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Adult female.— IjQngth. (skins), 114.3-123.2 (117.6); wing, 59.9- 

 62.7 (60.7); tail, 17.7-51.6(1:9); exposed eulmen, 9.6-10.2(10); tarsus, 

 19-19.8 (19.6); middle toe, 11.1-12.7 (11.9).' 



Eastern North America, chiefly west of the Alleghenies; breeding 

 in the interior of British America (Fort Resohition and Fort Simp- 

 son, province of Mackenzie); in winter, southern Florida, Bahamas, 

 Greater Antilles (Cuba, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Cayman 

 Brae, Jamaica, Haiti, Forto Rico), Cozurael Island, Yucatan (Progreso) 

 and Swan Island, and island of Old Providence, Caribbean Sea; occa- 

 sional, during migration, in Atlantic States (numerous records), and 

 at eastern base of Rocky Mountains (Denver, Colorado, one specimen, 

 eTune 20). 



\_Motacilla] palmarum Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 951 (Santo Domingo; 

 based on Le Bimhele on faussc Linoite Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., v. o3(), and 

 Palm Warldcr Latham, Gen. Synop., ii, pt. 2, 498). 



MotacUla palmarum Lesson, Traite d'Orn., 1831, 418. 



[(S/y/cm] palmarum Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 544. 



Sylvia palmarum Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., ii, 1807, 21, pi. 73; Nonv. Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat., xi, 1817, 168; Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 431.— Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., 

 X, 1817, 607.— Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1825, 29 (Florida); 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, 1826, 78; Am. Orn., ii, 1828, 12, pi. 10, fig. 2.~D'0rbigny, 

 in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1839, 61, pi. 8. 



Sylvicola palmarum Jardine, ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., i, 1832, 373. — Richardson, 

 Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 1836 (1837), 172.— Salle, Proe. Zool. Soe. Lond., 1857, 231 

 (Santo Domingo). — Bryant, Proe. Bost. Soe. N. H., vii, 1859, 110 (Bahamas, 

 winter; habits); xi, 1867, 91 (Santo Domingo). — Albrecht, Journ., fiirOrn., 

 1861, 53 (Bahamas). 



M\_niolilta'\ palmarum Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 196. 



[^Mniotilta^ palmarum Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 240, no. 3477. 



Dendroica palmarum Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 288, part (Ohio, 

 Illinois, Wisconsin, Red R. Settlement, and Florida) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, 

 no. 208, part; Review Am. Birds, 1865, 207, part (Fort Simpson; Fort 

 Resolution; Cuba). — Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 326 (Cuba); 1872, 

 415 (do.); Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 234; Anal. Soe. Esp. Hist. Nat., 

 vii, 1878, 183 (Porto Rico). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 273, part.— Ridgway, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 564 

 (Cozumel I., Yucatan); x, 1888, 575 (Swan I., Caribbean Sea); Orn. Illinois, 

 1, 1889, 154. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 672. — 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., i, 1886, 258 (Massachusetts records; 4 

 specs). — Cory, Auk. iii, 1886, 39 (West Indian references); iv, 1887, 180 

 (Old Providence I., Caribbean Sea); vi, 1889, 31 (Little Cayman and Cay- 

 man Brae); ix, 1892, 49 (Watlings I., Bahamas); Birds W. I., 1889, 53; Cat. 

 W. I. Birds, 1892, 118 (Great Bahama, Abaco, Biminis, Berry Islands., Eleu- 

 thera, New Providence, Andros, San Salvador, Exuma Keys, Concepcion, 

 Watlings I., Rum Cay, Fortune I., Green Cay, North Caicos, Grand Caieos, 

 East Caieos, and Great Inagua, Bahamas; Cuba; Isle of Pines; Grand Cay- 

 man; Jamaica; Haiti; Porto Rico). — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 

 254 (Mississippi Valley dates, etc. ); Bull. 44, Colo. Agr. Coll., 1898, 168 (Den- 

 ver, Colorado, 1 spec, June 20, 1891).— Dutcher, Auk., v, 1888, 182 (Fire I., 

 New York, Sept. 23, 1 spec.).— Dwight, Auk. v, 1888, 324 (Montauk Point, 



^ Eight specimens. 



