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tree. As this tree is a parasite which extends far above the level 
of its host, the birds were so far from the ground that a specimen 
was only obtained after much difficulty. The female is repre- 
sented by two skins from near Santiago de Cuba. 
This race is named for my friend Mr. C. T. Ramsden, the well- 
known ornithologist of Guantanamo, who was a kindly host during 
Barbour’s stay in that part of the island. 
Agelaius subniger sp. nov. 
Type, adult female, no. 13,372, Bangs coll., M. C. Z., from the Cienaga, 
Isla de Pinos, collected by W. R. Zappey, April 24, 1904. 
This Red-wing differs fundamentally from A. assimilis Lambeye of the 
Zapata Swamp, Cuba, with which it has been confused, by being entirely 
very dark brown (except for the red and buff shoulders of the male), in- 
stead of glistening blue-black. In addition the bill has a tendency to be 
rather longer and with a slightly rounder, less flattened, culmen. 
MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters). 
Exposed. 
No. Sex Locality Wing Tail Tarsus culmen 
Bangs coll. 13,372 9? Cienaga,Islade Pinos 90 72 25.5 19.5 
Bangs coll. 13,366 co Cienaga,Islade Pinos 105 79 27.0 24.0 
This winter eleven examples of A. assimilis were secured from 
within a few miles of Zarabanda, the exact locality whence 
Gundlach obtained the specimens upon which Lembeye based his 
name of Agelaius assimilis. The bird is extremely local in its dis- 
tribution, even within the limits of the Cienaga de Zapata. A 
comparison with the series of seven specimens taken by Zappey 
in the Cienaga of the Isla de Pinos, shows at once how strikingly 
different are birds from the two islands. The brown color of the 
birds from the Isla de Pinos is very evident in the males, but is 
still more impressive in the females, and is in sharp contrast to 
the brilliant blue-black of both males and females of the Cuban 
species. 
