Vol. XXII 

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G. M. Allen, Summer Birds in the Bahamas. I ? 2 



Blacicus bahamensis. 



Icterus northropi. 



Pyrrhulagra violacea. 



Spin da lis zena zena and 6". z. toivnsendi. 



Dendroica pityopkila bahamensis. 



Dendroica vigorsii achrustera and D. v. abacoensis. 



Minius polyglottos. 



Mimocichla plumbea. 



Of these, the Hairy Woodpeckers, Least Bahama F ycatcher, 

 Bahama Warbler, and Pine Warblers we found in the pine growth 

 only. 



A few species, some 15 land birds, we found not only on the 

 larger islands with their more varied growth, but also on the 

 smaller and rather barren outer cays. These are mainly such 

 birds as frequent thick bushes or the mangrove swamps. Those 

 that we noted are the following : — 



Columba leitcocepkala. Tiaris bicolor. 



Zenaida zenaida. Vireo calidris barbatulus (rarely). 



Columbigallina passerina bahamensis. Vireo crassirostris. 



Chordeiles virginianus vicinus. Ccereba bahamensis. 



Riccordia tzneoviridis. Dendroica petechia Jiaviceps. 



Doricha evelyinr. Geothlypis tanner. 



Tyrannies dominicensis. Minius gundlachi. 



Agelaius phecuiceus bryanti. 



These small cays apparently have no land birds peculiar to 

 themselves. 



The birds of the mangrove swamps are few. Cormorants and 

 several of the Herons nest among their branches, and the Man- 

 grove Warbler {Dendroica petechia Jiaviceps) is practically confined 

 to them as far as we could observe. But otherwise they offer little 

 attraction from an ornithological standpoint, and are quite barren 

 and deserted save for a few Gray Kingbirds and Bahama Red- 

 wings that nest on their borders. 



In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to Mr. Outram Bangs 

 for his aid in identifying many of the specimens, and to the 

 authorities of the American Museum of Natural History and of 

 the United States National Museum for the loan of specimens for 

 comparison. The greater part of the birds that we collected have 

 been presented to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cam- 

 bridge, and the remainder have been added to Mr. Outram Bangs's 

 collection of West Indian birds. 



