﻿riley] birds from west [ndies -79 



compared with Florida specimens. Boddaert's name as given above 

 seems to be the earliest applicable to this form. 



6. FLORIDA C^ERULEA C^ERULESCENS (Latham) 

 [Ardea] ccerulescens Latham, Index Ornith., n, [790, 650 (Cayana). 

 Two males and one female, Barbuda; two males, two females, and 

 an immature female, Antigua. 



Little blue herons from the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Central 

 America, and South America are much darker than specimens from 

 Florida and farther north and evidently represent a good race. 

 Specimens from Cuba seem to be intermediate, but nearer the south- 

 ern than the northern form. 



7. EGRETTA CANDIDISSIMA (Gmelin) 

 One male. Barbuda, Sept. 22. 



Family ANATIMS 



8. DENDROCYGNA ARBOREA (Linnaeus) 



[Anas] arborea Linn.eus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 128 (America septen- 

 trionali ). 



• hie male, Barbuda, Nov. 16. 



9. POECILONETTA BAHAMENSIS (Linnaeus) 

 [Anas] bahamensis Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 124 (Bahama). 

 Two males and one female, Barbuda ; one male and one female 

 Antigua. 



Family NUMIDIDyE 



10. NUMIDA MELEAGRIS (Linnaeus) 

 [Phasianus] Meleagris Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 158 (Africa). 

 Two males and two females, Barbuda, where they were introduced. 



Family RALLID/F; 



11. FULICA CARIB^A Ridgway 



Fulica caribcea Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vn, 1884, 358 (Guade- 

 loupe and St. John's; type in U. S. Nat. Apis, from St. John's). 



Two males and one female. Barbuda ; three females, Antigua, agree 

 with the type of this species. The two males measure: wing, 189- 

 184 ( 186.5 ) '• tai b 51—50 (50.5) ; exposed culmen, 54-49 (S 1 ^) "• tne 

 fonr females: wing, 192-169 (180.9); tail > 5 : ~46 (49-4) 5 exposed 

 culmen, 50.5-43.5 (47). 



