^O Cory on the Birds of tJic West Indies. 



Dcndroica pharctraliAiRi>,'R.e\. Am. Bds. p. 192 (1S64). — Bd. Bwr. & 

 RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 220 (1874). 



Sp. Char. Male : — Entire plumage dull white and black, in general appear- 

 ance resembling Mniotilici varia at the first glance. Throat white, 

 the feathers narrowly tipped with black, giving a dotted appearance ; 

 the black marking becomes heavier on the breast and belly; top 

 of head heavily streaked with black and white ; rump and upper tail 

 coverts olive brown; wings and tail brown, showing a faint olive 

 tinge; under wing-coverts white. 



Female: — Similar to the male, but duller in coloration ; less black 

 on the under surface; more brown on the lower back, rump and 

 tail. 



Length (skin), 4.40; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.05; tarsus, .72. 



Habitat. Jamaica. 



Dendroicablackburniae (Gmel.). 



Moiacilla blackburnice Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 977 (17S8). 



Sylvicola blackburnice Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no 



(1859) (Bahamas). 

 Dcndroica blackburnice 'Bmylu, Rev. Am. Bds. ji. 1S9 (1S64). 

 Dendrceca blackburnice Cory', Bds. Bahama I. p. 60 (1880) ; tb. List Bds. 



W. L p. 8 (1885). 



Accidental in the Bahama Islands in winter. 

 Dendroica dominica (Linn.). 



Moiacilla dominica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 334 (1766). 



Sylvia peftsilis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 6^^ (1840). 



Sylvicola pensilis GossK, Bds. J.an. p. 156 (1S47). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, 



p. 231 (San Domingo). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 



307 (i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p, 201 (Jamaica). 

 Rhimamfhus fensilis Gundl. J. f. O. 18S5, p. 474; ib. 1861, p. 40S (Cuba). 

 De7idroica suferciliosa Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba). — March, Pr. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 293 (Jamaica). 

 Dendroica dominica Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 235 (1S65) ; 



ib.]. f. O. 1872, p. 415 (Cuba).— Brace, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



XIX, p. 240 (1S77) (Bahamas). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. 



Nat. VII, p. 1S4 (1S7S) (Porto Rico). 

 Dendrceca dominica Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 65 (iSSo) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & 



San Domingo, p. 27 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1SS5).— A. & E. 



Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (iSSi). 



Common in winter in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles ; j^oscJ- 

 bly resident in Jamaica. 



