Todd: Orxitikimioy of Haiiama Islands. 423 



of head, and middle rectrices, and seems specifically distinct, if ctiual 

 weight 1)0 attached to characters deemed of specific value in other 

 woodpeckers of this genus. Of the three Bahaman forms, that from 

 Great Bahama, which must be called ('. nyeantis bahamensis Cory, 

 is oddly enough nearest the Cuban bird in colf)r, although farthest 

 removed therefrom geographically. Thus, it is more decidedly 

 tinged with yellowish green both abo\e and below, and has more red 

 on the abdomen, but this red is pinkish, not \ermilion as in the other 

 forms. It resembles blakei in ha\ing a decided black postocular 

 spot, and nyeaiiiis in having a frontlet of deeper red, but differs from 

 both in having a very decided tinge of yellowish green on the back, 

 as above noted. Three specimens in the Field Museum measure as 

 follows: 



No. Sex. Locality. Wing. TaiL Culmen. Tarsus 



20345 9 Great Bahama 128 92 28 22 



20346 d' Great Bahama 132 92 30 24 



20349 d^ Great Bahama 124 90 29 22 



The distribution of the Bahaman Centuri is \ery curious, as they 

 are apparently absent on certain islands where conditions seem favor- 

 able for their existence. 



39. Nesophloxi evelynae (Buurcier). 



Seven specimens: New Pro\idencc (Blue Hills); Andros (Staniard 

 Creek); Abaco (Sand Bank). 



40. Nesophlox lyrura (Gould). 



Twelve specimens: Great Inagua (Alfred Sound, Mathewtown). 



The series includes two immature males, distinguished by the 

 presence of a few glittering purple feathers on the throat, the plumage 

 otherwise resembling that of the female. 



41. Riccordia ricordii aeneoviridis Palmer and Rile>-. 



Ten specimens: Andros (Staniard Creek); Abaco (Sand Bank, 

 Spencer's Point). 



The three birds from Andros are slightly smaller than those from 

 Abaco, and the single male is somewhat more brightly colored. The 

 examination of additional material, placed at my disjiosal by Mr. 

 Bangs, fails to substantiate the supposed distinction, however. Indeed, 

 the brightest male examined is one from Elbow Cay, Abaco (Xo. 14973, 

 Bangs Collection), showing some copper\ -bronze feather-tipping 



• Cf. Ridg^vay, Proceedings Biological Society of Washinglon, XXI 1 1, 1910, 55. 



