Cory ori the Birds of the West Indies. c [ 



Dendroica adelaidae Baird. 



Dendroica adelaida; 'B.\ivlt>, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 212 (1864). 



Sylvicola (^Dc7idrccca) adelaidce Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, 

 p. 251 (1S66). 



Defidrceca adclaidcB Sund. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. Stockh. 1S69, p 

 615. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 241 (i8;o). — Scl. & Salv. Nom 

 Avium Neotr. p. 9 (1873). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII 

 p. 1S5 (1S7S).— RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, pp. 525, 526 (1S83) 

 — CouES, KejN. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1884). — Cory, List Bds. W. I 

 p. 8 (1885).— Sharps, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 306 (1885). 



Dendroica gracice var. adelaidce 'Bi>. Brew. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 

 I, p. 220 (1S74). 



Sp. Char. Male: — "Entire upper parts, and sides of neck as far forward 

 as the eyes, uniform ash gray. Beneath, including edge of bend of 

 wing, bright yellow; lining of wings, axillari'es, and crissum, 

 white. A broad yellow line from bill to eye, with the eyelidsyellow; 

 forehead and sides of vertex black. A black loral line. Wings 

 with two conspicuous white bands; the quills and tail-feathers 

 blackish, edged externally with whitish, internally with purer 

 white. There lateral tail-feathers with a quadrate terminal white 

 patch on inner web. Bill black. Legs pale yellowish." (Baird, 1. c). 

 Length, 4.7; wing, 2.1 ; tail, 2.05; tarsus, .65. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



Dendroica adelaidae delicata. 



Detidrceca adclaidcB ScL. P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 269. — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 



Club, V, p. 166 (iSSo). 

 Dcndrccca adclaidce delicata Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 521; (1882). 



—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). 

 Dendroeca delicata SiiARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 306 (1SS5). 



General appearance of D. adelaidce, but differs in having brighter 

 yellow on the superciliaries and underparts ; the yellow superciliary line 

 is broader, occupying the whole forehead except a narrow central line, 

 and the back more plumbeous; it is also slightly larger. 

 Length, 4.45; wing. 2.10; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .70. 



Habitat. Santa Lucia. 



Dendroica virens (Gmel.). 



Motacilla virc?ts Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 9S5 (178S). 

 Rhimamphus virens Gundl. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 474 (Cuba). 

 Sylvicola virens Brewer Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60) 

 (Cuba). 



