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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



[vol. 47 



Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Grenada. One 

 of the specimens from Guadeloupe has a very short, thick bill, that 

 is probablv due to individual variation or to immaturity, as it is a 

 young bird, though fully grown. 



Measurements of C. m. maynardi 



Wing 



3 males from the Bahamas I 3 I -5 



3 females from the Bahamas I 33-& 



Tail 



ClLMEN 



l6l.7 

 156.5 



27-3 

 28.2 



Depth of 

 Bill 



9.2 

 IO 



Measurements of C. m. nesiotes 



Wing 



Tail 



ClLMEN 



I male from Haiti 128.5 x 47 



I female from Haiti I2 9.5 158 



1 female from Grand Cayman x 35-5 Io2 



1 female from Jamaica 138 166 



2 males from Mona 126 159 



4 females from Mona i3°-9 J 54 



I female, Vieques, and 3 females, Porto Rico 131. 7 164 



1 female and 3 unsexed, St. Thomas.. 129 162 



4 males, Antigua x 35- 2 ID2 



7 females, Antigua 140.8 161 



3 males, Barbuda 146. 8 164 



2 females, Barbuda 146-5 IQ 8 



I male, Swan island 135 J 7° 



1 female, Swan island 14° x 77 



26.5 

 26.5 



28 



26 



29 



27.1 



26.2 



26.2 



28 



27.9 



27.7 



29 



29 



27 



Depth of 

 Bill 



9 

 10 

 10 



9 



9 



8.9 



9.8 



8.8 



9.6 

 10. 1 



9-5 



Measurements of C. in. shelleyi 



1 male, Guadeloupe . 



I male, Dominica 



I female, I )ominica. . 

 1 male, Martinique.... 

 I female, Martinique. 

 1 unsexed, St. Lucia 

 I male, Grenada 



Family AI.CEDIXIM: 



30. CERYLE ALCYON (Linnseus) 



I me male and one female. Barbuda, Aug. 17 and Nov. 19: one 



male. .Antigua, Oct. 23. 



