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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
SPINDALIS ZEN A. {Linn') 
Bahama Finch. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, black; rump and a broad band 
over the nape from side of the neck, rufous brown, shading into an 
orange tinge ; a superciliary stripe, and a stripe on the sides of the 
throat from lower mandible and chin, white ; cheeks, black ; throat, 
black, shading into brown upon the breast, with a yellow stripe 
passing from the chin nearly to the brown of the breast ; breast, 
deep yellow, shading into brown as it nears the throat ; belly, white, 
with an olive tint upon the flanks ; wings and tail black, edged with 
white ; the tertials, coverts, and base of primaries heavily marked 
with white ; bill, black under mandible, bluish ; legs, black. 
Winter Plumage , Female. — Above, olive-green ; below, paler, 
shading into white on the belly; the sides and flanks, pale olive- 
green ; the stripe over the eye but faintly indicated, and of an ashy 
color; wings and tail, dark brown, with an olive tinge on the 
feathers, showing markings of dull white as in the male, but much 
narrower. 
Length 5.95, wing 3, tail 2.50, tarsus .80, bill .50. 
This beautiful species is a resident of the Bahamas. We found 
it most abundant on the island of New Providence, where it is one 
of the first birds that attracts the visitor’s attention on account of its 
