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SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmelin) 



Northern water-thrush 



Motacilla noveboraccnsis GMEa:.iN, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 958. 

 (Louisiana and New York.) 



An individual was seen at close range among the mangroves at 

 North Cove on Grand Cayman, April 16. On April 24 two were 

 seen on Old Providence along a shallow, canopied pool, searching 

 for food among the pebbles. They seemed perfectly at home and 

 as if in no hurry to reach their summer home in the north. 



SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS (Linnaeus) 



Oven-bird 



MotacilJa aurocapilla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 334. (Near 

 Philadelphia, Pa.) 



A few were seen on Swan Island in general company with other 

 migrants. 



GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS BRACmDACTYLA (Swainson) 



Northern yellowthroat 



Trichas itrachidaotyltis Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, p. 295. (Northern 

 Provinces of United States.) 



One of these little birds was seen in a small inland thicket in a 

 coconut grove on Swan Island. As it was not collected, its allocation 

 to the northern subspecies is solely on the basis that this is the ordi- 

 nary migrant through this area. 



SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA (Linnaeus) 



Redstart 



' Motacilla ruticilla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 186. (Vir- 

 ginia.) 



Several were seen in different localities on Swan Island. One was 

 flying about after insects around the buildings. 



ICTERUS LAWRENCII Cory 



St. Andrews oriole 



Icterus lawrencii Goby, Auk, May 28, 1887, p. 178. (St. Andrews Island, 

 Caribbean Sea.) 



A pair of these beautiful orioles taken on St. Andrews Island on 

 April 27, 1929, measure as follows: Male, wing, 108.3; tail, 90.2; 

 culmen from base, 25.4 ; tarsus, 24.7 mm. Female, wing, 100.8 ; tail, 



