418 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



The three Great Inagua birds were collected in June and July, and 

 being somewhat worn they naturally average a little less in length of 

 wing and tail. Following are the measurements of Cuban examples 

 of Amazona leucocephala leucocephala: 



Depth 



No. Sex. Loc.-ility. Wing. Tail. Culmen. of Bill. 



572943 9 Trinidad, Cuba 188 107 25 29 



572953 9 Trinidad, Cuba 184 108 24 27 



57296' 9 Trinidad, Cuba 184 107 26 28 



572973 cf Trinidad, Cuba 196 104 26 28.5 



46342 (j^ , Cuba 187 104 26 29 



2 cf Yateras, Cuba 180 99 24 27 



2 9 Yateras, Cuba 180 103 24 26 



Allowing for an obvious sexual difference in size, the Bahaman 

 birds are thus considerably larger than those from Cuba, with a much 

 heavier bill. In color the respective series differ as follows: in the 

 Bahaman bird the abdominal purplish red patch is more restricted, 

 the white crown-patch extends farther back, and the red area at the 

 base of the outer rectrices is duller and smaller, the color being mostly 

 confined to a strip along the shaft on the inner web. In the Cuban 

 bird this red area is sometimes mixed with yellow. None of the 

 Bahaman examples, however, show any red on the under wing-coverts, 

 and I am at a loss to know what Mr. Cory means by this phrase in 

 his description {Birds of the West Indies, i88g, 183), but all show a 

 few pinkish or yellowish feathers bordering the white crown behind. 

 Besides being smaller, females differ from males in having less red on 

 the rectrices, while all the subspecific characters are accentuated, and 

 the red area of the throat seems larger than in Cuban birds. While 

 Great Inagua specimens perhaps ha-sje a little more red below than 

 those from Acklin Island, on the whole the Bahaman series is quite 

 uniform, and suffices to demonstrate the validity of bahamensis as a 

 subspecies. Were there no such striking color-differences, the larger 

 size alone would be diagnostic. The form described from Grand 

 Cayman by Mr. Cory {Auk, III, 1886, 497), under the name Chrysotis 

 caymanensis, I find upon examination ought probably to stand as a 

 third subspecies, Amazona leucocephala caymanensis. 

 30. Crotophaga ani Linnaeus. 



Eight specimens: New Providence (Blue Hills); Andros (Staniard 

 Creek); Abaco (Spencer's Point). 



" Iris dark hazel." 



* Collection Field Museum. 



3 Collection American Museum. 



