2^8 Cory o// Hi ids from the Bahavuis. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW BIRDS FROM THE BAHA- 

 MA ISLANDS, WITH REMARKS ON THE SPECIES 

 OF SPEOTTTO WHICH OCCUR IN THE 

 WEST INDIES. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



Spindalis zena stejnegeri,* subsp. nov. 



Sp. char. (Type from Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, $ , No. 17014, Coll. 

 C. B. Cory, Boston.) — Similar to Spindalis zena from New Providence, 

 but differs in having the sides and flanks black or brownish black and the 

 chestnut collar narrower and edged with yellowish. The outer web.s of 

 the two outer tail feathers are partly white. Immature birds often lack 

 the black sides. 



Dendroica pityophila bahamensis, subsp. nov. 



Sp. CHAR. (Type from Abaco Island, Bahamas, (J, No. 17026, Coll. 

 C. B. Cory, Boston.) — Upper parts, including sides of the head and neck, 

 plumbeous gray, not light ash gray as in Dendroica pityophila Gundl. 

 P'orehead and crown greenish yellow, showing light yellow at the base of 

 the upper mandible ; throat and upper breast yellow, bordered on the 

 breast by a few feathers marked unevenly with black. Belly dull white 

 shading into gray on the sides and flanks. A faint indication of wing 

 bands, showing very faintly in some specimens. Tail dark brown, the 

 two outer feathers showing an arrow-shaped white mark on the terminal 

 portion of the inner webs, variable in different specimens; most of the 

 feathers of the wings and tail showing very narrow grayish edging on the 

 outer webs. Bill and feet dark brown. Closely allied to Dendroica 

 fityophila of Cuba. Length, 4.50; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.00; tarsus, .60; 

 bill, .45. 



The female resembles the male, but the colors are slightly paler and it 

 is perhaps somewhat smaller. 



Habitat. Abaco and Great Bahama Islands, Bahamas. 



Speotyto cunicularia bahamensis, subsp. nov. 



Sp. CHAR. (Type from Inagua, Bahamas, (J, No. 17062, Coll. C. B. 

 Cory, Boston.) — Larger than 6\ dominicensis, being about the same size 

 as 6". c. Jtoridana; but with striping on the underparts broader and darker 

 tha.t\ in ^oridana; the tarsus is feathered similar to 6". cnnicnlaria, the 

 feathers being tinged with pale bi'own. Length, 8. 10; wing, 6.50; tail, 

 3.40; tarsus, 1.75. 



Habitat. Inagua, Baliamas. 



* In compliment to Dr. Leonhard Stejneger. 



