Bryant.] 256 



authority of Mr. March, who states positively that this bird breeds in 

 Jamaica, I think it nothing but an immature specimen of one of the 

 species ah-eady known. The locaHty of the specimen marked Florida, 

 formerly in ISIr. Audubon's possession, I consider extremely doubtful ; 

 though there is no reason why any Cuban bird possessing equal pow- 

 ers of flight should not cross the narrow strait separating that island 

 from the Tortugas. 



Saurothera. 



Saurothera Vieillotii Var. rufescens. Three specimens. 



No. 36,440. Length of dried skin, 270; wing from flexure, 130; 

 tail, 226; bill along ridge, 45; from nostril, 30; along gape, 51; 

 tarsus, 35 ; middle toe and claw, 55 ; claw alone, 9-1 ; depth of bill 

 at nostril. Of; breadth of bill at nostril, 81. Above bronze-green 

 washed with rufous growing deeper to the forehead where the green 

 disappears. Wing same as back, but with a decided rufous edging to 

 the primaries, brightest towards their base. Tail bronze-green with a 

 broad subterminal bar of black extending a little farther anteriorly on 

 the outer web of all but the inner feather and a narrower but very con- 

 spicuous terminal bar of white, both narrowest on the central feathers. 

 Beneath, throat soiled white. Fore neck and breast pale cinereous 

 shaded gradually on the sides into the color of the upper parts. 

 Abdomen, tibiae and crissum, rufous. Under surface of wing pale 

 rufous, except the exposed tips of the primaries which are shaded with 

 olivaceous. Under surface of tail hoary olive-brown, barred as above. 



Crotophaga. 



Crotopliaga ani Linn. Several specimens rather larger than those 

 from Cuba or Jamaica. 



PiCTlS. 



Melanerpes. 

 Picus portoricensis Daud. Several specimens. 



Psittacus. 



Chrysotes. 

 Chrysoies . A species not yet identified. 



