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15. Merganser serrator (Linn.), a female, was killed by a market hunter 
near Havana, Cuba, in December, 1891. The bird is now in the Havana Institute. 
Fa : 5 ; , . ; - P 
16. Azx sponsa (Linn.) is a resident species in Cuba; some birds vary 
slightly from Florida specimens, the breast being darker and the bird somewhat 
smaller. 
17- Several specimens of D. viduata”were killed by Dr. Gundlach in the 
eastern part of Cuba some thirty years ago. The species has been recorded from 
Barbados. 
18. &. dernicla recorded from Barbados. Feilden, Ibis, p. 477, 1889. 
19. Plegadis guarauna (Linn.). Claimed to have occurred in the West 
Indies (A. O. U. Code and Check List, p. 132, 1886); but I have been unable to 
find any actual record of its capture. 
20. Inthe series of 184 specimens of Ardea virescens now before me, the 
variation in the color of the dorsal plumes is very marked in different individuals. 
Birds having the central dorsal plumes glaucous, sometimes tinged with lilac, 
do not appear to be peculiar to the Bahamas. The variation in color in the “ gray 
backed ” specimens is considerable and apparently not constant in examples from 
the same locality taken at about the same time; but specimens of the “gray 
backed” variety, Ardea virescens bahamensis (Brewster), occur which cannot be 
matched by any I have seen from the United States, and these may represent a resi- 
dent form. 
Two specimens from Porto Rico have the dorsal plumes brilliant, dark green, 
quite different from any others in the series from the West Indies. 
21. Ardea bahamensis Brewster. Auk V., p. 83, 1888. Cory, Birds of the 
West Indies, p. 298, 1889 (see No. 20). 
22. Rallus coryt Maynard. American Exchange and Mart and Household 
Journal, Boston, Jan. 15, 1886. Sennett, Auk VI. p. 161, 1890. Northrop, Auk 
VIIL, p- 77, 1891. Cory, Auk VIII., p. 293, 1891. 
Rallus longirostris crepitans has been recorded from the Bahama Islands 
(Cory, Birds of the West Indies, p. 254); but probably does not occur there, being 
represented in those islands by Aadlus longirostris corye. 
23. Dr. Gundlach questions the occurrence of P. xoveboracenszs in Cuba, 
and suggests the possibility of Porzana flaviventris being mistaken for this species. 
