NOBLE: THE RESIDENT BIRDS OF GUADELOUPE. 373 
kindly furnished the following measurements of the specimens in the 
collections of the American Museum of Natural History and of Jona- 
than Dwight, Jr. 
Measurements in Millimeters. 
Nostril 
Wing Tail Tarsus Culmen Tubes Remarks 
Amer. Mus. 6212 293 133 35 32 Short — Sooty, not greyish 
Type of P. meridion- above, crown 
alis Lawr. ending __ scarcely marked off 
Florida Coast abruptly by lateral white 
from back 
Amer. Mus. 46145 — — 35 35 Low Bill and foot only 
Long Island ending 
July 1850 gradually 
Amer. Mus. 11212 277 = 148 38 31.5 Low Back grey, rump 
o Central Park Zoo. ending darker, nape 
Jan. 8, 1912. gradually broadly white 
Captive bird marking off cap 
from back 
Coll. J. D. Jr. 290 146 35 32 Low Nape whitish 
Blacksburg, Mont- marking off cap 
gomery Co., Va. from back. Cap 
Aug. 31, 1893, and back sooty lat- 
E. A. Smyth Jr. ter somewhat 
greyish 
Coll. Dror: 290" mlaar on 35 Low Back and cap sooty 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. sharply marked oft 
Sept. 1893 by white nape 
It appears from this table that all of the birds in these collections 
except P. meridionalis Lawr. are referable to Aestrelata diabolica 
Lafresnaye. The actual measurements of Lawrence’s type are 
somewhat larger than those considered typical Aestrelata haesitata as 
represented by the two specimens in the Museum of Comparative 
Zoblogy, but the characters of bill and coloration make it referable 
to that species. 
I have included in the table the measurements of Aestrelata jamai- 
censis to bring out the similarity between that species and Aestrelata 
haesitata. It would be rash to consider Aestrelata jamaicensis simply 
a color phase of Aestrelata haesitata. Yet further study may reveal 
that these two species are very closely related. 
During the course of my investigation of the status of Aestrelata 
