iSgi.] RiDGWAY on Birds of the Bahamas. 333 



^4. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Catbird. — A few were met with about 

 openings along the Caesar's Head Tiirniiike in the vicinity of tlie Middle 

 Saliida!^ 



45. Harporhynchus rufus. Buown Thrasher. 'Thrasher.' — Were 

 not very common. Several pairs had their abode at the very top of the 

 mountain about the hotel and the Head, above 3000 feet. 



46. Thryothorus ludovicianus. Carolina Wren. — Universally dis- 

 tributed, finding congenial habitatioti in all sorts of locations; verv 

 common. 



47. Thryothorus bewickii. Bewick's Wren. — An adult male was 

 shot June 4, while singing, at the hotel. Two days before, at a little lower 

 elevation over a niile away, a family group was seen at a cabin in a culti- 

 vated lield. They remained on the premises to the close of my visit. 



48. Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. — The White- 

 breasted Nuthatch is a common and generally distributed species through- 

 out this region. 



49. Parus bicolor. Tufted Titmouse. — Abundant, ranging every- 

 where over these highlands. 



50. Parus carolinensis. Carolina Chickadee. 'Tom-tit.' — Rather 

 less numerous than the Tufted Titmouse, but equally ubiquitous. 



51. Turdus mustelinus. Wood Thrush. 'Nightingale.' — Common, 

 but singularly shuns some portions of the locality. In the neighborhood 

 of the hotel it was the leading voice in the daily conceit. Rather shy. 



52. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — Everj' suitable situation was occupied by 

 one or more family gatherings. 



LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE BAHAMA 



ISLANDS BY THE NATURALISTS* OF THE 



FISH COMMISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS. 



BY ROBERT RIDGWAV. 



[Published by pern? /ssio?i of the Commissioner of Fisheries ] 

 I. Ahaco. 



1. Mimocichla plumbea {Linn.). — 12 specimens, March 26 to April 7. 



2. Mimus polyglottos elegans {Shar/>e) ?'f — i specimen, March 26. 



* Mr. James E. Benedict, in charge, assisted by Mr. Willard Nye, Jr.. Mr. Charles 

 W. Townsend, Mr. Thomas Lee, and Prof. L. F. Washburne. 



■[ Mimiis cicgans Sharpe, Cat. B.Br. Mus. Vol. VI. 1881,339. So far as the 

 while on the primaries is concerned, this specimen is not distinguishable from true 

 M. polyglottos, which is also the case with an example from Inagua, collected by Dr. 

 Bryant. M. elegans cannot, therefore, if these specimens are really the same bird, 

 be separated by the ascribed characters, even as a local race ; and I have strong 

 doubts as to its validity, unless smaller bill alone may be deemed sufficient to justify 

 its separation. 



