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this bird is very like a wood-warbler reminding one particularly of a 
Black-poll (Dendroica striata). 
32. HoOLOQUISCALUS GUADELOUPENSIS (Lawrence). 
Holoquiscalus martinicensis Ridgway. 
Merle. Bout de Petun. 
Nine specimens, adults and half-grown males from Ste. Rose, July 
12th-18th; four specimens from Basse Terre, July 3d. 
I fail to find any characters by which to separate H. martinicensis 
from H. guadeloupensis. Ridgway (Bull. U. S. N. M., 1902, 50, 
pt. 2, p. 232) says of H. guadeloupensis “Similar to H. martinicensis 
but wing averaging slightly longer.”” His measurements for the wing 
of the male of H. martinicensis are: — 119.4-124 (120.7) and for the 
female 102.4-108.5 (105.4). For the male of H. guadeloupensis, on 
the other hand, his wing measurements are: — 119.9-124.5 (121.9), 
for the female 104.4-109.2 (106.7). 
My averages for the wing of H. guadeloupensis are also slightly 
larger than those of H. martinicensis, but this difference is very small, 
and there is, apparently, no other distinguishing character. I do 
not believe a distinction can be made between the two forms, and it 
seems best to refer the Martinique bird to H. guadeloupensis. On 
geographical grounds alone there would seem to be a real difference 
between these two birds for the species has never been taken on 
Dominica, lying just between and in plain sight of Guadeloupe and 
Martinique. But if isolation has tended to make a distinction be- 
tween the two forms, this distinction is, to my mind, at present not 
great enough to recognize two species. 
Holoquiscalus martinicensis Ridgway. 
Exposed 
MrO2Z2, Sex Locality Wing Tail Tarsus Culmen 
10895! =o Martinique, F. W. I. 120.5 96 36 20.9 
27688 fof si # 118+ 100+ 30uD Ay 
28696 fot 3 2 120 102 38- 28 
28695 2 Ls te 108- 87 34 24 
11272 Q % “ 105 85 33 24 
11273 2 M2 - 104+ 80 37- 25 
1 Coll. E. A. and O. Bangs. 
