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£ . Spanish Wells, Andros, 1st February, 1902. 



? . Mangrove Cay, Andros, 15th January, 1902. 

 2 S - Little Abaco. 22nd & 27th March, 1902. 

 An abundant winter visitor. 



13. Dendrceca dominica (Linn.). 



Dendroeca dominica (Linn.) ; Cory, Bds. Bahamas, 2nd ed. 

 p. 65 (1890) ; id. Cat. W. Ind. Bds. p. 118 (1892) ; Bonliote, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 509. 



4 $ . Nassau, New Providence, 12th December, 1901, 

 19th February and 3rd March, 1902. 

 $ . Nassau, New Providence, 12th December, 1901. 

 $ . Spanish Wells, Andros, 21st January, 1902. 

 A common and abundant winter visitor, generally to be 

 found among the topmost branches of the pine-trees. 



14. Dendrosca kirtlandi (Baird). 



Dendroica kirtlandi (Baird), Rev. Am. Bds. p. 206 (1864); 

 Cory, Bds. Bahamas, p. 66 (1880) ; id. Cat. W. Ind. Bds. 

 p. 118 (1892); Chapman, Auk, xv. p. 289 (1898); id. Auk, 

 xvi. p. 81 (1899) ; Bangs, Auk, xvii. p. 292 (1900). 



S . Little Abaco, 25th March, 1902. 



. Nassau, New Providence, April 1902. 



Scarce as this bird must still be considered, the majority 

 of the specimens known have been taken in the Bahamas. 

 But little light, however, appears to have been shed on its 

 habits or possible breeding-haunts. The two specimens 

 enumerated above were both procured by my native boy. 

 That from Little Abaco was one of a small flock, two other 

 members of which he shot ; but as they were somewhat badly 

 knocked about, he did not bring them in, and all further 

 search in the same locality proved fruitless. The second 

 example, which came from near Nassau, was too badly shot 

 to be skinned. Mr. Chapman, in the ' Auk,' has enumerated 

 the known occurrences of this species, some 75 in all. 

 Mr. Chapman is of opinion that its breeding-grounds must 

 be sought for in the Hudson Bay Region. 



The Little Abaco specimen is a male, and is undergoing a 

 thorough moult of the head and throat. The whole of the 



