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based on them. Hence we must agree with Rothschild and Hartert 

 in placing the individuals from Charles, Indefatigable, Duncan, 

 James, Albemarle and Narboro together in one species, including thus 

 under P. nanus nanus three of Ridgway's species. The specimens 

 from Abingdon and Bindloe may perhaps be regarded as a separate 

 subspecies. 



This species is nowhere very common, but occurs almost every- 

 where. The mangrove swamps of Albemarle and Narboro are a 

 favorite haunt of this bird, but we found it pretty generally distributed 

 from sea level to the tops of the highest mountains. 



50^. PYROCEPHALUS NANUS ABINGDONI (Ridgway). 



Pyrocephalus abingdoni RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvn, p. 367, 1894 

 (Abingdon Island), and xix, p. 578, 1896 (? Bindloe Island and Abing- 

 don Island). 



Pyrocephalus nanus ROTHSCHILD AND HARTERT (in part), Novit. Zool., vi, 

 p. 172, 1899. 



Range. Abingdon and Bindloe. 



This form may very doubtfully be retained as different from the 

 last. Our specimens were all taken in June, while those of P. nanus 

 nanus were taken from January to May. The Abingdon and Bindloe 

 adult males, of which we have only three, differ from those of P. n. 

 nanus in having a distinct orange shade to the vermilion of the under 

 parts, the color being rather conspicuously different from that of the 

 average males of P. n. nanus, but from some of the latter it is scarcely 

 distinguishable. This color is called by Ridgway " flame scarlet or 

 orange chrome," but we can scarcely recognize any such difference 

 as this. 



MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT SPECIMENS OF 



nanus abingdoni. 



