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inclining to fawn color; wings (except lesser coverts) and tail as in 

 adults, but greater wing-coverts indistinctly tipped, as well as edged, 

 with pale yellow; superciliary stripe and sides of head buffy whitish, 

 partly separated by a dusky loral and postocular mark; malar region, 

 chin, and throat paler buffy white .or vinaceous white; rest of under 

 parts white, the sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts tinged with 

 sulphur yellow. 



Adkdt male.— Length (skins), 132-150 (145.4); wing, 80-85 (82.2); 

 tail, 54-59 (56.7); exposed culmen, 15-17.5 (16.3); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 4.5-5.5 (4.9); tarsus, 18-20 (19); middle toe, 11-12 (11.8).« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 130-165 (147.6); wing, 72-83 (77.8); 

 tail, 49-58 (52.2); exposed culmen, 15-16 (15.8); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 5; tarsus, 19-19.5 (19.1); middle toe, 11-12 (11.7).* 



Islands of Jamaica, Haiti, Porto Eico, St. Thomas, and St. Croix," 

 Greater Antilles, and adjacent islands of Sombrero and Saba, Lesser 

 Antilles; island of Trinidad."^ 



"Twenty-one specimens. 



6 Six specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average, respectively, as follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Six adult males from Jamaica 



Four adult males from Santo Domingo 



Ten adult males from Porto Eico 



One adult male from Sombrero (type of V. atri 

 pennis Lawrence) 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Jamaica 



One adult female from Santo Domingo 



Two adult females from Porto Eico 



One adult female from Sombrero (type of V 



virginaMs Lawrence) 



One adult female from Saba , 



Wing. 



82.6 

 81.2 

 82.4 



72 

 75.6 



67.2 

 56.3 

 56.8 



68 

 47 

 60 



62 

 56 



Ex- 

 pose 

 ciilmeu. 



Depth 



of bill at 



frontal 



anti®. 



16.8 

 16.7 

 16.3 



16 

 16 

 16 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



18.9 

 19.5 

 19 



19 

 19 

 19.2 



19 

 19 



11.6 

 11.7 

 12 



11 

 12 

 11.2 



11.5 

 12 



"I have not seen specimens from St. Croix, which is given on Mr. Cory's authority. 

 Mr. Cory also includes in the range of this form the Lesser Antillean islands of St. 

 Eustatius, St. Christopher, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Santa Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, 

 and Barbados; but I am convinced this is an error, all specimens from these islands 

 which I have seen being referable to F. c. barbaderms. Mr. Cory probably was mis- 

 led by specimens discolored by chemical action of the preservative used, to which 

 he refers (Cat W. I. Birds, p. 153) . 



1^ A single specimen (sex not determined) in the collection of the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, said to be from Trinidad, and of the usual "Trinidad" style of 

 make-up, agrees with Jamaican and Porto Rican specimens, but has the pileum 

 perceptibly paler and grayer. Its measurements are as follows: Wing, 85; tail, 60; 

 exposed culmen, 19; tarsus, 19; middle toe, 12. 



