200 Appendix to Birds of the West Indies. 



"Adult male (type No. 108,402, U. S. Nat. Mus. Abaco I., Bahamas, 

 April 3, 1886, Chas. H. Townsend) : — Wing, 2.65; tail, 2.50 ; culmen, .75; 

 bill from nostril, .43; depth at base, .22; -width, .22; tarsus, .88. 



^^ Adult female (No. 108,496, same locality and date, Willard Nye): — 

 In plumage, nearly intermediate between the same sex of G. rostratus and 

 G. coryi, having more and brighter yellow on lower parts than the former, 

 and less than the latter; head, however, more as in G. rostratus, the dis- 

 tinct yellow superciliary stripe of coryi being absent, and the forepart of 

 crown tinged with reddish brown. Wing, 2.35; tail, 2.50; culmen, .70; 

 bill from nostril, .42; depth at base, .22; width, .22; tarsus, .85." (RiDGW. 

 orig. descr. 1. c.) 



Habitat. Abaco, Bahama Islands. 



Certhiola sharpei Cory. 



Certhiola sharpei CoRY, Auk, III, pp. 497, 501 (1886). — Ridgw. Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus, p. 574 (1887). 



Sp. Char. — Throat ash gray, darker than in C. caboti or C. bahamensis, but 

 much lighter than C.flaveola; underparts yellow, brightest upon the breast, 

 and dullest, with a slight olive tinge, on the belly and flanks; top of the 

 head and stripe through the eye dull black; superciliary stripe white; back 

 dull black, showing an ashy tinge; rump yellow; quills dark brown, edged 

 with white; carpus edged with bright yellow; tail tipped with white, 

 heaviest on the outer feathers; bill and feet dull black. 

 Length, 4.10; wing, 2.45; tail, 1. 80; tarsus, .80; bill, .52. 



Habitat. Grand Cayman. 



Vireo caymanensis Cory. 



Vireo caymanensis CoRY, Auk (1887), p. 6. — Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 p. 573 (1887). 



Sp. Char. (^ Coll. C. B. Cory, No. 6273.) Upper parts dull olive, brightest 



on the rump and upper tail-coverts; crown darker than the back, showing 

 a sli'^ht brownish tinge; underparts dull yellowish white, faintly tinged 

 with olive on the sides and flanks; upper throat dull white; a dull white 

 superciliary stripe from the upper mandible; a stripe of slaty brown from 

 the upper mandible passing through and back of the eye; quills dark 

 brown, narrowly edged with dull green on the outer webs, most of the 

 inner feathers showing a white edging on the basal portion of the inner 

 webs; tail dull olive brown, the feathers showing green on the edges; 

 upper mandible dark; lower mandible pale; feet slaty brown. 

 Length, 5.40; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.25; tarsus, .75; bill, .52. 



Habitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. 

 This interesting species seems to be restricted to Grand Cayman. 

 It frequents the large trees on the north side of the island. 



