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others. The Cayman Islands offer some good 

 examples of this, for apart from the two species 

 of parrots, Grand Cayman has a peculiar starling,* 

 while Little Cayman is inhabited by the Cuban 

 species,")" and, as already mentioned, both islands 

 have peculiar forms of warblers. There are 

 several other equally interesting cases. On the 

 whole, the avifauna of the Cayman Islands seems 

 to be nearest to that of Cuba, though a new species 

 of tyrant flycatcher, which was found by us on 

 Grand Cayman, is more nearly allied to a species 

 found on the Bahamas. 



On 13th March we left Grand Cayman, and 

 steamed to Little Cayman, off which we anchored 

 early the same afternoon. 



* Quiscalus caymanensis. f Q- gundlachi. 



i Pitangus caymanensis. ''Ibis," 190-1, p. 582. 



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