296 Mr. J. L. Bonhote on Birds 



"Bah. 2nd ed. p. 126 (1890) ; id. Cat. W. Ind. Bds. p. 100 

 (1892). 



Speotyto bahamensis Maynard (nee Cory), App. Cat. W. 

 Ind. Bds. (29th Nov., 1899) ; Allen, Auk, xvii. p. 187 (1900). 



$ . Nassau, New Providenee, 7th March, 1902. 



By no means uncommon, but not often seen. I have had 

 no opportunity of comparing this specimen with those from 

 Florida, and thus confirming Mr. Bangs's diagnosis, but, 

 as it comes from the same locality as the type, I include it 

 under its new name. Its measurements are as follows : — 

 Wing 158 mm., tail 76, tarsus 45, middle toe (s. u.) 22, depth 

 of bill 14. 



[Circus hudsonicus (Linn.). 



1 saw a Hawk at Spanish Wells, Andros, on the 22ud 

 January, which I believe to have been of this species,] 



[Falco sparverius (Linn.). 



Occasionally seen during the winter, but not very 

 common.] 



-f-51. Buteo borealis umbrinus Bangs. 



Bnteo borealis umbrinus Bangs, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, 

 vol. ii. p. 67 (1901). 



Buteo borealis (Gm.) ; Cory, Bds. Bah. 2nd ed. p. 131 

 (1890) ; id. Cat. W. Ind. Bds. p. 99 (1892). 

 <? ? . Little Abaco, 26th March, 1902. 



2 eggs. 



The Bahaman bird is apparently identical with the Floridan 

 form lately described by Mr. Bangs. The male differs from 

 the female in the purer white of the chest, the dark band 

 across the breast is less marked, and the feathers on the 

 thighs are pure white, the rusty bars being entirely absent; 

 the ferruginous on the sides and back of the neck is also 

 much brighter. It is rather larger, the wing measuring 15 

 inches as against 14 in the female. 



A nest of this bird was placed about twenty feet from the 

 ground near the top of a pine-tree ; the foundation was made of 

 coarse twigs, and it was neatly lined with green pine-needles. 

 The eggs, two in number, were elliptical in shape and dull 



