during a Cruise in the Caribbean Sea. 345 



specimens of D. petechia from Jamaica average G5 mm., 

 the exposed eulineu 10"G, the tarsus 205. 



DeNDRCECA VITELLINA Cofy. 



Dendroica vitellina Cory, Auk, iii. pp. 497, 501 (188G). 

 One male and two adults uusexed. 



I have previously discussed this well-marked form in 

 describing the birds of Swan Island. 



CCERKBA SHARPII (Cory). 



Certhiola sharpei Cory, Auk, iii. p, 497 (188(5). 



Certhiola sharpei Nieoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 580. 



Seven adults and one immature specimen. 



An exceedingly common bird and met with nearly every- 

 where, but especially in the outskirts of Georgetown, 

 where it is attracted by the flowers. Its call-note 

 reminded me somewhat of a Gold-crested Wren, but 

 it is louder. These birds seem busy all the day through, 

 creeping about among the branches and searching continu- 

 ally for insects, which they seem to find as much among 

 the leaves and their axils as in the interior of honey- 

 laden flowers or pollen-laden inflorescences. 



The wings of my seven adult birds average 60'4 ram., 

 while the exposed culmens of males only average 1.3"7 mm., 

 which is a smaller measurement than that given by 

 Mr. Ridgway ('Birds of North and Middle America'), who 

 states that the bill in C. sharpei is larger than in C. calmti 

 from the Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. The plumage in 

 nearly all my specimens is a good deal worn, so that the 

 difference in wing and tail measurements between the two 

 species must be very trifling. 



Two specimens which I shot on Little Cayman Island 

 agree Avith those from the Grand Cayman. 



MELOPYRunA TAVLORi ITartcrt. 



Melopyrrha nigra Cory, Auk, iii. p. 501 (1886). 



Melopyrrha taijlori Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 257 (1896). 



I have two males and one female of this insular form. 

 One of the males is immature. They differ from the Cul)an 

 form M. nigra in the points indicated by Dr. llartert. 



