72 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Bahama Islands, except island of Abaco. (Recorded from Berry 

 Islands, Eleuthera, New Providence, Andres, San Salvador, Long- 

 Island, Green Cay, and Mariguana islands.) 



[Fringilla'] zaia Linnjeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 320 (based on Bahama Finch, 



Fringilla hahamensis Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, i, pi. 42). 

 Tianagral zena Gkay, Gen. Birds, ii, 1844, 365, part. 

 Tanagra zena Bkyant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1859, 111 (New Providence, 



\J<pindalls] zena BoNAPAUTE, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 240. — ScLATEEand Salvin, Norn. 

 Av. Neotr., 1873, 21.— Coky, List Birds W. I., 1885, 11. 



Sp'mdalm zena ScL.iTER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 231, part, excl. syn. part; 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 169 (Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas). — 

 Coky, Birds Bahama I., 1880, 92; Auk, iii, 1886, 195 (synonymy; descr.) ; viii, 

 1891, 294 (New Providence), 295 (Berry Islands); ix, 1892, 48 (Mariguana); 

 Birds W. I., 1889, 82 (do.); Cat. ^N. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 114,127 (Berry Islands, 

 New Providence, Andros, San Salvador, Long I., Green Cay, and Mariguana, 

 Bahamas). — Nokthrop, Auk, viii, 1891, 70 (Andros I.; food, etc.). — Ridg- 

 WAY, Auk, viii, 1891, 335 (New Providence), 336 (Eleuthera I.), 337 (Cat I. 

 or San Salvador), 339 (Green Cay). 



Spindalis zena atejnegeri Cory, Auk, viii, Oct., 1891, 348, 351 (Eleuthera Island, 

 Bahamas; coll. C. B. Cory); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 114, 126, 152 (Eleu- 

 thera; San Salvador?). 



SPINDALIS ZENA TOWNSENDI Ridgway. 

 ABACO sfhtsalis. 



Similar to /S. s. sena, but adult male with back either wholly olive or 

 much mixed with that color, instead of uniform black, the adult female 

 more decidedly olive or olive-greenish. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 149.9-162.6 (164.7); wing, 74.2-78.7 

 (76.7); tail, 61.2-62.7 (62); exposed culmen, 11.7-12.2 (11.9); depth of 

 bill at base, 5.8-7.1 (6.6); tarsus, 18.5-19.8 (19.3); middle toe, 13.7-14.5 

 (14).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 141-147.8 (144); wing, 71.1-73.7 

 (72.9); tail, 53.3-57.9 (55.6); exposed culmen, 10.4-11.7 (11.2); depth 

 of bill at base, 6.9-7.1 (7.1); tarsus, 18.3-19.8 (19.1); middle toe, 

 13.5-15 (14.2).' 



Island of Abaco, Bahamas. 



Spindatis zena townsendi Ridqway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, Apr. 25, 1887, 3 (Ataco 

 Island, Bahamas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Auk, viii, 1891, 334 (Abaco).— Coky, 

 Auk. v, 1888, 157; viii, 1891, 298, 350 (Great Bahama; Abaco) ; Birds W. I., 

 1889, 292; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 114, 127, 152 (Abaco; Great Bahama; 

 Andros?). 



SPINDALIS BENEDICTI Ridgway. 



COZUUEL SPnrSALIS. 



Similar in coloration to 8. zena tmonsendi (the back and scapulars 

 always olive) but much larger and with much thicker bill. 



'Five specimens. ^ Three specimens. 



