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hunting-ground for new subspecies which lies between the 

 islands of Anguilla and Montserrat, I have no personal 

 field acquaintance ; but after cruising among these islands 

 and observing how very close to one another and how 

 small they are, and after studying charts of the surrounding 

 submarine banks, I can only wonder if the creation of 

 numberless subspecies is not a scientific mistake. 



ToLMARCHUS CAUDIFASCIATUS CAVMANENSIS. 



Pitangus cuudifasciatus Cory, Auk, iii. p. 502 (1886). 



PitamjKs caymanensis Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 58.2. 



Tolmarckus caymanensis Ridgw. Birds JNorth & Middle 

 Amer. part iv. p. 681. 



I possess only one specimen of this species from the 

 Grand Cayman. It agrees with Mr. NicoU's description 

 of this insular form. 



Myiarchus sagr.e Gundlach. 



Myiarchus denigratus Cory, Auk, iii. pp. 500, 502 

 (1886). 



Mr. Cory says : " This is a very dark species, easily dis- 

 tinguished from any other West Indian form." 



I have compared my specimens, which I shot on the 

 Grand Cayman, with six examples of M. sagrce which I 

 obtained in Cuba, and I am in entire agreement with 

 Mr. Ridgway in not being able to distniguish the slightest 

 difference between the two forms. My series from both 

 islands were in very good plumage. 



MlMUS POLYGLOTTOS ORPHEUS. 



\Turdus'\ orpheus Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. i. 1758, 169. 



Two males which I shot are^ referable to this subspecies. 

 I notice that Mr. Ridgway ('Birds of North and Middle 

 America,' part. iv. p. 232) does not admit the subspecific 

 rank of Mimus p. portoricensis Bryant, from Porto Rico, 

 but two birds in ray collection from that island would 

 seem to justify it. I found some low bush country near 

 Guauica, in Porto Rico, simply swarming with this species, 

 but unfortunately only shot two examples. 



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