Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 271 



This is another species the occurrence of which in the Isle of Pines is problem- 

 atical, since it is merely casual or accidental as a migrant in the West Indies. Mr. 

 Read writes that he secured a specimen, but as it is not now extant to authenticate 

 his record, it is, I think, inadmissible under the circumstances. 



Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert). Prothonotary Warbler. 



(?) "Prothonotary Warbler" Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of 



Pines, January 25). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58, and XXX, 1913, 131 (I. 



of Pines); XXVIII, 1911, 113 (West McKinley). — Read, I. of Pines News, VI, 



Feb. 14, 1914 (I. of Pines). 

 (?) Protonotaria citrea Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 12 (I. of Pines). 



This species is entered on Mr. Read's list on the strength of a single example 

 (which he writes me was secured, but not preserved) recorded under date of January 

 25, 1909. There must be some mistake here, since this warbler is well known to 

 avoid the West Indies during migration, and in any case the date of the supposed 

 occurrence would argue against the correctness of the identification, since the 

 species is not known to winter north of Nicaragua. 



Helmitheros vermivorus (Gmelin). Worm-eating Warbler. 



(?) "Worm-eating Warbler" Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 13, and XXX, 1913, 

 131 (I. of Pines). — Read, I. of Pines News, VI, Feb. 14, 1914 (I. of Pines). 

 The Worm-eating Warbler is said to be a regular winter resident in Cuba, so 



that there is no intrinsic reason why it should not occur in the Isle of Pines also. 



The above records apparently all refer to an individual which Mr. Read reports 



that he shot on January 9, 1910, the specimen being subsequently lost. 



129. Mniotilta varia (Linntcus). Black and White Warbler. 



Mniotilta varia Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 427 (Nueva Gerona, fide 

 Gundlach). — Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 117 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 

 • — Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 57 (I. of Pines). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., 

 XXXIX, 1905, 209 (I. of Pines, March; Poey's record). — Read, Oologist, 

 XXVIII, 1911, 12 (I. of Pines). — Read, Bird-Lore, XV, 1913,45 (Santa Barbara). 

 'Black and White Warbler" Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of 

 Pines, December). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58 (I. of Pines); XXVII, 

 1910, IS (I. of Pines; migr.); XXVIII, 1911, 7 (I. of Pines, October), 113 

 (West McKinley); XXX, 1913, 127 (Santa Barbara), 131 (I. of Pines, winter). 



Two specimens: Los Indios and Nueva Gerona. 



This warbler occurs as a regular winter resident, is generally dis- 

 tributed, but apparently not very common. The earliest record for 

 its arrival in the fall migration is August 23 (1909), according to Mr. 

 Read, but doubtless the bulk arrive later, probably in October. Mr. 

 Link's latest spring date for this species was May 5. During its stay 

 it is apt to occur almost anywhere in the woodland, and was found in 

 the mangroves on at least one occasion. 



