164 Miller, the Ground Cuckoo of Andros Island. f April 



Progne subis. — Given as "A not uncommon summer resident. 

 Breeds." Has practically disappeared; within the last few years an 

 occasional migrant is all that has been seen. 



Troglodytes aedon. — I am happy to say that these birds, which had 

 entirely disappeared for several years, have reappeared. I have records 

 of several pairs breeding in this locality in 1S93. 



Urinator lumme. — One on exhibition at Sylvan Beach in 1S91 was 

 killed at Durhainville several years previously. An additional record. 



THE GROUND CUCKOO OF ANDROS ISLAND. 



BY GERRIT S. MILLER, JR. 



On April 24, 1S93, -^ r * C. J. Maynard collected an adult 

 female Saurothera at Fresh Creek, Andros Island. Bahamas. 

 This specimen, which soon after came into my hands, differed 

 from any skins of Saurothera bahamensis that I had seen, and at 

 once raised the question whether the Andros Island bird was not 

 distinct from that found on New Providence. Although Mr. 

 Maynard was firmly convinced that this was the case, the amount 

 of material then at my disposal did not warrant any separation 

 of the forms. Recently through Mr. C. B. Cory's kindness I 

 have examined about a dozen Bahaman Ground Cuckoos, includ- 

 ing three additional specimens from Andros Island. This mate- 

 rial shows that the bird inhabiting Andros Island is an insular 

 form readily distinguishable from the New Providence bird. As 

 the type of Saurothera bahamensis came from Nassau 1 the 

 Andros species may stand as : 



Saurothera andria, sp. nov. 



Saurothera bahamensis Northrop, Auk, VIII, Jan. 1S91, 74; Cory, 

 Catalogue W. I. Birds, 1S92, 142 (part). 



Spec. Char. Slightly smaller than Saurothera bahamensis Bryant; 

 colors throughout darker: bill proportionately deeper through base. 



1 Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IX, Feb. 1864, 280. 



