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[Bryant. 



ash, slightly olivaceous ; this last color most perceptible on the nape. 

 Head dark rich brown, with the margin of the feathers slightly fer- 

 ruginous, as are those of the upper tail coverts. Wings and tail dark 

 brown. The tips and external margins of middle and greater coverts 

 whitish, forming two very distinct bands ; margins of second ones 

 and tertlaries white, quite pure and broadest on the inner ones ; all 

 the primaries, except the first, distinctly margined with rufous, occu- 

 pying about one-third of the web next the base, and gradually nar- 

 rowing to the sinuation when it disappears ; tail with all the feathers 

 except the two internal ones margined with rufous on the inner web, 

 occupying about one-third of the web in the external feather, and 

 gradually becoming brighter and wider on the inner ones, until it oc- 

 cupies a little more than half. Beneath pale cinereous, with the cen- 

 tre of abdomen faintly yellowish. 



Sylvicola (Parula.) 



* f Sylvicola americana. Abundant. 



(DendrcBca.) 



f Sylvicola pinus. One specimen. 



■f Sylvicola sestiva. Two specimens, which belong to this spe- 

 cies, if the distinctions pointed out by Prof. Baird between this and 

 the next can be relied on. 



* Sylvicola petechia. I did not see this species at Nassau, 

 though it doubttess could be found there ; at Inagua it was quite abun- 

 dant both among the mangroves and in the clumps of trees in the 

 Savanna. 



Geothlypis. 



t Geothlypis rostratus. Three specimens, all males. Dur- 

 ing my previous visit I saw great numbers of the common ^ecies, 

 Geothlypis trichas, but none of the present. The difference between 

 the two birds will be best seen by the wood cut, which gives outlines 



Geothlypis rostratus. 



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 Geothlypis trichas. 



