92 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



SPIxNDALIS ZENA. {Linn) 

 Bahama Finxh. 



Winter Plumage, Male. — Above, black; rump and a broad band 

 over the nape from side of the neck, rufous brown, shading into an 

 orange tinge ; a suiDerciliary stripe, and a stripe on the sides of the 

 throat from lower mandible and chin, white ; cheeks, black ; throat, 

 black, shading into brown upon the breast, with a yellow stripe 

 passing from the chin nearly to the brown of the breast ; breast, 

 deep yellow, shading into brown as it nears the throat; belly, white, 

 with an olive tint upon the flanks ; wings and tail black, edged with 

 white ; the tertials, coverts, and base of primaries heavily marked 

 with white; bill, black under mandible, bluish; legs, black. 



Winter Plumage, Female. — Above, olive-green ; below, paler, 

 shading into white on the belly ; the sides and flanks, pale olive- 

 green ; the stripe over the eye but faintly indicated, and of an ashy 

 color; wings and tail, dark brown, with an olive tinge on the 

 feathers, showing markings of dull white as in the male, but much 

 narrower. 



Length 5.95, wing 3, tail 2.50, tarsus .So, bill .50. 



This beautiful species is a resident of the Bahamas. We found 

 it most abundant on the island of New Providence, where it is one 

 of the first birds that attracts the visitor's attention on account of its 



