 El Valle, and La Vega, Santo Domingo); Porto Rico (Caguas; Puerto 

 Real; LuquiUo; Mameyes; L'tuado; Guaj^ama; Lares; Aibonito; Ca- 

 gey), and adjacent islands of Vieques, Mona, Culebra, and Culebrita; 

 St. Thomas; St. Johns; Virgin Gorda; Tortola?;^ St. Croix ?;^ Cuba? 

 Grand Cayman?^ Occasional in Bahama Islands (Andros Island, 

 Nov. 25; Abaco Island, May 6). [Coast of southern Florida (near 

 Tampa; Punta Rassa; Caloosahatchie River, breeding; Key West, 

 South Anclote, Boca Grande, Boca Chica, Sugar Loaf, Big Pine, 

 Grassy, and Snipe Keys) ?]*• 



a Forty- three specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Ex- 



posed 



culmen. 



Outer 

 Tarsus.'anterior 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Seven adult male^ (Cm. nesiotest) from Grand Cayman 



Ten adult males from Jamaica 



Ten adult malesfrom Haiti 



Six adult males from Porto Rico 



One adult male from Vieques 



Two adult males from Mona 



One adult male from St. Thomas 



FEMALES. 



Six adult females ( C. m. nesiotest) from Grand Cayman. 



Ten adult females from Jamaica 



Nine adult females from Haiti 



Eight adult females from Porto Rico 



One adult female from Vieques 



Three adult females from Mona 



Three adult females from Culebra 



One adult female from Culebrita 



One adult female from St. Johns 



One adult female from Virgin Gorda 



133.3 

 134.9 

 130.7 

 131.4 

 126.5 

 133.5 

 134.5 



133.3 



136.3 



133.3 



132.9 



133.5 



132.3 



132.7 



133.5 



127 



138.5 



162.9 

 165.4 

 158.7 

 162.6 

 153.5 

 149.5 

 151.5 



161.4 



167.5 



160.2 



164.5 



163.5 



155 



163 



164.5 



161.5 



169.5 



29 



27.5 



27.4 



26.3 



26.5 



27.2 



26.5 



28.5 



27.9 



27.8 



27.4 



27 



28 



28.2 



27.5 



28 



27 



28.1 

 27.8 

 27.5 

 28.5 

 25.5 

 27.5 



28.7 

 28.5 

 28.3 

 30.9 



28 



28.5 



28 



28.5 



27 



29.5 



18.9 



19.3 



19 



18.3 



18 



18.5 



19 



18.6 



19.1 



19.4 



19.1 



18.5 



18.8 



18.7 



18 



20 



17.5 



The series in hand from Grand Cayman is a very unsatisfactory one, the plumage 

 of all the specimens being not only more or less worn and faded but also to some extent 

 discolored by the preservative used in their preparation. They are certainly much 

 paler in coloration than those from other islands, except the Bahamas, and resemble 

 much more closely C. m. maynardi than true C. m. nesiotes, and, unless the specimens 

 are in abnormal condition, would better be referred to the former. 



^ I have not seen specimens from these islands, nor from any of the Florida localities 

 named, the only Florida specimens examined (except the one on which Audubon's 

 description and figures were based, this being of the present form) being C. m. may- 

 nardi, which see. Likewise, the only Cuban specimen seen by me (from Guantinamo) 

 is C. m. maynardi. 



