6o LAVVKiiNCE on Chivtura dominicana colardeaui. [January 



three sixteenths of an inch beyond the webs; wings black; the seconda- 

 ries and tertiaries at their ends are edged with ashy; chin, throat, and 

 upper part of breast dark grayish cinereous; lower part of breast and ab- 

 domen smoky brown; a stripe of clearer brown down the middle of the 

 abdomen; under tail-coverts black; bill and feet black. 



Length (skin) 4! inches; wing 4:1: tail to end of spines, ig; spines, j'^g. 



Type in American Museum of Natural History, New York. 



Habitat. — Guadeloupe, West Indies. 



Remarks. This species at first sight somewhat resembles 

 C. dominicana from Dominica, but difi'ers in having the upper 

 plumage rather blacker, and the ash-color of the rump less in 

 extent ; in their under plumage they are quite difi'erent, the 

 new subspecies having the throat, neck and upper part of the breast 

 grayish cinereous ; the lower part of the breast and abdomen are 

 smoky brown ; while in the other the entire under plumage is 

 of a clear brown, with a few grayish feathers on the upper part 

 of the throat ; in the Dominica bird the under tail-coverts are 

 dark brown, and the feet yellowish ; in the Guadeloupe bird the 

 under tail-coverts and the feet are black ; the tail feathers of the 

 new subspecies are narrower than those of C. dominicana ; in this 

 the feathers are broader and continue so to their ends, those 

 of the Guadeloupe bird being somewhat tapering. 



It is with pleasure I confer upon this species the name of my 

 friend. Dr. St. Felix Colardeau, who has shown much intelligent 

 interest in procuring the birds of Gaudeloupe. 



I have been desirous of obtaining this bird ever since it was no- 

 ticed in a list sent by Dr. Colardeau in 1SS5, and have had prom- 

 ises to endeavor to procure it from both him and his son ; why it 

 was not obtained sooner is explained in Dr. Colardeau's letter; he 

 writes under date of August 5 as follows : 



"After the return of my son from the United States he was so 

 long and so dangerously ill from pleuro-pneumonia that I gave 

 up entirely going hunting for birds, and my work away from 

 woods and fields prevents me also to do as before. My son is 

 now well again, and I have been able to make a few small col- 

 lections. I have a number of sea and water birds which I intend 

 to send you. 



''This day I send you by mail the small Swift I have spoken 

 of; they are very scarce in town, where I live now, and cannot 

 get them any more, as we used to, at my old home in the moun- 



