Todd : A Revision oi nn Genus ('immhiuv r>n7 



W. Indian Birds, [892, 97, part, ica Berlepsch, Journ. 



f. Orn., XL, 1892, 97, footnote, part (Jamaica; crit.)- Scott, Auk, IX. 

 124 (Jamaica; crit.; habits). Chapman, Hull. Am. Mus. Nat Hi t., I\. 1892, 

 j.;j (Jamaica; crit.). — Hartert, [bis, [893, ;<>4. 305. in text (Jamaica; crit.) 



I'm mi k. Yearbook U. S. Dept. A.uric. lor 1S93, 1894, 94, in text 1 Jamaica). 



— American Ornithologists' Union ( ommittee, Auk. XI, 1894, 48, in t<wt 



(Jamaica). — Field, Auk, XI, 1894. 123 (Port Henderson, Jamaica; nesting). 



— Dubois, Syn. Avium, II, 1902,763, part ("Antilles"; crit.). -Palmer and 



Kn 1 \, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XV, C902, 34, in text (Jamaica; crit.). 

 Columbigallina jamaicensis Maynard, Appendix to Catalogue Birds W. Indies, 



"1899," 1900,34 (Jamaica; orig. descr.; types "in the Bryant Collection"). 



— Mavnard, Catalogue Birds W. Indies, 1903, 7 (Jamaica). 

 Chotnapelia jamaicensis Lowe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, XXI, 1908, no, in text (crit.). 



— Lowe, Ibis, 1908, in, part (Jamaica; crit.). 

 Chcemepelia passerina passerina American < >k\ithologists' Union Committee, 



Check List X. Am. Birds, ed. 3, 1910, 150 ("extralimital" [= Jamaica]). 



Subspccific characters. — Male: similar in general to C. p. aflavida, 

 but bill extensively yellow at base (in skin), in life varying from 

 bright orange to yellow; vinaceous of under parts decidedly richer, 

 almost brick-red; upper parts averaging slightly more brownish, and 

 plumbeous area of crown and nape much duller, darker, and more 

 restricted. Female indistinguishable from the same sex of C. p. 

 aflavida except by the differently colored bill, which is yellow basally. 



Mrasurements. — Male: wing, 80-85 (average, 82); tail, 53-59 (56); 

 exposed culmen, 10.5-12 (11); tarsus, 14-16 (15.5). Female: wing, 

 79-85 (82); tail, 52-58 (56); exposed culmen, 10-12 (1 1.3) ; tarsus, 



I5-I6 (15-5)- 



Range. — Island of Jamaica. 



Remarks. — In its general intensity of coloration and the richness of 

 the vinaceous color below this very distinct form somewhat suggests 

 the far-removed C. p. socorro'ensis, but in the latter there is com- 

 paratively very little vinaceous tinge to the wing-coverts, which is a 

 prominent feature in the present form. The upper parts, too, are 

 generally much grayer, less brownish, than in C. p. socorro'ensis, while 

 the bill is of course differently colored. The female is more grayish, 

 less brownish above, than in the Socorro form, and generally paler 

 below, with whiter under tail-coverts, and with the bill also differ- 

 ently colored. Compared with C. p. passerina, the Jamaican bird is 

 smaller, and the general coloration is richer, and has a ruddy cast. 

 Apparently, however, the color of the bill is about the same in both. 

 The series before me shows considerable variation, apparently of 



