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CENTURUS CAYMANENSIS Cory 



Grand Cayman woodpecker 

 Centurm caymanensis Coet, Auk, 1886, p. 499. (Grand Cayman, West Indies.) 



Two males and a female were taken on Grand Cayman, April 17, 

 1929, by A. K. Fisher and G. B. Pinchot. All are adult. 



In action and habit this species reminds one of the red-bellied 

 woodpeckers of the United States. 



TOLMARCHUS CAUDIFASCIATUS CAYMANENSIS (Nicoll) 



Grand Cayman petchary 



Pitangns caymanensis Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 582. (Grand Cayman, West 

 Indies.) 



Four males and one female were taken on Grand Cayman, April 

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

 agrees with Hellmayr ^ that this insular form should be recognized 

 as a race of Tolmarchus caudifasciatus caudifasciMus of Cuba. 



The present series adds a new race to the collections of the 

 National Museum. 



Until one becomes acquainted with this species it can be mistaken 

 very easily for the gray kingbird. It is found more often in the 

 woods than in the open country, which is the favorite feeding 

 ground of the related species. In its movements it more nearly 

 resembles the crested flycatchers (Mylat'chus) than the other related 

 forms. It was a common bird that was general in suitable localities 

 over the areas visited. 



MYIARCHUS SAGRAE SAGRAE (Gundlach) 



La Sagra's flj^catcher 



Muscicapa Sagrae Gundlach, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, 1852, 

 p. 313. (Cuba.) 



A male and another specimen with sex not marked were taken on 

 Grand Cayman, April 16, 1929, by A. K. Fisher and G. B. Pinchot. 

 These two are in slightly worn plumage and appear grayer above and 

 blacker on the head than a series from Cuba. However, there is a 

 female specimen in the National Museum taken on Grand Cayman, 

 March 15, 1887, that is identical with birds from Cuba. 



These two specimens, which were taken in the woods near the edge 

 of a mangrove swamp, were the only ones seen. Their movements 

 were characteristic of the genus. 



» Cat. Birds Amer., pt. -5, 1927, p. 157. 



