iSS7-] CORY, Descriptions of Nciv Species of West Indian Birds. \ JO 



slaty gray, showing a brownish tinge on top of the head ; underparts 

 white, tinged with orange brown on the throat and breast; tail 

 brownish black, tipped with white, narrowly on the two central 

 feathers but gradually becoming heavier, until the outer feathers 

 have the terminal third and outer web white; quills brownish 

 black, faintly edged with white ; bill and feet black. 



Length, 11.50; wing, 4.85; tail, 5.75 ; tarsus, 1.40; bill, 1. 

 Habitat. St. Andrews Island. 



The orange brown coloration of the throat and breast is 

 apparently not a constant character, as several specimens before 

 me show it but slightly and two not at all. 



Engyptila neoxena, sp nov. 



Sp. Char. — Resembles Engyptila colluris, but is more olive on the back, 

 and lacks the violet metalic collar, which is apparently replaced by 

 green ; the general color of the upper parts more closely resembles 

 that in E.jamaicensis, but the specimens of the latter bird now be- 

 fore me have the top of the head purplish, showing a greenish gloss 

 on the occiput, while in E. neoxena the top of the head is white 

 shading to ash gray. 



Adult $ (Type, No 10194, Coll. C. B. Cory) :— Top of head white, 

 shading into gray on the occiput; chin and throat white, becoming 

 pale purple or violet on the breast ; sides of the neck and breast 

 showing metallic purple mixed with metallic green when held in the 

 light; feathers on the upper back showing metallic green, faintly 

 tinged with purple; back dark olive; belly dull white; rest of plu- 

 mage resembling that of E. colluris. 



Length, 9; wing, 4.75; tail, 4; tarsus, 1. 

 Habitat. St. Andrews Island. 



But two specimens of this interesting bird were taken and both 

 were badly prepared. It is possible that a larger series would 

 show it to be not specifically separable from E. ja?)iaicensis. 



Dendroica flavida, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Resembles Dendroica rufivertex, but has the orange brown 

 on the head more restricted and paler; throat unspotted, or very 

 nearly so; underparts, including sides and flanks, heavily striped 

 with rufous brown. 



Adult $ (Type, No. 10191, Coll. C. B. Cory) :— Top of the head 

 orange brown showing yellow in front of the eye; nape, back and 

 upper tail-coverts yellowish olive ; throat bright pale yellow, touched 

 with one or two indistinct pencilings of brown, rest of underparts 



