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Species described provisionally and not given in the list. 

 13.1 HAEMATOPUS PKATTII. 



Pratt's Oyster Catcher. 



Similar to ff. 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, 1897, but probably 

 occurs throughout the islands as a resident. 



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 JAMAICEtfSIS. 



Jamaica Ground Dove. 



Similar to C. bahamensis, but differs in being lighter in shade 

 and in having the bill distinctly yellow at the base. Types, male and 

 female, in the Bryant Collection. 



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 ofjxisserina to Linnaeus. 



