Vol. XIX 

 1902 



I RiDGWAY, Description of Three Neiv Birds. 6q 



liam Dutcher and Wm. L. Baily ; ' Some Results of Bird Protec- 

 tion,' by Frank M. Chapman. 



The Congress then adjourned, to meet in Washington, D. C, 

 November 17, 1902. 



Jno. H. Sage, 



Secretary. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW BIRDS OF THE 

 FAMILIES MNIOTILTID^. AND CORVID^E. 



BY ROBERT RIDGWAY. 

 (Bj permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.) 



Compsothlypis pitiayumi speciosa. — CniRiqia Parula Warbler. 



Similar to C. p. fifiayumi and other South American subspecies, but 

 darker and bluer above, and middle wing-coverts without white tips; 

 similar in last character to C. p. inornafa, of Guatemala, but much more 

 richly colored. 



Nicaragua to Chiriqui. 



Tj'pe, no. 177411, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., Boquete, Chiriqui, Marcli 7, 

 1901 ; W. W. Brown, Jr., collector; received from Outram Bangs. 



Dendroica vigorsii abacoensis. — Abaco Pine Warbler. 



Similar to D. v. vigorsii hut decidedly. larger and with relatively shorter 

 wing; differing from D. vigorsii achrustera (Bangs), of New Providence 

 Island, in being decidedly larger and in brighter yellow of under parts. 



Adult male: Wing, 70 mm.; tail, 57; exposed culmen, 13-5; depth of 

 bill at nostrils, 5 ; tarsus, 20; middle toe, 13.5. 



Island of Abaco, Bahamas. 



Type, no. 10S479, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., Abaco Island, Bahamas, April 

 1SS6 ; Willard Nve. 



