574 BIRDS FROM CARIBBEAN SEA AND HONDURAS. 



4. Dendroica vitellina CouY. 

 Oni' speciinen (feinalo.) 



5. Certliiola sharpei CouY. 

 Five specimens. 



6. Euetheia olivacea (Gmki,.). 



Six fspccimeiis, apparently not different from Haytien and Jamaicau 

 exaniplps, 



7. Quiscalus caymanensis Cory. 

 One specimen. 



8. Myiarchus denigratiis Couy. 

 One si^ecimen. 



9. Eiainea martinica (Lixx.)? 



Three specimens. It is very probable that too wide a limit has been 

 given this species, and tliat the recog-nition of several loc-al forms will 

 prove necessary 5 but the decision of this question can not be attempted 

 in tlie present connection. 



10. Crotophaga aiii LiXN. 

 Three siiecimens. 



11. Centurus caymanensis Cory. 

 Eight specimens. 



12. Columbigallina passerina insularis Towns., MS. (Sutsp. nov.) 



CohimhUjalVuia pasficvina Cor.v, Auk, Oct., 18SG, 502. 



SuBSP. Char. — Similar to G. passerina bahamensis (^Iayn.), but larger 

 and with basal half (or more) of bill distinctly orange or yellowish. 



Habitat. — Island of Grand Cayman, Caribbean Sea. 



Ad nit male (type, No. 111217, Grand Cayman, March 10, 1887 5 Charles 

 H. Townsend): Forehead and sides of head pale delicate creamy vina- 

 ceous, the feathers of chin and throat vinaceous- white with deeper vina- 

 ceous margins ; crown, occiput, and hind-neck delicate pale French-gray 

 or pearl-gray, the feathers with darker gray margins; back, scapulars, 

 rnm[), and upper tail-coverts uniform light drab-gray; wing-coverts 

 light drab-gray and light vinaceous, the latter prevailing on middle 

 coverts, which are spotted with gloss}^ violet-black or dark steel-bhie; 

 tertials i)ale drab-gray marked with a few small spots and oblique bars 

 of glossy violet-black, the hinder scapulars also with a few small spots of 

 the same; alula, primary-coverts, and outer webs of remiges blackish, 

 the secondaries indistinctly edged with pale drab-gray and Che prima- 

 ries narrowly edged with rusty. Fore-neck and chest pale vinaceous, 

 each feather with a central spot of dusky ; breast, belly, sides, and 

 flanks plain pale vinaceous; under tail-coverts dull white with central 

 portion (mostly concealed) drab-grayish; under wing-coverts, axillars, 

 and inaer webs of remiges (except at ends) uniform cinnamon-rufous. 

 Bill dull orange (bright^orange in life ?) with terminal third black; feet 



