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Bahaman series, It may be added, are a little larger than the average, 

 owing to the generally fresher condition of their plumage. 



73. Geothlypis rostrata rostrata Bryant. 



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

 Creek). 



As the present writer has already {Auk, XXVIII, 191 1, 237-253) 

 critically discussed the case of the large Bahaman Geothlypis, it will be 

 necessary only to allude briefly to the conclusions reached. It seems 

 very certain that there is only one form on any particular island, age 

 and season being responsible for the differences which have led to the 

 description of so many forms. In the present series only one speci- 

 men is comparable with the type of rostrata, which is an immature 

 bird; the others are adults {" fnaynardi"). The Andros specimen agrees 

 with other examples from, that island which I have examined in being 

 somewhat smaller and otherwise slightly different from the average 

 New Providence bird, but the differences do not seem of sufficient 

 importance in my judgment to justify the recognition of a subspecies 

 " exigua.'' 



74. Geothlypis rostrata tanneri Ridgway. 



Eight specimens: i\baco (Spencer's Point, Sand Bank). 



Two of these are birds in immature (first nuptial) dress, representing 

 the supposed form "inconipta." They are markedly worn and dull, 

 in contrast to the adults taken at the same time. 



75. Setophaga ruticilla (Linneeus). 



One specimen: New Providence (Blue Hills), January 14. 



This is an unquestionable winter record, and apparently the most 

 northern one as yet reported, although the species is common as a 

 transient throughout the Bahamas. 



76. Ccereba bahamensis (Reichenbach"). 



Fifteen specimens: New Providence (Blue Hills); Great Inagua 

 (Mathewtown); Andros (Staniard Creek); Abaco (Spencer's Point). 



A study of this series (all but four of which are adult males) con- 

 firms Mr. Cory's statement {Auk, VIII, 1891, 297) that Great Inagua 

 examples have larger bills than those from the more northern Bahamas. 

 Actual measurements in this case show an average of 17 mm. for the 

 bill of the Great Inagua birds, and 14.6 mm. for that of the others. 

 Moreover, the collector has taken pains to note that the bare skin of 

 the gape in the former is "whitish, not red, as in New Providence 



