462 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



io6. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis Ridgway. Grinnell Water 

 Thrush. 

 New Providence, Great Inagua, Watlings Island. 

 Not uncommon as a winter resident. 



107. Geothlypis trichas trichas (Linnaeus). Maryland Yellow- 



throat. 

 New Providence, Watlings Island, Andros, Abaco. 

 Common in the northern islands in winter, remaining as late as 

 April 27 on Abaco. It was numerous on Watlings Island March 19. 



108. Geothlypis rostrata rostrata Bryant. Bryant Yellow- 



throat. 



New Providence, Andros. 



Although special search was made for this species, only four speci- 

 mens (all males) were secured, three on New Providence and one on 

 Andros. Two of these were shot on the edge of the pine barrens, 

 just south of the Blue Hills, and another in high coppet. From their 

 persistence in keeping in the very thickest covert, which is here so 

 dense that one can scarcely force his way through, and into which one 

 can see but a very few feet, it is very difficult to catch even a glimpse 

 of them. The only note which was ever heard was a short chirp, 

 in no way distinctive. On one occasion a pair were seen together, 

 but the female readily eluded capture. 



109. Geothlypis rostrata tanneri Ridgway. Tanner Yellow- 



throat. 



Abaco. 



More common in proportion than the New Providence bird, eight 

 specimens being secured, all males. They are shy and retiring, keeping 

 in the shady nooks of the thickest shrubbery and ferns, rarely venturing 

 into plain sight, so that nearly all of those taken were secured by 

 snapshots, as they flitted through the shadowy depths of the thickets. 

 A female once came and worked through the thick growth around 

 the base of an orange tree, within a few feet of our palmetto shack 

 at Sand Bank, 

 no. Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus). American Redstart. 



New Providence, Great Inagua, Andros, *Abaco. 



The Redstart is not common in the Bahamas, according to our 

 experience. It was found in open growth and pine barrens. The 

 last was seen at Sand Bank, Abaco, April 26. 



