5 2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Dendroica virens Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 182 (1S64). — Gundl. J. f. O. 

 1S61, p. 436; ib. 1S72, p. 413; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 

 233 (1865) (Cuba). 

 Dendrozca virens Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 54 (1S7S) (Dominica). — 

 A. «& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (18S1). — Cory, List Bds. 

 W. I. p. 8 (1885). 

 Recorded from Cuba, Jamaica, and Dominica. 



Dendroica kirtlandi Baird. 



Sylvicola A-irtlandi Baird, Ann. N. Y. Ljc. V, p. 217 (1S52). 

 Dendroica Airtlandii Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 206 (1S64). 

 Dendrxca kirtlandi Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 66 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. 

 L p. 8 (1885). 



Common in winter at New Providence and Andros, Bahama 

 Islands ; probably ranges as far south as Long Island ; no other 

 record. It is possible that it is resident and breeds in the 

 Bahama Islands. 



Dendroica pityophila (Gundl.). 



Sylvicola pityophila Gundl. Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1S55, p. 160. — Brewer, Pr. 



post. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). 

 Rhimamphus pityophilus Gundl. J. f. O. 1857, p. 240. 

 Dendroica pityophila Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 208 (1864). — Bd. Bwr. & 



RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 221 (1874). 

 Dendroeca pityophila Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1S65). 



— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869). — Coues, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 



297 (1884).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).— Sharpe. Cat. Bds. 



Brit. Mus. X, p. 322 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — "Above, including sides of head and neck, uniform 

 pluinbeous gray ; the forehead, vertex and loral region olive green ; 

 chin and fore-neck bright yellow, extending on the middle of jugu- 

 lum, and bordered by black streaks towards lower part of neck, most 

 conspicuous on sides of breast. Beneath dull white, the insides of 

 wings more ashy, the flanks something like the back. Two dull 

 ashy white bands across the wing-coverts ; the quill- and tail-feathers 

 edged with paler ash than the ground color. Lateral tail-feather 

 with a whitish patch on the inner web, running forward to a point 

 along the shaft, including the whole web at the end ; second feather 

 with a more restricted patch of the same." (Baird, 1. c.) 

 Length, 4.50; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.20; tarsus, .56; bill, .45. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



