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MYIOCHANES VIKENS (Linnaeus) 



Wood pewee 



Muscicapa virens Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 327. (Carolina.) 



A female was taken on Swan Island, April 19, 1929. This migrant 

 species seems to occur here with regularity, as a number of them were 

 seen. 



ELAENIA MARTINICA CAYMANENSIS Berlepsch 



Cayman elaenia 



Elaenia martinica caymanensis BBaiLEPSCH, Proc. Fourth Int. Orn. Congr., 

 1907, p. 394. (Grand Cayman, West Indies.) 



A fine series of seven males, four females, and one other with sex 

 not marked was taken on Grand Cayman Island April 16 and 17, 

 1929, by A. K. Fisher and G. B. Pinchot. These birds are in excel- 

 lent plumage and are quite uniform in color, the only difference 

 being that some are slightly more yellowish than others. 



This flycatcher was one of the common forms and one that re- 

 sponded readily to the calls of the collector used to attract birds. It 

 fed extensively on certain berries, and in manner of feeding resem- 

 bled somewhat the waxwings, especially in filling up to capacity. 

 When for any reason it became excited it elevated its crest so that 

 the white crown was plainly visible. 



ELAENIA MARTINICA CINERASCENS Ridgway 



Old Providence elaenia 



Elalnea cinrrascens Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, 1884, p. 180. 

 (Old Providence Island, Caribbean Sea.) 



A female in somewhat worn plumage was collected on Old Provi- 

 dence Island, April 23, 1929. 



A common species on Old Providence. Elaenias were seen also 

 on St. Andrews, but on account of limited time no specimens were 

 collected. 



HIRUNDO ERYTHKOGASTER Boddaert 



Barn swallow 



Hirundo c r ;/ thro gas ter Boddaebt, Tabl. Planch. Enl., 1783, p. 45. (Cayenne.) 



On April 18, as the ship was passing from Grand Cayman to Swan 

 Island, a barn swallow came aboard. It was rather tired and there 

 was no difficulty in catching it so that Mr. Cleaves might make a 

 moving picture of it. The species was observed on Swan Island, and 

 considerable numbers were seen on April 24 and April 27 on both 

 Old Providence and St. Andrews, catching insects over broad, moist 

 areas. On May 8 at Cristobal, Canal Zone, not far from where the 

 yacht was docked, several hundred of this species, with a small 



