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VIREO MAGISTER CAYMANENSIS Cory 



Cayman vireo 



Vireo caymanensis Cory, Auk, 1887, p. 7. (Grand Cayman Island, West 

 Indies. ) 



Three males were collected on Grand Cayman Island, April 16 

 and 17, 1929, by A K. Fisher and G. B. Pinchot. The junior author 

 agrees with Bangs '^ that this bird should be treated as a race of 

 Vireo magister. 



The three specimens have the following measurements: Wing, 

 73.9, 75.4, 69.8; tail, 57.9, 57.9, 55.4; culmen from base, 16.4, 16.1, 

 16.5; and tarsus, 21.0, 21.2, 20.0 mm. 



VIREO OLIVACEUS GRANDIOR (Ridgway) 



Old Providence vireo 



Vireosylvia grandior Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, July 29, 1884, 

 p. 178. (Old Providence Island, Caribbean Sea.) 



Two females of this form, of which there are few specimens in 

 museums, were taken on Old Providence Island, April 23 and 24, 

 1929. These are in full plumage and measure as follows: Wing, 



86.0, 83.0; tail, 68.7, 65.4; culmen from base, 18.7, 19.4; and tarsus, 



22.1, 21.5 mm. 



Attention was attracted to this bird by a clear vireo note. One 

 specimen was taken on a dry hillside, and the other along a partially 

 dried stream. 



VIREO OLIVACEUS CANESCENS (Cory) 



St. Andrews vireo 



Vireosylvia cnnescens Cory, Auk, May 28, 1887, p. 178. (St. Andrews 

 Island, Caribbean Sea.) 



An adult male in slightly worn plumage was taken on St. Andrews 

 Island, April 27, 1929. It measures as follows: Wing, 87.0; tail, 

 68.7; tarsus, 22.2 mm. The bill is broken. This form is easily dis- 

 tinguished from F. 0. grandior of Old Providence by the grayer, less 

 greenish dorsal surface. This is the first specimen to be received 

 by the National Museum. 



This bird acted very much like a red-eyed vireo as it gleaned food 

 among the foliage of one of the larger trees on the higher ground 

 toward the center of the island. 



"Eull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 60, 1916, p. 314. 

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