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primaries, and tail-feathers edged with dull white; two outer tail- 

 feathers with a dull white spot on the inner web; under tail-coverts, 

 yellowish white. The sexes are similar. 



Length 5.50, wing 2.75, tail 2.50, tarsus .So. 



This rare species may be considered a winter visitant to the 

 Bahamas. On Jan. 9 a specimen was taken at Hawk's Nest, on 

 Andros Island, which proved to be a female. Its actions much 

 resembled those of D. coroiiata, and it seemed to prefer keeping 

 among the thick brush to the more open ground. Its stomach 

 contained the remains of insects. 



Mr. H. A. Purdie, of Newton, Mass., in his notes regarding 

 this Warbler, gives the following list of specimens now known to 

 science : — * 



" I. Male, caught on a vessel at sea off Abaco, Bahamas, by 

 Dr. Samuel Cabot, of Boston, the second week in October, 1841. 

 Not identified until some years after the type specimen was 

 described. 



" 2. Male, taken by Dr. J. P. Kirtland, near Cleveland, O., 

 May 13, 185 1. Type of species. 



" 3. Female, obtained by R. K. Winslovv, near Cleveland, O., 

 in June, i860. 



"4. Male, shot by Charles Dury, at Cincinnati, O., the first 

 week in May, 1872. 



* Bulletin of the Nuttall Oinithological Club, Vol. IV. p. 1S5. 



