7. DENDRfECA. 281 



AduJt male. General colour above olive-yellow, a little brighter 

 and clearer on the hind neck and on the rump and upper "tail- 

 coverts ; lesser wing-coverts like the back, the median and greater 

 series as weU as the bastard-wing feathers blackish, edged with 

 bright yeUow; primary-coverts and quills blackish, edged with 

 ohve-yellow, a little brighter on the inner secondaries ; centre tail- 

 feathers dusky brown, edged with olive-yeUow ; the remainder of the 

 feathers yellow on the inner web, dark olive-brown on the outer 

 web and across the extreme tip of the inner one, the yellow some- 

 what decreasing and the brown increasing towards the centre of 

 the tail ; crown of head deep chestnut-brown or maroon, the nape 

 olive-yellow like the hind neck; a broad goldcn-yeUow eyebrow 

 impinging on the base of the forehead, which is chestnut like the 

 crown, but very narrow ; lores, sides of face, cheeks, ear-coverts 

 and entire uuder surface of body golden yeUow, with pale chestnut 

 streaks on the fore neck, breast, and sides of body ; under wiuo'- 

 coyerts and axillaries also golden yeUow ; quiUs dusky below 

 yellow along the inner web. Total length 4-8 inches, culmen O-Ss' 

 wing 2-35, tail 1-85, tarsus 07. 

 Ifab. Barbadoes. 



«. d ad. sk. Barbadoes (Briffffs). Sclater Collection. 



0. d ad. sk. Antilles. Sclater Collection. 



7. Dendrceca rufopileata. 

 Dendroica rufopileata, Eidfftc. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vii. p. 173 (1884). 

 Adult male. Porehead and crown uniform chestnut-rufous 

 abruptly defined all round ; upper parts yeUowish olive-green the 

 wmgs slate-dusky, with broad and distinct pure yellow ed<^in-s on 

 greater wing-coverts and tertials, the outer webs of the former 

 being almost wholly yellow ; primaries and secondaries narrowly 

 edged with ohve-yeUow ; inner webs of rectrices ^except middle 

 pair) wholly clear primrose-yellow; outer webs dusky ed-ed 

 especially on lateral feather, with yeUow ; sides of head ('including 

 ores and superciliary region back to above auriculars) and entire 

 lower parts pure gamboge-yellow, the jugulum and breast broadly 

 but not very sharply, streaked with rufous ; bill black ; legs and 



/^,^nTV''^• ^^''°° ^'^^ ^"^^^^' t^'l 2-00, culmen 0-50, depth 

 ot bm 0-14, tarsus 0-75, middle toe 0-40. {Rklqiumi ) 



Adidt female. Differing from the male in lacking any trace of 

 rufous on crown or streaks on breast; yeUow beneath decidedly 

 less pure ; bill hght brownish, the maxUla dusky. Winer 9.31 , inches 



n^'^o^'?^' r'^""^"! *^-^^' ^^P^^ °f "^'^ "^-IS, tarsus 0-75, middle toe 

 U-42. (Uidf/iva)/.) 



The nearest 'ally of this species is D. cajnfaUs, Lawr., of Barba- 

 does, which differs in having the pileum of a very dark rich 

 chestnut, m havmg the entire sides and flanks, as weU as the breast 

 shari)ly streaked with rich chestnut, the yellow of the lower parts 

 and the olive-green of the upper surface much deeper, and the l)ill 

 much stouter. {Ridgiuay.) 



Hab. Island of Curagoa, Venezuela. 



