with Descriptions of New Species. 257 



I could not find the nest. The adult male and female have the bill 

 black, with the base of a lead color ; cere and feet yellow or pale orange ; 

 iris reddish grey. The bill in the young is black on the upper part, to 

 the extremity, with a bluish base ; cere and cheeks yellowish green ; 

 iris pale orange-grey ; feet yellow. The measures of the fresh specimens 

 were. 



Adult, 5 length 0-2V8, extent 0-508, tail 0-135. 

 " 5, " 0-326, " 0-618, " 0-155. 



4. Cymindis Wilsoni, Cai§sin. 



Cymindis Wilsoni, Cass. Jour. Ac. Sc. Phil. 184*7, n, ser. i. p. 21, 

 pi. 1 ; Strick. Orn. Syn. 1855, p. 123. 



" uncinatus, Lemb. Av. Isl. Cuba, Supl. 1850. 



" " Gund. Journ. f. Orn. Nov. 1854. 



Regerhinus " Caban. " " 



Mr. Forns sent adult specimens, male and female, of this 

 species, which agree very closely with Mr. Cassin's descriptions 

 and figures. 



5. Gymnog^laiix nudipes, (Daiidin.) 



Strix nudipes, Daud. Tr. Orn. II. 1800, p, 199. 



Athene nudipes, Gray, Gen, of Birds, Fol.; Strick. Orn. Syn, 1855 



p. 173. 

 Noctua nudipes, Lemb. Av. Isl. Cuba, 1850, p. 23; Gund. Journ. f. 



Orn. Nov. 1855, p. 465. 

 Oymnoglaux nudipes, Caban. Jour. f. Orn. Nov. 1855, p. 465. 

 " " Newton? Ibis, i. 1859, p. 64, pi. i. 



As tins species is not very often met with, and having three 

 specimens from Dr. Gundlach's collection under examination, 

 I avail myself of the opportunity to give descriptions of them. 



Adult male. Upper plumage umber brown, each feather with the 

 edges lighter and tinged with pale rufous; the feathers of the back and 



