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NEW SPEOIES OF BIRDS FROM 
THE BAHAMAS. 
I wish to describe the following species of 
Birds from the Bahamas, provisionally, in ad¬ 
vance of my work on illustrations and notes of 
Birds of the Bahamas. 
BAHAMA FISH HAWK. 
Pandion ridgwayi. — Head and neck all round 
entire lower parts white, e.xcepting a narrow line 
of dusky back of eye, and a slight streaking 
of brownish on top of head, between eyes, 
above rather pale brown, each feather mar¬ 
gined with lighter. Bill and cere dark bluish, 
iris yellow, feet pale blue : dimensions, wings, .17 ; 
bill, 1.35 ; tarcus, 2.35. Single specimen obtained 
at Andros, but 1 saw others sinnlar. 
BAHAM.A RAIL. 
Ralltis Coryi. — Above, pale yellowish brown 
streaked with pale ashy ; wings, light reddish, 
coming paler on outer edges, beneath pale 
ashy, tinged with reddish across breast, becom¬ 
ing white on throat and abdomen, banded faintly 
on sides and flanks with white and pale ashy: 
dimensions, wings, 5.40; bill, 2.25; tarcis, 1.75. 
I shot only a single specimen of this peculiarly 
pallid rail, on an Island off the south shore 
of Andros. 
I ha.e named it for Mr. C. B. Cory who has 
' done more to increase our knowledge of West 
. Indian birds than any other living ornithologist. 
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I BAkA'MA GTtOUND DOVE. 
ChamatfUia BSai^ihtWs. Similar to the ' 
common gpupd djcvq, but with a bill constantly^ 
wholly black', and much smaller and paler; occurs 
throughout the Bahamas. It is only after con¬ 
siderable hesitation that I name these species 
even provisionally. It is also possible that Lin¬ 
naeus’ Colnviba fassenna was based on speci¬ 
mens of this species, and not on birds of the 
continent of North America. 
In event of this proving the case, I propose 
the name of Chamaepeliapiirpxirea for the larger 
continental dove. 
SOUTHERN YELLOW-WINCED SPARROW. 
AmmodronuLS australis. — Similar to the 
Northern yellow-wing; but smaller, darker, and 
in all stages of plumage streaked across the 
breast. Rare on the Bahamas, but constantly 
resident in Florida. 
LITTLE BAHAMA YELLOW THROAT. 
Geothlypis restricta. — Above, dark olive green 
with space next to black abruptly ashy, niask, 
rGstficlecroh the cheeks to about the same width 
as on the forehead, beneath, light yellow be¬ 
coming lighter on abdomen and browmish on 
sides; wings shorter and rounder than in the 
common trichas \ dimensions, wing. 2.40; bill, 
.2;: tracus, .2^. Occurs on Bahamas. 
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