344 Mr. P. E. Lowe on Birds collected 



ViREOSYLVA CAYMANENSIS Corj. 



Vireo caymanensis Cory, Auk, iv. p. 7 (1887) . 



Three males and one female. 



When compared with F. magister these birds (jitfer in 

 being paler green above and yellowish white instead of 

 ochreous Avhite below. 



V"]RE0 CRASSIROSTRIS ALLENI. 



Vireo aUeni Cory, Auk, iii. pp. 500, 501 (188G). 



Vireo crassirostris alleni Cory, Cat. W.I. Birds, pp. 11 G, 

 153 (1892). 



One male and one female. 



The nearest ally of this large-billed Vireo is V. crassi- 

 rostris of the Western Bahamas, from which it hardly differs. 



The song of this bird is very similar to that of 1^ nova- 

 boracensis ; so similar in fact that I shot these two individuals 

 under the impression that they belonged to that species, and 

 did not discover ray mistake until getting back to the 

 yacht. Otherwise I might have obtained several other 

 specimens. 



Dendrosca petechia (auricapilla?). 



Dendroica petechia auricapilla Ridgw\ Birds North & Mid. 

 Amer. part ii. p. 517. 



Dendroica aurocapilla Cory, Auk, vi. p. 31 (1889). 

 Six adult males and one adult female. 

 The Grand Cayman bird has been separated from D. 

 petechia of Jamaica on the ground that it has ''decidedly 

 shorter wing and larger bill and feet.^^ 



The measurements of four males which I shot in January 

 1904 are as follows : — 



Win-. ^^?^''^ Tarsus, 



mm. mm. mm. 



(1) 63 9-5 19-5 



(2) 64-5 10-5 20 



(3) 64 10-5 20 



(4) 625 10 19-5 



According to the measurements given in Mr. Ridgway's 

 'Birds of North arid Middle America,' the wings of male 



