No. 460] BIRDS OF THE ISLE OF PINES. 199 
60. Starnoenas cyanocephala (Linn). “ Pernız.”’—This 
bird has not been actually seen by any naturalist in the Isle 
of Pines. We include it because the natives who know it 
well positively assert that a few inhabit the Caballos Moun- 
tains and some point near the south coast. 
61. Saurothera merlini decolor subsp. nov. 
* ARRIERO." 
Type from La Vega, Isle of Pines, adult 4, no. 13,246, Coll. 
of E. A. and O. Bangs. Collected April 24, 1904, by W. R. 
Zappey. 
Characters. — Somewhat similar to true S. merlini d'Orb. of 
Cuba, but smaller, with decidedly shorter bill; much paler in 
color, wholly lacking the hazel or pale chestnut suffusion of 
back, head, and rump, these parts being, in the new form, uni- 
form dull hair-brown ; the ferruginous color of the lower under- 
parts also much paler and duller and more restricted, never 
reaching the lower breast. In general coloration the Isle of 
Pines bird — except for the chestnut patch in the wing — more 
nearly resembles S. dahamensis than S. merlini merlini. 
The young is like the adult except that it lacks the black sub- 
terminal band to the rectrices. 
Iris brown, bare skin around eye scarlet, legs slate blue (from 
fresh specimen just killed). 
Measurements : — 
No. Sex. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 
13,246 d ad. "mr , 267 42.5 52.5 
13,247 d ad. 161 262 43 55 
13,243 d ad. 164 235 43 52 
13,242 d ad. 158 255 41.5 51.5 
13,244 9 ad. 149 226 39-5 50 
13,245 Q ad. I 252 40.5 54 
The Lizard Cuckoo of the Isle of Pines is a common bird in 
rough, rocky country wherever there is a thick growth of scrub 
and bushes, and is very tame. It has a habit of hopping from - 
one branch to another till it reaches the top of a bush and then 
sailing down to the ground or the lower branches of another 
