SPECIES DESCRIBED SINCE l88o. 
R ALL US CORY/. Maynard. 
Cory’s Rail. 
Rallus coryi. Maynard, American Exchange and Mart, Boston, 
Jan. 15 (1887); lb., Feb. 5 (1887); Cory, Birds of the West Indies, 
p. 254 (1889). 
Sp. Char. — • “Above pale yellowish brown, streaked with pale 
ashy ; wings, light reddish brown, becoming paler on the outer 
edges beneath pale ashy, tinged with reddish across the breast, 
becoming white on the throat and abdomen; banded faintly on 
sides and flanks with white and pale ashy.” — Maynard , l. c. 
Length, 11.45; wi n g> 5 ! tail, 2.35 ; tarus, 1.65. 
Habitat. Andros Island. 
ARDEA BAHA ME NS/S. Brewster. 
Bahama Green Heron. 
Ardea bahamensis. Brewster, Auk, V., p. 83 (1888); Cory, Birds 
of the West Indies, p. 298 (1889). 
Sp. Char. — Smaller than A. virescens ; the general coloring 
much paler, browner, or yellower, and more uniform ; the forehead 
strongly tinged with brownish ; the light edging of the secondaries 
broader ; the dorsal plumes and rump only slightly, sometimes not 
at all, greenish ; top of head dark dull green, strongly tinged with 
brownish on the forehead; throat, jugulum, and foreneck creamy 
