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connection. It is evidently not in winter dress, for the crown and 

 breast are distinctly streaked. The spotting above is buffy, however, 

 as in winter, and there is a buffy suffusion on the breast also. The 

 body-plumage appears worn, which ought not to be the case if the 

 bird had just passed through a prenuptial moult. 



19. Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus). 



One si)ecimen: Great Inagua (Alfred Sound). 



An adult in full winter plumage, with no sign of prenuptial moult, 

 although the freshness of some of the body-feathers in contrast with 

 the general plumage suggests that they have been recently renewed. 



20. Oxyechus vociferus rubidus Riley. 



One specimen: Great Inagua (Mathewtown). 



Compared with four winter specimens from Florida, this bird is 

 noticeably smaller in size, the wing measuring only 150 mm., while 

 in two Florida females it is 162 and 168 mm. respectively. In general 

 coloration the Great Inagua bird is paler, with the rusty edgings of 

 the upper parts more pronounced. It agrees well in these respects, 

 however, with summer specimens from Jamaica and Cuba, and evi- 

 dently belongs to the form renamed as above by Mr. Riley {Proceedings 

 Biological Society of Washington, XXII, 1909, 88). Examination of a 

 considerable series of summer adults from Great Inagua in the col- 

 lection of the Field Museum abundantly confirms the conclusion 

 just announced. Owing, however, to the peculiar makeup of the 

 skins satisfactory wing-measurements cannot be taken, but the general 

 difference in size between these birds and United States specimens is 

 obvious at a glance. The amount of rusty feather-edging is a more 

 variable character. The form under consideration seems clearly 

 entitled to recognition, although I have been unable to discover 

 any other recent references bearing on its subspecific discrimination. 

 It is of course not surprising to find that this is the form inhabiting 

 Great Inagua, which is so near the West Indies proper, but several 

 skins from Watlings Island (in the Field Museum collection) and 

 at least one from Eleuthera (No. 3651 1. Rock Sound, November 15, 

 1891), obviously belonging to the same small race, raise an interesting 

 question regarding its occurrence on the other islands of the group. 

 True vociferus is found as a winter resident throughout the range of 

 the present form. 



21. JEgialitis semipalmata (Bonaparte). 



Two specimens: Great Inagua (Alfred Sound). 



