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cidedly yellow, not greenish yellow. Habitat, New 

 .Providence. Types, male and female in my collection. 



Species described provisionally and not given in 

 the list. 



HAEMOTOPUS PRATTII 



Pratt's Oyster Catcher. 



Similar to the H. palliatus, but differs in having 

 a stouter, thicker bill, and in being much lighter in 

 color above, but with the dark of the back encroaching 

 upon the white of the rump. Types in my collection 

 taken on Flemming's Key, Bahamas, April 29, 1893, 

 but probably occurs throughout the islands as a resi- 

 dent. 



I have named this species for my friend, Marland 

 L. Pratt to whom this catalogue is dedicated. 



Actual date of issue, November twenty-ninth, 1899. 



29 COLUMBIGALLINA JAMAICENSIS. 

 Jamaica Ground Dove. 



Similar to C. bahamensis, but differs in being light- 

 er in shade and in having the bill distinctly yellow at 

 the base. Types, male and female, in the Bryant Col- 

 lection. 



This is not the C. passerina of Linnaeus ; he, having no type, based 

 his description mainly upon Catesby's figure of the Ground Dove of the 

 Carolinas. This figure, although good, is sparrow- like enough in form 

 to have evidently suggested the name of passerina to Linnaeus. 



