428 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



53. Vireosylva calidris barbatula (Cabanis). 



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

 Spencer's Point). 



54. Vireo griseus griseus (Boddaert). 



One specimen: Andros (Staniard Creek), /\pril 14. 



The first Bahaman record for this species, although one not unex- 

 pected. Whether it represents a resident or a migrant bird, or is 

 merely a straggler, is an open question. The specimen agrees well 

 with examples from Florida referable to this form. 



55. Vireo crassirostris crassirostris (Bryant). 



Twenty-nine specimens: New Providence (Blue Hills); Great 

 Inagua (Alfred Sound, Mathewtown) ; Andros (Staniard Creek). 



"Iris gray; feet and bill dark i)lumbeous, with base of lower mandible 

 paler." 



Lanivireo crassirostris was originally described from New Providence, 

 and the type specimen (now in the collection of the U. S. National 

 Museum) is an individual about midway between the extremes of 

 color exhibited by the series from this island (cf. Bangs, Auk, XVII, 

 1900, 289). In 1886 Mr. Cory described a vireo from Grand Cayman 

 under the name Vireo alleni {Auk, III, 1886, 500), to which species 

 he later {Catalogue West Indian Birds, 1892, 153) referred all his 

 bright-colored examples from various islands of the Bahaman .group, 

 indicating also that many specimens were intermediate in their charac- 

 ters. Meanwhile, however, Mr. Ridgway had described the bright- 

 colored Bahaman bird as Vireo crassirostris flavescens (Manual North 

 American Birds, 1887, 476), stating that, "although occurring together 

 with true V. crassirostris on several islands, this form occurs exclu- 

 sively on Rum Cay and Concepcion Island, while only the true V. 

 crassirostris is found on Abaco and New Providence." Ignoring for 

 the moment the question of alleni versus flavescens, let us consider 

 the status of the Bahaman birds. Contrary to Mr. Ridgway's 

 implication, the series of twelve specimens from New Pro^•idence in 

 the present collection presents a perfect gradation in intensity 

 of coloration, ranging from the dullest-colored examples to birds 

 absolutely indistinguishable, so far as 1 can see, from the average of 

 the bright-colored yellow specimens from Great Inagua. The five 

 skins from Andros all represent the extreme or typical development 

 of the gray or dull-colored style, although it would seem that this is 

 in part seasonal, due to some extent at least to wear and fading. 



