44 Cory on the Birds of ihe West Indies. 



io6 (iSSi)-— RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Miis. VII, p. 172 (1S84).— 



CouES, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (18S4).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit, 



Mus. X, p. 277 (18S5). 

 Sylvicola petechia Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 67 (1S67). 

 Dendrivca petechia e. jamaicensis SuxD. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdih. 



1S69, p. 607. 

 Detidroica petechia Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S60, pp. 192, 



376. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 292. — Baird, Rev. 



Am. Bds. p. 199 (1S64). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



I, p. 216 (1874). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Underparts bright yellow, streaked with dull rufous on 

 the breast and sides; forehead yellowish, shading into olive green 

 on the top of the head ; a tinge of rufous on the concealed portions 

 of the feathers on the forehead; back olive green; wings and tail 

 brown, edged with yellowish; under surface of tail having the ap- 

 pearance of bright yellow, the feathers tipped with olive green ; the 

 upper surface of tail-feathers having the inner webs yellow. 



Female: — Somewhat greener than the male ; more yellow on 

 the rump and tail-coverts ; no rufous on the head. 



Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .74. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. Accidental in the Bahama Islands. 



Dendroica petechia gundlachi. 



(.?) Motacilla albicollis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 983 (1788). 

 Rhimamphus CBstiviis Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 472. 



Sylvicola petechia Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). 

 Dendroica albicollis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. i860, p. 192. — Lawr 



Ann. N. Y. Lye. i860, p. 18.— Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326. 

 Detidroica gundlachi Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 197 (1S64). — Gundl. 



J. i. O. 1S72, p. 414. 

 Dendroica gundlachi GvT^ni.. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1S65) 



— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869). — Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus. X, p. 27S (1885). 

 Dendrceca petechia d. cubana Svnd. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869 



p. 608. 

 Dendroica petechia var. gundlachi Jiji. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



I, p. 216 (1874). 

 Dendrceca petechia var. gundlachi Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 58 (1880). 

 Dendrceca petechia gundlachi Coues, Bds. Colo. Vail. p. 255 (1878). — 



Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Lower part of throat streaked ; above yellowish green ; 

 crown showing no signs of rufous, or only a faint tinge ; feathers 

 yellowish, brighter towards the bill. 



