338 Mr. P. R. Lowe on Birds collected 



of the young of this species in first plumage are entirely 

 white, washed with yellow, so that eight immature birds in 

 my series from the Swan Islands would appear to be in an 

 intermediate stage between the young in first plumage and 

 the adult. 



My two most immature birds are ashy grey above, with a 

 slight tinge of greenish yellow on the lower back and upper 

 tail-coverts ; lores and superciliary stripe white ; sides of 

 face dusky, fringed with yellow on the cheeks; throat white; 

 fore-neck and entire under surface of bodv pale yellow. 

 The next three are similar to the foregoing, but have the 

 lores and superciliary stripe tinged with yellow, as also the 

 chin and throat, leaving a more or less white band across 

 the lower throat, which separates the yellow on the chin and 

 upper throat from that of the breast and remaining portions 

 of the under surface. The four remaining examples exhibit 

 an increasing amount of yellow on the lores, superciliary 

 stripe, and entire under surface of the body. No trace of 

 the white band across the throat remains, and they approach 

 more nearly to the bright yellow of the adult bird. 



Dendrceca palmaru.m (Gmelin). 



I shot one or two specimens of this Palm- Warbler for 

 identification. It was not so well represented on the islands 

 as D. coronata, but is very common on the Cayman Islands. 



Geothlypis trichas brachydactyla. 



Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla (Swainson). 



I noticed a fair number of these pretty little '' Yellow- 

 throats.'^ Having unfortunately shot only one specimen I 

 am not sure that I am justified in referring it to the northern 

 form of G. trichas. My specimen, however, seems to be 

 identical with one I have in my collection from Eastern 

 Mexico. The wing of this bird measures 57 mm. 



I have nine specimens which I collected on the north 

 coast of Cuba in February 1907, the wings of which average 

 52*5 mm., and I consider that these birds should be referred 

 to typical G. trichas trichas ; but Mr. Ridgway {' Birds 



