March oF 
1913 BANGS —NEW CUBAN BIRDS 91 
the kindness of Mr. C. W. Johnson I have been able to make 
direct comparison with a South American specimen from the 
Lafresnaye Collection in the Museum of the Boston Society of 
Natural History. 
Gymnasio lawrencei exsul subsp. nov. 
Type, adult male, no. 13,469, Bangs coll., M.C. Z., from Santa Sevilla, 
Isla de Pinos, collected by W. R. Zappey, May 31, 1904. 
Three specimens from the Isla de Pinos and one from the Cienaga de 
Zapata, Cuba, differ markedly from two others taken in eastern Cuba. 
They are less reddish and more dusky brown, and have larger and more 
numerous white spots on the dorsal region. The under parts are much 
paler, less suffused with reddish brown, and with finer dusky markings. 
Measurements of Type:— wing, 142; tail, 76; tarsus, 35; exposed culmen, 
19 mm. 
When G. lawrencei was described by Sclater and Salvin, they 
had two specimens, one from Remedios and one from Monte Verde 
which was the name of an old “cafetal’’ in the Sierre de Yateras, 
not far from Guantanamo, eastern Cuba. The figure (P. Z.S. 
Lond., 1868, pl. 29) probably was drawn from Wright’s specimen 
from Monte Verde, since it represents finely the dark, richly colored 
race of the eastern part of the island. 
Cyanerpes cyaneus ramsdeni subsp. nov. 
Type, adult male, no. 61,102, M.C. Z., from the woods at Rio Seco, 
near Guantanamo, Cuba. Collected by T. Barbour, March 8, 1913. 
The Cuban Blue Honey-Creeper differs from the other subspecies of 
C. cyaneus by having the pale blue crown-patch in the adult male very 
small and restricted to the crown itself and not extending to the occiput. 
The female is rather darker above, and paler, more yellowish, below. 
Measurements of Type:— wing, 63; tail, 34.5; tarsus, 14; exposed 
culmen, 16 mm. 
This bird is not rare in eastern Cuba, but is difficult to obtain, 
owing to its feeding habits. At the time of Barbour’s visit the indi- 
viduals observed were all feeding on the flowers of the “Cupey”’ 
