18S7.] Goss, Additions to the Birds of Kansas. *! 



Vireo caymanensis. sp. now 



Sp. Char.— (J 1 Coll. C. B. Cory, No. 6273.) Upper parts dull olive, 

 brightest on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; crown darker than the 

 back, showing a slight brownish tinge; underparts dull yellowish- 

 white, faintly tinged with olive on the sides and flanks ; upper throat 

 dull white ; a dull white superciliary stripe from the upper mandible ; 

 a stripe of slaty brown from the upper mandible passing through 

 and back of the eye; quills dark brown, narrowly edged with dull 

 green on the outer webs, most of the inner feathers showing a white 

 edging on the basal portion of the inner webs ; tail dull olive brown, 

 the feathers showing green on the edges; upper mandible dark; 

 lower mandible pale ; feet slaty brown. 



Length, 5.40; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.25; tarsus, .75; bill, .52. 

 Habitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



Several specimens of Seiurus noveboraccitsis were received 

 from Grand Cayman, having been taken there in August. A few 

 birds were also sent from Little Cayman ; they were Polioftila 

 ccerulea (Linn.), Dendroica dominica (Linn. J, Vireo calidris 

 barbatulus (Cab.), Euethcia olivacea (Gmel.), Elainea marti- 

 fiica? (Linn. ) , Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmel.) , and a Zeniada. 

 The latter appears to be somewhat different from Z. spadicca^ 

 but a larger series is necessary to determine if the comparatively 

 slight differences are constant. It is of a somewhat paler brown, 

 and shows a decided slaty tinge on the flanks ; the metallic re- 

 flections on the feathers of the neck appear different in color, 

 being paler and less in extent. It is possible that the two birds 

 are not separable specifically, but in case future investigation 

 should prove them to be distinct I would propose the name of 

 Zenalda richardsoni for the Little Cayman bird. 



ADDITIONS TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 



OF KANSAS. 



BY N. S. GOSS. 



The following observations have been made, and notes gathered, 

 since the publication, May 1, 1SS6, of my 'Revised Catalogue of 

 the Birds of Kansas' : 



