go BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



Mr. N. B. Moore includes this species in his list, stating that he 

 saw a male in splendid dress on February 9. It may occasionally 

 visit the islands, but cannot be considered as a regular visitant. 



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Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A.. Vol. III. pi. 169. 



CYANOSPIZA CYANEA. {Lnin.) 

 Indigo Bird. 



Adult Male. — General color, blue, deep on the crown and 

 throat; wing brown, and tail brown, touched with blue; bill, dark 

 brown. 



Adult Female. — General plumage, reddish brown; paler and 

 somewhat mottled below, becoming whitish on the belly. 



Length 4.60, wing 2.60, tail 2.10, tarsus .65, bill .1']. 



Mr. N. B. Moore states that \\hile at Nassau he saw a male 

 November i,and a "female, or young male, November i and Novem- 

 ber 13." I have given it a place among the birds of the Bahamas 

 upon his authority. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. III. pi. 170. 



