524 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Islands of (xiuidoloupe and Dominica, Lesser Antilles. 



[Moiucilla] ruficapilla GjMELIN, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 971 (ba.sed on Figuicr de 

 la Martinique, Ficedula martinicana, Brisson, Orn., iii, 490, \>\. 22, fig. 4). 



[Sylvia'] ruficapilla Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 540. 



Dendraca petechia (not Mofacilla petechia Linnseus) Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 160, i>att 

 (Dominica). — Lawrence, Proc. IJ. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 54 (Dominica; 

 dei^cr. ne8t and egg.s) . 



Dendrnca petediUt var. hwliinoptera Lawrence, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mns. , i, A{)r. 22, 

 1879, 453 (Gnadeloupe, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



[Dendroira petechia'] 8. uidanoptera Kidcway, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 18S5, 

 350 (Guadeloupe; Dominica). 



[Dendroeca] petechia melanoptera Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 8. 



Dendroica petechia melanoptera Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 31; viii, 1891, 49 (Guade- 

 loupe); Birds W. 1., 1889, 45; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 18, 118 (Guadeloupe; 

 Dominica). 



Dendraca nielaitoptera Siiarpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 1885, 279, 644 (Dominica; 

 Guadeloupe). — Scl.vter, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 326 (Dominica). 



DENDROICA RUFICAPILLA RUFIVERTEX Ridgway. 



COZUMEl YELLOW WARBLER. 



Similar to I), r. ruficupiUa^ but adult male with chest and sides much 

 more broadly streaked with chestnut; adult female with forehead and 

 crown uniform yellowish olive-g-reen, concolor with back, etc. 



Adult iiudt.-Aj(^\\^i\\ (skins), 107-120 (114..5); wing, 56-60 (58.2): 

 tail, 44—1:8 (46.6); exposed culraen, 10-11 (10.8); tarsus, 19-21 (20); 

 middle toe, 10.5-11 (10.9).^ 



Adult female.— \^^\\^\h (skins), 106-118 (110); wing, 55-56(55.6); 

 tail, 45-47 (45.8); exposed culmen, 10-11 (10.5); tarsus, 18-21 (20); 

 middle toe, 11.^ 



Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



Dendroica petechia rufivertex Ridgway, Descr. New Species Birds from Cozumel, 

 Feb. 26, 1885, 1; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., iii, 1885, 21 (Cozumel I., Yucatan; 

 coll. U. S. Nat. :\Ius. ) ; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 348 (full descr. ), 563. 



[Dendroica petechia] s. rufivertex Ridcuvay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 2, 

 1885, 350. 



DENDROICA RUFICAPILLA FLAVIDA (Cory). 



ST. ANDREWS YELLOW WARBLER. 



" Resembles Dendroica rufivei'tex, but has the orange brown on the 

 head [crown] more restricted and paler; throat unspotted, or very 

 nearly so; underparts, including sides and flanks, heavily striped with 

 rufous brown. 



Adult male. — "Top of the head orange brown showing yellow in 

 front of the eye; nape. back, and upper tail-coverts yellowish olive; 

 throat bright pale yellow, touched with one or two indistinct pencil- 

 ings of brown, rest <si underparts yellow, heavilj' streaked with rufous 



^ Eight specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



