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1892, 105, part (Great Bahama, Abaco, New Providence, Andros, Fortvme, 

 Acklin, and Great Inagua islands, Bahamas). — Northbop, Auk, viii, 1891, 

 72 (Andros I.; habits).— Bonhotb, Ibis, 1899, 514 (New Providence); 1903, 

 292 (Andros I.; habits).— Bangs, Auk, xvii, 1900, 288 (Nassau, New Provi- 

 dence). 



[Chordeiles] minor Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 16, part (Bahamas). 



Chordeiles mrginianus vicinits Riley, Auk, xx, Oct., 1903, 432 (Long Island, 

 Bahamas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); xxii, 1905, 855. — Allen, (G.M.), Auk, xxii, 

 1905, 126 (New Providence; Moraine Cay; Great Bahama). — ^Wokthington, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 455 (Andros and Abaco islands). 



CHORDEILES VlRGmUNUS MINOR (Cabanis), 

 CUBAIfr mCHTHAWE. 



Similar to O. v. vicinus but wing and tail shorter and coloration 

 darker; lighter markings of upper parts coarser, more ochraceous or 

 tawny, and under parts more buffy, the posterior portions strongly so. 



Adult male.~Wmg, 159-174 (168); tail 89-97.5 (93.5); exposed 

 culmen, 6.1-8 (6.6); tarsus, 12.5-14.1 (13.4); middle toe, 13-14.2 

 (13.9) .» 



Adult female. — ^Length (before skinning), 218;* wing, 160-174.5 

 (168.7); tail, 89.5-103 (95.3); exposed culmen, 6-7 (6.7); tarsus, 

 12-14.1 (13.3); middle toe, 13.1-14.9 (13.9)." 



Cuba (including Isle of Pines), Jamaica, Haiti, and Porto Kico, 

 Greater Antilles. 



Chordeiles virginianus (not Capnrmdgus virgimanus Gmelin) Gossb, Birds Jamaica, 

 1847, 83.— Lembeye, Aves de la Isla de Cuba, 1850, 51, pi. 4, fig. 3 (in part, at 

 least). 



Chordediles minor Cabanis, Joum. fur Cm., iv, Jan., 1856, 5 (Cuba). — Gttndlach, 

 Joum. fur Om., 1861, 411 (crit.). 



C[hordediles] minor Cadanis, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 86 (Cuba). — Newton (A. and 

 E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 109 (Jamaica). 



[Chordediles] minor Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Om., 1890, 191 

 (Cuba). 



Chordeiles minor Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1860, 262 (Cuba; synonymy,' 

 crit.). — ScLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, 77 (Jamaica; crit.); 1866, 

 133 (monogr.); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 279 (Jamaica); Joum. fiir Om., 1867, 

 263; Ibis, 1867, 107 (Trinidad; crit.); Rev. List Birds Jamaica, 1910, 10.— 

 Albrecht, Joum. fiir Om., 1861, 204 (Cuba); 1862, 199 (Jamaica).— March, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 286 (Jamaica). — Gundlach, Joum. fiir Om., 

 1874, 117 (Cuba; habits), 311 (Porto Rico); 1878, 160 (Porto Rico), 172 

 (Porto Rico; crit.).— Gory, Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 85; Auk, iii, 

 1886, 840, part; Birds West Ind., 1889, 135, part; Cat. West. Ind. Birds, 1892, 

 105, part (Cuba; Isle of Pines; Jamaica; Haiti). — Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 276 

 (Jamaica, April-Oct.). — Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 125 (Port Henderson, Jamaica). 

 -Christy, Ibis, 1897, 828 (La Vega, Santo Domingo; habits).— Verbili. 

 (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1909, 860 (Santo Domingo). 



[Chordeiles] minor Gundlach, Joum. fiir Om., 1861, 830 (Cuba). — Gray, Hand-list, 

 i, 1869, 61, no. 701.— Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 96 

 (Jamaica). — Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 16, part. — Sharpe, Hand-list, 

 ii. 1900, 79. 



*" Ten apecimens. * One specimen. c Nine specimenSv 



