NO. 1939. 



REVISION OF ARDEA HER0DIA8—0BERH0L8ER. 



545 



Vincent, Carriacou, and Grenada; south to the Isle of Pines, Curasao, 

 and Trinidad. 



This race is of the size of Ardea herodias herodias or even smaller, 

 and in color is somewhat intermediate between Ardea Jierodias herodias 

 and Ardea herodias wardi. It is thus decidedly smaller throughout 

 and rather darker above than Ardea herodias wardi. All the avail- 

 able immature birds from the West Indies, excepting an adventi- 

 tiously stained one from Jamaica, are fully as pale above as young 

 Ardea h. wardi, and are even more different in color from the corre- 

 sponding stage of Ardea herodias herodias than are adults. In size 

 these immature birds are less than immature Ardea herodias herodias. 

 Two breeding birds from Inagua Island, Bahama Islands, are appar- 

 ently just like other West Indian birds. 



Specimens examined number eight, from the following localities in 

 the West Indies and Bahama Islands, breeding records being noted 

 by an asterisk: 



Sombrero Island. 



Curasao Island. 



Jamaica. — Spanishtown. 



Grenada Island. — Telescope Swamp. 



Guadeloupe Island. 



Inagua Island (Bahama Islands).'^ 



Measurements of specimens of Ardea herodias adoxa. 



Museum and No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



A m . M u s . N . H . 



26504.1 

 U.S.N.M. n4910i, 



U.S.N. M. 811411.. 



Field Mus. N . H. 

 33764 1. 



Field Mus. N. H. 



33763.1 

 U.S.N.M. 100058 1. 



U.S.N.M. 303461.. 



U.S.N.M. 97914. 



[Male]. . . 



[Male] 



juv. 

 ...do 



Female . 



...do 



[Female] 



juv. 

 Female 



juv. 



Somb r ero 

 Id.. W.I. 



Guadeloupe 

 Id., W.I. 



Grenada Id., 

 W. I. 



Inagua Id., 

 Bah a m a 

 Islands. 

 do 



Guadeloupe 

 Id., W.I. 



Spanish- 

 town, Ja- 

 maica. 



Curasao Is- 

 land. 2 



Nov. 29, 1880 

 Mar. 28,1888 



Mar. 2, 1891 



Dec. 10,1863 



Feb. 10-18, 



1884. 



mm mm 



ISO 109 



178 112 



187 113 



163 104 



162 

 175 

 170 



172 



92 

 104 

 108 



104 



1 Used in measurement averages on p. 544. 



ARDEA HERODIAS TREGANZAI Court. 



Type. 



Ardea herodias treganzai Court, Auk, vol. 25, July, 1908, p. 291 (Egg Island, 

 Great Salt Lake, Utah). 



Chars, suhsp. — Resemblmg Ardea herodias herodias, but upper parts 

 and neck paler; also in size averaging very slightly larger. 

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