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from the neigbboring isLiuds, as they agreed well with the descriptions 

 given of them, and there were no available specimens to compare with. 



As soon as I bad finisbed the examination of the birds of each island 

 collected by Mr. Ober, they were placed in a box by themselves, and 

 not distnrbed again except for an occasional comparison. The collection 

 from Guadelonjje, containing specimens of the true M. hermlnieri, Lafr., 

 was not received until more than a year after that from Dominica. 

 These specimens I labelled M. herminieri, Lafr., as a matter of course, 

 tliey being from the locality of the type. The difference between the 

 birds from the two islands was not observed at that time, as no com- 

 parison was made. 



This winter, having occasion to review the species of Margarops, I 

 got the specimens from the different islands together for the first time, 

 and at once saw tbat the species from Dominica was quite distinct from 

 the Guadeloupe bird. It differs from M. herniinieri, Lafr., in being less in 

 length, of a more robust form, the bill stouter, and the tail shorter ; the 

 brown coloring throughout is much darker and of a ruddy cast, instead of 

 olivaceous ; the centres of the feathers on the throat and upper part of the 

 breast are much more rufous, and have black spots at their ends ; the ab- 

 domen is pnre white, whereas in M. herminieri the lower part of the breast 

 and the abdomen are covered with lanceolate-shaped markings, which are 

 very striking, each feather being white, with a strongly defined brown 

 border ; only a very small space on the lower part of the abdomen is 

 white; M. herminieri has the white ends of the under tail-coverts edged 

 narrowly wiCh pale brown ; in the new species they are white without 

 borders, and it has the tarsi and toes stronger and paler in color than 

 those of M. herminieri. 



February 1, 1880. 



NOTES ON A COt-I^ECTION OF FISHES FKOM EAST Fr<ORII>A, OB- 

 TAINED BY DR. X. A. HENSHAILIi. 



By DAVID S. JORDAIV, M. D. 



During the past winter (1878-'79) a collection of fishes was made for 

 the writer by Dr. J. A. Henshall, of Cynthiana, Ky., in the streams and 

 inlets of Eastern Florida. The number of species obtained was not 

 large, but the specimens were preserved in excellent condition, and 

 among them are several of interest. Two species {Gerres plumieri and 

 TJmhrina hroitssoneti) had not been previously recorded from the coast 

 of the United States. Three others were, at the time of collection, new 

 to science. One of these has been lately described, under the name of 

 Jordanella floridce, by Messrs. Goode and Bean. The others have been 

 already noticed by me in these proceedings as Zygoneetes ruhrifrons and 

 Zygonecies henshalli. 



Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 2 April 26, 1 8 80. 



