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from the neighboring islands, as they agreed well with the descriptions 
given of them, and there were no available specimens to compare with. 
As soon as I had finished the examination of the birds of each island 
collected by Mr. Ober, they were placed in a box by themselves, and 
not disturbed again except for an occasional comparison. The collection 
from Guadeloupe, containing specimens of the true AM. herminiert, Latr., 
was not received until more than a year after that from Dominica. 
These specimens I labelled J. herminieri, Lafr., as a matter of course, 
they being from the locality of the type. The difference between the 
birds from the two islands was not observed at that time, as no com- 
parison was made. 
This winter, having occasion to review the species of Margarops, I 
got the specimens from the different islands together for the first time, 
and at once saw that the species from Dominica was quite distinct from 
the Guadeloupe bird. It differs from M. herminieri, Lafr., in being less in 
length, of a more robust form, the bill stouter, and the tail shorter; the 
brown coloring throughout is much darker and of a ruddy cast, instead of 
olivaceous; thecentres of the feathers on the throat and upper part of the 
breast are much more rufous, and have black spots at their ends; the ab- 
domen is pure white, whereas in MW. herminieri the lower part of the breast 
and the abdomen are covered with lanceolate-shaped markings, which are: 
very striking, each feather being white, with a strongly defined brown 
border; only a very small space on the lower part of the abdomen is 
white; M. herminieri has the white ends of the under tail-coverts edged 
narrowly with pale brown; in the new species they are white without 
borders, and it has the tarsi and toes stronger and paler in color than 
those of M. herminieri. 
FEBRUARY 1, 1880. 
NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM HAST FLORIDA... 6R- 
TAINED BY DR. J. A. HENSHALL. 
By DAVID S. JORDAN, M. D. 
During the past winter (1878-79) a collection of fishes was made for 
the writer by Dr. J. A. Henshall, of Cynthiana, Ky., in the streams and 
inlets of Eastern Florida. The number of species obtained was not 
large, but the specimens were preserved in excellent condition, and 
among them are several of interest. Two species (Gerres plumieri and 
Umbrina broussoneti) had not been previously recorded from the coast 
of the United States. Three others were, at the time of collection, new 
to science. One of these has been lately described, under the name of 
Jordanella floride, by Messrs. Goode and Bean. The others have been 
already noticed by me in these proceedings as Zygonectes rubrifrons and 
Zygonectes henshalli. 
Proc. Nat. Mus. 80 
2 April 26, 1880. 
