Vol. XVII 
1900 
BanGs, Notes on Bahama Birds. 285 
points along the south Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly in the 
_ collection of William Brewster, Esq., and cannot find a single individual 
A. Bill of Hematopus prattii Maynard, adult g cotype. (No. 3360, 
Bangs Coll.) 
B. Bill of Hematopus palliatus Temm., adult g, from Frogmore, 
S. C. (No. 12492, Brewster.Coll.) 
Both one-half natural size. 
of the continental form that even approaches them in the shape of the 
bill and the size of the tarsus and foot. 
Measurements of H. prattit. 
o we 
25 ost 
20 Sea 
! aa) usa 
No. Wing. Tail Tarsus. a? ae 2 
3360 & ad. Cotype. 254. 103. 61. 49. 12 
3361 Q ad. Cotype. 258. 105. 64. 49. 12. 
4. AEgialitis wilsonia (Ord). WuiLson’s PLoverR. —Two specimens, 
both males, one taken on Little Pimlico, April 26, 1897, one on Andros, 
April 30, 1893. Neither of these is true wz/son¢a,— they are both inter- 
mediates between that form and rujfinucha, though nearer wélsonia. 
5. Agialitis meloda (Ord). PrpInc PLover.—One @ from Current 
Island, Eleuthera. May 1, 1897. 
