270 I^otes on some Cuban Birds, 



wrote for a specimen, which proved to be the above species in 

 winter phimage ; in this dress it somewhat resembles pallida. 



19. Crotopliag^a rug^irostris, iSirainsoBi. 



Crotophaga rugirostra, Sw. Lard. Cyc. 2| Cent. An. in Men. 1838, p. 321. 

 " ani, D'Orbig. (R. De la Sagra) Hist. Cub. 1840, p. 154; 



Lemb. Av. Isl Cub. 1850, p. 132; Gund. Jour. f. 

 Orn. 1856, p. 105. 



Two specimens in fine plumage were sent me by Dr. Gund- 

 lach, which I make out to be rugirostra, Sw., that is, identical 

 with the bird, decided to be this species, described and figured 

 in Jard. and Selby's Ills. Orn. n. s. pi. xli., which came from 

 Tobago. I supposed they would be the same as the species 

 obtained by Dr. Bryant in the Bahamas, which he calls laevi- 

 rostris, but they are difierent, his species being smaller and the 

 bill destitute of wrinkles. 



The male measures in length 142- inches ; wing 6i ; tail 8 ; 

 tarsus If. 



The female does not vary particularly in size or plumage. 



SO. Ortyx Ciibaneiisis, Gould. 



Ortyx Virginianus, D'Orb. (R. De la Sagra.) Hist. Cuba, 1840, 

 p. 182 ; Lemb. Av. Isl. Cub. 1850, Cat. p. 132. 

 " Cubanensis, Gould, Mono. OdontapL. pi,; Gund. Journ. f. Orn. 

 Sept. 1856, p. 337. 



The distinctness of this species from the common U. States' 

 bird is now well established, but for a long time, in Cuba, they 

 were supposed to be the same. I thought it possible both 

 species might be found there, but Dr. Gundlach says they have 

 but the one. 



It is distinguished from 0. Yirginianus, by its smaller size, 

 generally darker colors, and more mottled character of its upper 



