82 BULLETIN 86, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Measurements of specimens of Chordeiles virginianus vicinus — Continued. 



Museum and No. 



M.C.Z. 402111. 



E.A.andO.Bangs 



14975.1 

 U.S.N.M.1896S71.. 



U.S.N.M. 1898251.. 



U.S.N.M. 1898231.. 

 U.S.N.M. 1896861.. 



Am. Mus. N. H. 

 76562.1 



E.A.andO.Bangs 



3422.1 

 E.A.andO.Bangs 



14976.1 



M.C.Z. 402131 



M.C.Z. 40214 1 



M.C.Z. 402121 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Male. . . 



..do.... 

 Female 

 ..do.... 



. .do. 

 ..do. 



...do...- 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do... 



Stranger Cay, 

 Bahama is- 

 lands. 



....do 



Long Island, Ba- 

 hama Islands. 



Eleuthera Island, 

 Bahama Is- 

 lands. 



do 



Grassy Creek, An- 

 dros Island, Ba- 

 hama Islands. 



Nassau, N e v;' 

 Providence Is- 

 land, Bahama 

 Islands. 



do 



Moraine Cay, Ba- 

 hama Islands. 



do 



do. 



Date. 



Sugar Loaf Cay, 

 B ahama Is- 

 lands. 



July 15, 1904 



July 8,1904 

 July 17, 1903 



July 4,1903 



July 7,1903 

 June 28, 1903 



May 21. 1902 



May 13, 1897 



July 13, 1904 



July 12, 1904 

 July 13. 1904 

 July 14, 1904 



Collpctor. 



J.H.Riley.. 

 ....do 



.do 



.do 



F. M. Chap- 

 man. 



C. J. May- 

 nard. 



to 



.g 



mm 

 16;?. 5 



175 

 168 

 167 



168.5 

 176 



160.5 



184.5 

 177.5 



181 



ISl 

 168 





mm. 

 97.5 



96 

 93 

 94 



93 

 99 



95 



101 



98 



100 

 102.5 

 91 



S P 



mm 

 6.5 



6.1 

 7.5 

 6.1 



6.1 



6.5 



6.5 



6.9 

 6.5 



7.1 



7 

 7 



03 



mm 



13 



13 



12.5 



13.8 



14.8 

 14 



13.5 



13 



12.5 



14 

 13.5 



1-2 



■o o 



a 



mm. 

 13 



14.8 

 13.5 

 14.2 



14.8 

 13 



14 



14 



13.1 



14.8 



15 



14.2 



1 Used in measurement averages on p. 80. 



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CHORDEILES VIRGIlSriANUS MINOR (Cabanis). 



Chordediles minor Cabanis, Journ. f. Ornitb., .January, 1S56, p. 5 (northern 

 coast of Cuba). 



Chordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., a'oI. 6, Decem- 

 ber, 1856, p. 1G5 (Cuba). 



Chars, suhsp. — Similar to Chordeiles virginianus vicinus, but wing 

 and tail somewhat shorter; upper parts darker, the light markings 

 less numerous, coarser, and much more tawny ; general tone of lower 

 surface darker, because more deeply ochraceous or tawny, particu- 

 larly on posterior portion. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark brown ; feet dark brown. 



Measurements. — Female: Total length (in flesh), 218.4 mm.- 



Male:^ Wing, 159-174 (average, 1G8) mm.; tail, 89-97.5 (93.5); 

 exposed culmen, 6.1-8.0 (6.6) ; tarsus, 12.5-14.1 (13.4) ; middle toe, 

 13-14.2 (13.9). 



Female:^ Wing, 160-174.5 (168.7) mm.; tail, 89.5-103 (95.3); 

 exposed culmen, 6.0-7.0 (6.7) ; tarsus, 12-14.1 (13.3) ; middle toe, 

 13.1-14.9 (13.9). 



Type-locality. — Northern coast of Cuba. 



- One specimen. 



* Ten specimens, from Cuba. 



* Nine specimens, from Cuba and Porto Rico. 



