^6 Cory oh the Birds of fl;c West Indies. [January 



Deiidroica pliaretiaV,\\&V),'^*i\. \x\\. Bds. p. 192 (1S64). — Bd. Bwr. &: 

 RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 220 (1S74). 



Sp. Char. Male : — Entire plumage dull white and black, in general appear- 

 ance resembling Mniotilta varia at the first glance. Throat white, 

 the feathers narrowly tipped with black, giving a dotted appearance ; 

 the black marking becomes heavier on the breast and belly; top 

 of head heavily streaked with black and white; rump and upper tail 

 coverts olive brown ; wings and tail brown, showing a faint olive 

 tinge; under wing-coverts white. 



Female: — Similar to the male, but duller in coloration ; less black 

 on the under surface ; more brown on the lower back, rump and 

 tail. 



Length (skin), 4.40; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.05; tarsus, .72. 



Habitat. Jamaica. 



Dendroica blackburnise (Gmel.). 



Motacilla blackbiirnice Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 977 (17SS). 



Sylvicola blackburiiii^ Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no 



(1S59) (Bahamas). 

 Dendroica blackbiirniee'&WR.T), Rev. Am. Bds. p. 189 (1S64). 

 Dendncca bJackbiiruicB Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 60 (iSSo) ; ib. List Bds. 



W. I. p. 8 (1SS5). 



Accidental in the Bahama Ish^nds in winter. 



Dendroica dominica (Linn.). 



Motacilla dominica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 334 (1766). 



Sylvia pensilis'D'O'R^. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 65 (1840) 



Sylvicola -pcnsilis GossE, Bds. J.im. p. 156 (1847). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857 



p. 231 (San Domingo). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p 



307 (1S60) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p, 201 (Jamaica) 

 Rhimamfhiis fcnsilis GuNDL. J. f. O. 1S85, p. 474; ib. 1861, p. 408 (Cuba) 

 Dendroica siiperciliosa GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba). — March, Pr 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 293 (Jamaica). 

 Dendroica dominica GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 235 (1S65) ; 



ih.]. f. O. 1872, p. 415 (Cuba).— Brace, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



XIX, p. 240 (1877) (Bahamas). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. 



N.at. VII, p. 1S4 (1S7S) (Porto Rico). 

 Dendrcvca dominica Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 63 (1S80); ib. Bds. Haiti & 



San Domingo, p. 27 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).— A. & E. 



Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881). 



Common in winter in the Baliamas and Greater Antilles ; po^cl- 

 bly resident in Jamaica. 



