^O Cory on fJic Birds of the West Indies. [January 



io6 (1881).— RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884).— 



CouES, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1884). — Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus. X, p. 277 (1885). 

 Sylvicola petechia Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 67 (1867). 

 Dendroeca petechia e. janiaicensis Sind. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh- 



1869, p. 607. 

 Dendroica^etec^'a Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. i860, pp. 192, 



376. — Mx\RCH, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Piiila. 1S63, p. 292. — Baird, Rev. 



Am. Bds. p. 199 (1864). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



I, p. 216(1874). 



Sp. Char. Alale: — Underparts bright yellow, streaked with dull rufous on 

 the breast and sides; forehead yellowish, shading into olive green 

 on the top of the head; a tinge of rufous on the concealed portions 

 of the feathers on the forehead ; back olive green ; wings and tail 

 brown, edged with yellowish; under surface of tail having the ap- 

 pearance of bright yellow, the feathers tipped with olive green; the 

 upper surface of tail-feathers having the inner webs yellow. 



Female: — Somewhat greener than the male ; more yellow on 

 the rump and tail-coverts ; no rufous on the head. 



Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .74. 

 IIabifat. Jamaica. Accidental in the Bahama Ishuids. 



Dendroica petechia gundlachi. 



if) Motacilla alhicollis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. p. 983 (1788). 

 Rhimamphiis o'stivtis Cab. J. f. O. 1855. p. 472. 



Sylvicola petechia Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII. p. 307 (1S60). 

 Dendroica albicollis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. i860, p. 192. — Lawr 



Ann. N. Y. Lye. i860, p. 18.— Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326. 

 Dendroica gundlachi Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 197 (1S64). — Gunul. 



J. f. O. 1872, p. 414. 

 Dendroica o-undlacki GvT>ir>i.. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba. I, p. 234(1865) 



—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus. X, p. 278 (1885). 

 Dendroeca petechia d. ciibana Sund. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1S69 



p. 608. 

 Dendroica petechia var. gundlachi ^iu. Bwr. iV: Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



I, p. 216 (1874).' 

 Dendrccca petechia var. gundlachi Coky, Bds. Bahama I. p. 58 (iSSo). 

 Dendroeca petechia gundlachi Coues. Bds. Colo. Vail. p. 255 (1878). — 



Cory, List Bds. W. 1. p. 8 (1SS5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Lower part of throat streaked ; above yellowish green ; 

 crown showing no signs of rufous, or only a faint tinge; feathers 

 yellowish, brighter towards the bill. 



