BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



523 



[Dendrceca^ aureola Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 9. 

 Dlendroical aureola Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 



217. 

 [Dendroica petechia'] |. aureola Ridgway, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 350. 

 Ih'ndroica petechia . . . var. Sundevall, Proc. Zool. Sor. Lond., 1871, 124 



( Chatham, Charles, and James islands) . 

 I Dendroeca petechia'] f. gallapagensis Sundevall, Ofv. k. Vet.-Ak. F(')rh. Stockh., 



xxvi, 1870, 608 (monogr.). 

 (?) [Dendroeca petechia^ ^.peruviana Sundevall, Ofv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 



xxvi, 1870, 609 (Callao, w. Peru; coll. Stockholm Mus.; also, Guayaquil, 



w. Ecuador) . 

 (?) [Dendroeca petechia] h. xquatorialis Sundevall, Ofv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 



Stockh., xxvi, 1870, 609 (Guayaquil, w. P^cuador; coll. Stockholm Mus.; 



also, Callao, w. Pern). 



DENDROICA RUFICAPILLA RUFICAPILLA (Gmelin). 



GUADELOUPE YELLOW WARBLER. 



Similar to D. petechia 7}artholemica, but much smaller; adult male (in 

 full plumage) with crown much deeper and more extensively orange- 

 rufous or rufous-chestnut (whole pileum sometimes ahiiost continuously 

 of this color, fading on forehead to a more orange-ochraceous hue) ; back, 

 etc., darker olive-green; adult female much smaller than that of 

 D . 2)<i'techla hartholemica^ but very similar in coloration, except that the 

 forehead and crown are usuall}" tinged (often strongh' so) with orange- 

 ochraceous. Still more similar in coloration to D. p. I'ufitm'teif^ and 

 about the same size, but adult male with chestnut streaks on chest and 

 sides much narrower and adult female with forehead and crown more 

 or less strongly tinged with 3'ellow and orange-ochraceous. 



Adult w«/^.— Length (skins), 109-125 (115.1); wing, 56-60 (58.4); 

 tail, 43-48 (45.5); exposed culmen, 9.5-11 (10.4); tarsus, 18-20 (19.1); 

 middle toe, 11-12 (11.6).^ 



Adult female.— \j(i\\gi\i (skins), 110-129 (117.2); wing, 53-58 (55.3); 

 tail, 42-45 (43.6); exposed culmen, 10-11 (10.2); tarsus, 18-20 (19.4); 

 middle toe, 11.^ 



1 Eight specimens. 

 ^Eleven specimens. 



Specimens from the island of Dominica average larger than those from Guadeloupe, 

 averages of the series measured being as follows: 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Four adult males from Guadeloupe . . . 

 Four adult males from Dominica 



FEMALES. 



Seven adult females from Guadeloupe 

 Four adult females from Dominica . . . 



11.3 

 11.7 



