from the Northern Bahamas. 299 



— 56. COLUMBIGALLINA PASSERINA (Linn.). 



Chamcepelia bahamensis Maynard, Am. Ex. & Mart (1 5th 

 January, 1887). 



Chamcepelia passerina (Linn.); Cory, Bus. Bah. 2nd ed. 

 p. 139 & App. (1890). 



Columbigallina passerina (Linn.) ; Cory, Cat. W. Ind. Bds. 

 p. 97 (1892) ; Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, p. 517. 



Columbigallina bahamensis (Maynard) ; Bangs, Auk, xvii. 

 p. 286 (1900). 



3 S • Nassau, New Providence, December 1901 and 



February 1902. 

 5 ?. Nassau, New Providence, December 1901, 

 January and February 1902. 



2 c?,?. Little Abaco, 26th March, 1902. 



One of the most abundant species, appearing to breed all 

 the year round. The nest is sometimes on the ground, 

 more often a few feet up a tree. I can find no characters 

 sufficient to warrant a special name being applied to the 

 Bahaman bird. Like the White-headed Pigeon, it is fre- 

 quently found on outlying rocks and cays some miles from 

 the mainland. 



— 57. Ortyx bahamensis (Maynard). 



Colinus bahamensis Maynard, App. to Cat. Bds. W. Ind. 

 (1899); Bangs, Auk, xvii. p. 286 (1900). 



Ortyx virginianus (Linn.) ; Cory, Bds. Bah. 2nded. p. 142 

 (1890). 



Colinus virginianus (Linn.) ; Cory, Cat. W. Ind. Bds. p. 96 

 (1892) ; Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, p. 517. 



S ad. Nassau, New Providence, 15th April, 1902. 



I have provisionally placed this species under the name 

 given to it by Mr. Maynard, but have not compared it with 

 Floridan or other specimens, and am not therefore able to 

 vouch for its distinctness or the reverse. I brought home 

 three living specimens, a pair of which bred last September, 

 but I was unable to rear the young. Incubation lasted 

 twenty-five days. On New Providence they are fairly 

 common in the pine-barrens, but very difficult to shoot on 



