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Centurus caymanensis, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and sides of the head white ; crown and 

 nape bright crimson red; a tinge of red at the nostrils; throat dull white, 

 shading into brownish white on the breast and belly; a patch of crimson 

 red at the vent; back banded with dull white and black; rump dull white, 

 marked irregularly with black; quills dark brown, heavily blotched with 

 white on the basal portion of the inner webs; secondaries and some of the 

 inner primaries heavily marked with white ; tail brownish black, faintly 

 tipped with tawny brown, the outer pair and two central feathers blotched 

 with dull white; bill and feet black. 



The female is similar to the male, but lacks the red crown, having only 

 a nuchal patch of that color. 



Length, 8.60; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, .75; bill, 1.50. 



This species lacks the black superciliary mark which is found in both 

 the Cuban and Bahama species. 



Habitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



Mimocichla ravida, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Bill large; general plumage dull ashy or brownish plumbe- 

 ous ; no stripes on the throat which is the same color as the breast, a patch 

 of dull white on the vent and under tail-coverts; three outer tail-feathers 

 tipped with white on the inner webs ; bill, bare space around the eye, and 

 legs orange red ; iris dull red. 



Length, 9.50; wing, 5.25; tail, 4.40; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 90. 



Habitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



Quiscalus caymanensis, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — General plumage purplish black showing a greenish gloss 

 on the back aud rump ; wing-feathers showing a faint greenish gloss ; quills 

 and tail black; bill and feet black; iris yellow. 



Length, 9.75; wing, 5.30; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.25; bill, i.io. 

 Habitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



Spindalis salvini, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char.— Top of the head and cheeks black ; a superciliary and malai 

 stripe of white; a patch of yellowish orange on the upper throat, sepa- 

 rated from the white malar stripe by a line of black which reaches the 

 breast; chin dull white; Idwer throat, and breast chestnut; back dark 

 olive, separated from the black of the head by a chestnut collar; lower 

 back yellowish; a patch of chestnut on the carpus; rump brownish 

 orange; belly and under tail-coverts dull white; tail black, the two outer 

 feathers heavily marked with white; the third feather tipped with white 

 on the inner web, the two central feathers narrowly edged with w hite on 



