334 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



AGELAIUS PHCENICEUS BRYANTI Ridgway. 

 BAHAUA RED-WING. 



Similar to A. p. floridanus, but bill still longer; adult female much 

 paler, with under parts more purely white, the dusky streaks much nar- 

 rower, and dusky gray or brownish gray instead of nearly black; pileum 

 brown, narrowly streaked with dusky (instead of the reverse), and 

 lighter streaks on hindneck, back, and scapulars much broader and 

 more conspicuous, the darker markings of the same portions less 

 black, the rump and upper tail-coverts more grayish. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 193-214.6 (205.2); wing, 112.3-120.7 

 (114.3); tail, 83.8-88.1 (86.1); culmen, from base, 25.7-26.2 (25.9); 

 depth of bill at base, 11.4^12.2 (11.7); tarsus, 27.9-30.2 (29.2); middle 

 toe, 19.1-19.8 (19.6).^ 



Adidt female.— Ijength. (skins), 165.1-182.9 (173.2); wing, 89.9-95.8 

 (92.5): tail, 64.8-71.6 (68.6); culmen, from base, 18.5-20.3 (19.3); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.2-10.4 (10.2); tarsus; 24.4-26.4 (24.9); middle 

 toe, 16.5-18 (17.3).^ 



Bahamas (New Providence; Abaco; Andx-os; Berry Islands; Bimini; 



the males from Louisiana (I have not seen males from Texas), the only apparent 

 difference being the slightly shorter and thicker bills of the birds from Louisiana 

 and Texas, in which respect they are intermediate heiyie&n floridanus and phwniceus, 

 though nearer the former, as they also are in other measurements. 

 Average measurements are as follows: 



Locality, 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Culmen, 

 from 

 base. 



Depth 

 of bill 

 at base. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males of A.p. floridanus (from Florida) . 

 Fouradultmalesfromcoastof Louisiana (Averys 



Island and Timbaline Island) 



Ten adult males oiA.p. phanicens 



FEMALES. 



Ten adultfemalesofyl. p. ,/iorida?iMS (from Florida) . 

 Two adult females from coast of Louisiana (Averys 



Island ) 



Two adult females from Galveston, Texas 



Ten adult females of A.p.plmniceus 



112.5 



113.3 

 119.6 



96.5 

 96.8 



87.9 



86.6 

 91.7 



70.4 



73.9 

 72.1 

 74.2 



24.6 



23.9 

 23.4 



20.3 



21.1 

 21.3 

 19.3 



12.2 

 12.7 



11.2 

 11.2 

 10.9 



28.6 

 30.7 



26.2 



26.4 

 27.7 

 25.9 



20. f 

 21.3 



17.8 



17.8 



17 



18.3 



So far as the females from Louisiana and Galveston are concerned (those examined 

 are all breeding birds) , it may be observed that in size they are intermediate between 

 phoeniceus axA floridanus; but there being only two specimens from each place it may 

 reasonably be expected that measurements of a larger series would show different 

 results. 



' Five specimens. 



