346 Birds collected during a Cruise in the Caribbean Sea. 
I found this bird shy and not at all easy to procure. 
It frequents thick bush country. I found the Cuban 
bird fairly common at the eastern end of Cuba on the 
north coast, where it seemed to be more gregarious than 
in the Grand Cayman. 
Spindalis salvini Cory. 
Spindalis salvini Cory, Auk, iii. p. 499 (1886). 
I obtained four males of this fine species, which, owing to 
its skulking habits, is difficult to find. 
Mr. Cory has compared it with S. pretrei , but it is a 
much larger bird than that species. Mr. Ridgway, who has 
not seen any examples of this Cayman bird, very rightly 
says that, “ judging from the description, it seems to be more 
like S. benedicti than any other.” I have compared my 
specimens w r ith a series of the latter species in the British 
Museum collection and with eight examples of S. pretrei in 
my own, and I find that the chestnut coloration of the 
breast in S. salvini is more defined than in S. benedicti , 
the lower margin tending to be well differentiated from 
the clearer yellow of the lower chest, whereas in S. pretrei 
the colours blend imperceptibly and are lighter. The 
median throat-stripe is lighter in S. salvini as compared 
with S. benedicti and of a more yellowish tint, not “ more 
orange ” as suggested by Mr. llidgway, and the rump is 
paler—brownish orange as compared with chestnut. 
S. salvini is, in fact, generally less rich in coloration 
in every way than S. benedicti, but is far nearer to it than 
S. pretrei. The back in S. salvini is yellowish olive, and is 
distinctly lighter than m S. pretrei. 
I append wing-measurements of four specimens of each 
species:— 
S. salvini. 
S. benedicti. 
S. pretrei. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
88 
80 
72 
88 
81 
69 
85 
79 
74 
85 
82 
73 
The female has never been described. 
