iSgi-l NoKTiiKor on the Birds of Ain/ros hUiiul. *1*1 



*S6. Actitis macularia (/L///y/.). Spotted Sanoi'ipi£k. 'Sandkikd.' — 

 One specimen, a female, was shot on the west side of the ishinii. April 21, 

 and was the only one seen during our trip. As Cory obtained only 

 three specimens in 1879, it is doubtful if it is a resident. 



57. Rallus coryi Maynard. Bahaman Rail. — A single specimen 

 from Conch Sound, yViuiros, April 15. It was shot and skinned bj Mr. 

 Alexander Keith, a Scotch gentlenum, to whom the writer takes ])leasure 

 in acknowledging his indebtedness fortius and many other favors, wiiiJe 

 on Andros. This bird was known as the Marsh Hen, and is said by the 

 people to be common, but we never met with it again. On May 28 a 

 woman brought us three eggs that she said were those of a Marsh Hen. 

 They are ovate to elongate-ovate in shape, and are nearly cream 

 color with chocolate spots and blotches irregularly distributed over the 

 entire surface but much more numerous at the larger end. Mingled with 

 these chocolate spots are others of a lavender gray. The eggs are of the 

 following dimensions : 1.60 X 1.30; 1.70 X 1.22; 1.70 X 1.20 inches. 



[A single specimen in fine (unworn) plumage is provisionally re- 

 ferred to Rallus coryi. It is, however, about the size of ordinary /i'. 

 crepitans, from which it differs in the gray edgings of the plumage being 

 much broader than in even extreme examples of that form, resulting in a 

 generally grayer effect. — ^J. A. A.J 



58. Ardea herodias Linn. Great Blue Heron. 'Arsnicker.' — Not 

 uncommon. 



59. Ardea rufescens Gmel. Reddish Egret. — -Abundant in the 

 swashes. The white phase of this bird was also common; many were 

 seen, and three specimens were collected. 



60. Ardea tricolor ruficollis ( Go.s-.st;). Louisiana 1 Iekon. 'Switching- 

 neck.' — Two pairs were obtained at Mastic Point in May. They were 

 breeding in a large mangrove, about a mile antl a half from the shore. 

 These birds agree with Ridgway's description (Manual N. A. Birds, p. 131) 

 except that the upper part of the throat is not white but rufous mixed 

 with white. These also agree with Cory's description of .,4. cyanirostris. 

 But a specimen collected on the western side of Andros answers to Cory's 

 description of /4. leucoffastra var. leucoprymna, and differs from the above 

 specimens in the following points. The forehead and crown are much 

 darker, being quite black; the throat has more rufous, and the neck is 

 darker. The nest of the Mastic-Point birds was composed of small man- 

 grove sticks, laid so as to make a circular stiucture nine inches in diameter 

 and three or four deep. There was a slight depression in the top, in which 

 were placed a few sticks, parallel to each other, and on these were fouieggs. 

 The latter vary in shape; some being ovate, while others are almost 

 equally pointed at both ends. They are nearly malachite green* in color, 

 but with a slightly bluer tinge. The measurements are as follows : 1.71- 

 1.84X1.29-1.34 inches. 



*6i. Ardea cserulea Linn. Little Blue Heron. — One specimen, 



* Ridgway, Nomenclature of Colors. 



