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14. Ardea bahamensis Brewster. BREWSTER’S GREEN HERON. — 
One adult ¢ from Nassau, May 7, 1897. 
15. Speotyto cunicularia cavicola, nom. nov. BAHAMAN BURROWING 
OwL. 
Speotyto bahamensts Maynard; not Speotyto cunicularia bahamensis 
Cory, Auk, October, 1891, p. 349. 
In my opinion the form of the Burrowing Owl found on the more north- 
ern Bahamas should be separated from the Florida form with which Cory 
unites it in his review of the group. | Evidently Maynard overlooked 
Cory’s review of the West Indian forms, as he not only did not mention 
that paper, but gave the New Providence bird the name Cory had used for 
the form found on Inagua. 
The type of S. cuntcularia cavicola (No. 3359, Collection of E. A. and O. 
Bangs) is an adult 2 taken at Nassau April 6, 1897, by Mr. Maynard, with 
a set of six eggs. The nest was in a deep hole in the limestone rock. 
This skin, compared with an adult 2 of S. cunitcularia floridana from 
Manatee County, Florida, taken April 5, and therefore strictly compara- 
ble, shows the following differences. The Nassau bird is slightly larger, 
with heavier foot and tarsus; tarsus thickly feathered above; general 
coloration richer and redder brown; ground color below buffy, not white; 
the brown of back and the brown marking and spotting below Prout’s 
brown (sepia in S.c. foridana). 
The type of S. cunrcularia cavicola, 2 adult, measures, wing, 171.; 
tail, 76.; tarsus, 48.; middle toe, without claw, 21.; depth of bill, 13.2 
mm. 
An adult 2 of S. cunicularia floridana from Manatee County, Florida, 
No. 884, Bangs collection, measures, wing, 161.5; tail, 63; tarsus, 44; 
middle toe without claw, 19; depth of bill, 12.4 mm. 
16. Strix pratincola Bonap. AMERICAN BARN OwL. — Two specimens, 
—a pair of adults—taken August 4, 1897, by H. J. Claridge at Nassau. 
In order to settle the question of the identity of the Bahama Barn Owl, 
I sent these two skins to Dr. Ridgway, who kindly compared them for 
me with the large series in Washington. He wrote meas follows: ‘‘ We 
can match your two Bahama specimens exactly with some in our series 
from Washington, Arizona, etc.; we also have a Bahama skin, very 
much resembling yours. The Cuban form (S. furcata) is almost pre- 
cisely like these Bahaman and occasional North American specimens 
except that they always have conspicuously light-colored (sometimes 
white) secondaries, contrasting strongly with the general color of the 
wing.” 
The Bahaman bird can therefore safely be called pratincola, although 
it appears to differ a little from the usual style of coloration of the con- 
tinental form, this difference being in the direction of the Cuban S.. fur- 
cata. 
17. Crotophaga ani Zizn. Awnt.—Ten adults, from Nassau, Current 
Island, Eleuthera, and Andros Island, taken from April 14 to July 28. 
