50 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



M.C.Z. 46,649, Remedies, Santa Clara, H. Brj-ant, 1864, eitremely rufous. 



M.C.Z. 73,132, Monte Verde, Orientc, C. Wright, 1861, extremely rufous, coloration asymmetrical. 



M.C.Z. 114,894, Holguin, Oricnte, O. Tollin, 1904, extreme rufous phase. 



M.C.Z. 113,386, Santa Fe, Isle of Pines, VV. R. Zappey, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 14,895, Holguin, Oriente, O. Tollin, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 46,652, Remedios, Santa Clara, H. Brj-ant, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 46,650, Cuba, H. Bryant, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 43,146, Remedios, Santa Clara, H. Bryant, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 46,651, Remedios, Santa Clara, H. Bryant, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 67,229, Guaro, Oriente, J. L. Peters, 1915. 



M.C.Z. 65,532, Banes, Oriente, W. C. Forbes, 1914. 



The above eleven birds are typical of the rufous type. 



M.C.Z. 46,654, Remedios, Oriente, H. Bryant, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 46,656, Cuba, H. Br>-ant, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 113,384, San Juan, Isle of Pines, W. R. Zappey, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 113,381, Laguna Grande, Isle of Pines, W. R. Zappey, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 113,380, Jucaro, Isle of Pines, VV. R. Zappey, 1904. 



These five birds may be termed intermediates. 



M.C.Z. 113,385, Santa Fe, Isle of Pines, \V. R. Zappey, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 113,383, San Juan, Isle of Pines, W. R. Zappey, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 113,382, Los Almacigos, Isle of Pines, VV. R. Zappey, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 43,145, Remedios, Santa Clara, H. Bryant, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 61,077, Aguada de Pasajeros, Santa Clara, T. Barbour and L. A. Shaw, 1913. 



M.C.Z. 67,223, Preston, Oriente, J. L. Peters, 1915. 



M.C.Z. 67,224, Preston, Oriente, J. L. Peters, 1915. 



M.C.Z. 67,225, Preston, Oriente, J. L. Peters, 1915. 



M.C.Z. 67,226, Preston, Oriente, J. L. Peters, 1915. 



M.C.Z. 65,536, Banes, Oricnte, VV. C. Forbes, I914. 



M.C.Z. 73,133, Remedios, Santa Clara, N. H. Bishop, 1864. 



M.C.Z. 114,897, Holguin, Oriente, O. Tollin, 1904. 



M.C.Z. 67,228, Buena Ventura, Oriente, J. L. Peters, 1915. 



M.C.Z. 67,227, Buena Ventura, Oriente, J. L. Peters, 1915. 



These fourteen birds all represent the light phase. 



Nos. 46,649, 73,132 and 114,894 are clearly asymmetrical in coloration. 



Another point of great interest is offered by M.C.Z. nos. 69,984 

 and 69,982 from Choco near Sosua, Santo Domingo. The first bird is very 

 light, the second is distinctly dark, not as dark as the darkest Cuban 

 birds but very clearly not of the light phase. This is noteworthy, for 

 Todd on page 197 of his 'Birds of the Isle of Pines' says that the dark 

 phase "does not extend to Haiti or Santo Domingo." Personally I do not 

 believe for a moment that there is any question of more than a single 

 variable species existing in Cuba. I unfortunately have no notes to show 

 in what proportion cases of mixed matings occur between the color phases. 

 I know that they do occur, and often. 



I fully agree with Todd in not using the genus Cerchneis. The mul- 

 tiplication of genera in birds is reaching forward for characters scarcely of 

 specific value, and it is a great pity that workers in this field do not stick 

 to the sort of structural characters in use by mammalogists and 

 herpetologists. 



