416 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



There is a specimen in the Carnegie Museum (No. 8887) from Buri- 

 taca, Colombia, September 18, 1899, which is an exact counterpart of 

 Spix's description and plate, and I suspect is an immature bird of the 

 resident form. In this view of the case, the subspecies of the \\'ilson 

 Plover breeding in South America and the Antilles would stand as 

 Octhodronnis wilsonins crassirostris (Spix). All Bahaman skins so far 

 examined belong to true iciJsoniiis. 



23. Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnauis), 

 One specimen: Great Inagua (Alfred Sound). 



This individual is still (February 12) in winter dress. 



24. Columba leucocephala Linna?us. 



Five specimens: New Providence (Blue Hills); Abaco (Sand Bank). 



Two of the New Providence examples have the dull grayish crown 

 said to be characteristic of the immature bird, but in all three skins 

 many of the old and worn brownish feathers have been replaced with 

 fresh bluish slate feathers, especially in the case of the scapulars, 

 wing-coverts, and remiges. It would appear, however, that this 

 moult is not complete, as I can find no evidence of actual replacement 

 going on (that is, growing feathers in sheaths), and the two Abaco 

 birds (both females, however), although taken so much later in the 

 season, show the same condition, some of the feathers being quite 

 fresh while others are obviously worn. 



"Iris white; cere and feet crimson." 



25. Zenaida zenaida (Bonai^arte). 



Twelve specimens: Great Inagua (Alfred Sound); Watlings Island; 

 Abaco (Sand Bank, Spencer's Point). 



Considerable individual variation exists in the color-pattern of the 

 middle rectrices, which in some specimens are immaculate brown, while 

 in others they show a well-defined dusky bar, with every intermediate 

 degree between these two extremes of style. One individual is al- 

 binescent in this part, the two middle rectrices and some of the upper 

 tail-coverts being mottled and clouded with white. 



"Feet dark (or pale) crimson; iris dark hazel." 



26. Chaemepelia passerina bahamensis (Maynard). 

 Six specimens: New Providence (Blue Hills). 



Mr. Maynard's name bahamensis was based on birds from New 

 Providence {cf. Bangs, Auk, XVH, l()oo, 286), which are obviously 

 smaller and paler than Florida examples — Init not so pale as C. p. 



