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44. Riccordia ricordii aeneoviridis {Palmer &• Riley). Bahama Emerald 

 Hummingbird. — The only hummer seen by us on Abaco, where it did 

 not appear to be uncommon was of this race. It is much more active 

 than the preceding species but I could detect no difference in habits from 

 true ricordii. 



Mr. Bonhote, in ' The Ibis,' July, 1903, 293, says that he sees no good 

 reason for separation, but admits that the present form differs from 

 ricordii \n (1) the middle feather of Abaco birds being slightly broader, 

 and (2) the tail of a more coppery bronze. I have examined our series of 

 ricordii and azneoviridis again and find that the tail of Abaco birds is \,ess 

 deeply forked and that the middle tail feather is broader. Abaco birds 

 average a more coppery green both above and below and I think the dif- 

 ferences between the two birds are sufficient to keep them apart as geo- 

 graphical races at least. 



45. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gm.). Gray Kingbird. — Very common 

 on New Providence, Andros, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Rum Cay, Watlings 

 Island, Long Island, and Abaco. Does not appear to be as noisy as 

 Tyrannus tyrannus, but it was by far the noisiest bird met with, with the 

 exception of the Black-necked Stilt and the Willet. A nest, with three 

 heavily incubated eggs, was placed in a small mangrove about five feet 

 above the water on a small bay near The Bluff, Eleuthera, July 4. Another 

 nest was found in a slender dead tree on Long Island, July 14. It was 

 about fourteen feet above the ground and out on a slender branch. We 

 could not reach the nest but could see that it contained eggs. One of the 

 parents of this nest was very bold, darting down almost into my face 

 while I was trying unsuccessfully to reach the eggs. A nest was seen on 

 Abaco, July 22, about fifty feet up in a pine, that, judging from the actions 

 of the parents, must have contained young on this date. 



A male shot on Eleuthera, July 6, has the bill, almost if not quite, equal 

 to some specimens of T. d. rostratus, but it is slightly more attenuate at 

 the end. 



46. Pitangus bahamensis Bryant. Bahama Pitangus. — Found only 

 amongst the pines on New Providence, where they were by no means 

 common. They did not seem to be as noisy as Pitangus caudifasciatus 

 of Cuba, and the white at the base of the tail is not nearly so conspicuous 

 in flight. 



47. Blacicus bahamensis (Bryant). Bahama Pewee. — An immature 

 male was shot on New Providence, June 19, amongst the pines. One was 

 noticed on the border of the pines on Abaco, July 22, but not secured. No 

 others seen. 



48. Mimus gundlachi Cabanis Gundlach's Mockingbird. 



49. Mimus gundlachi bahamensis (Bryant). Bryant's Mockingbird. 

 — Very common on Andros, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Rum Cay, Watlings 

 Island, and Long Island. Not as good a songster as polyglottos nor are 

 the notes so varied. Numerous unoccupied nests were seen on Eleuthera 

 in the orange trees about four feet up. Mr. Derickson found a nest on 



