580 Mr. M. J. Nicoll on Birds 



Dendrceca petechia auricapilla Ridgw. Birds N. & Mid. 

 America, ii. p. 517. 



This Golden Warbler, which is peculiar to Grand Cayman, 

 is fairly common, especially among the mangroves. 



Dendroeca vitellina Cory. 



Dendroica vitellina Cory, Auk, iii. p. 497 ; id. B. W. I. 

 p. 286; Ridgw. Birds N. & Mid. America, ii. p. G10. 



I met with only an adult male of this Warbler, but I have 

 since examined several specimens in Dr. Sharpens and also in 

 Dr. Lowe's collection made during the visit of S.Y. 'Emerald.' 

 As Cory's description of this bird, which is only found at the 

 Cayman Islands, is not so full as it might be, I append a short 

 note on the plumage of my specimen : — 



Upper parts dull green, paler on the rump ; superciliary 

 stripes and under parts bright yellow, with a few olive streaks 

 on the sides of the breast and a dark olive patch on the ear- 

 coverts ; through the eye an olive streak, which is continued 

 behind the eye ; two outer rectrices heavily marked on the 

 terminal portion of the inner webs with white, which is 

 narrower on the third pair. Bill brown ; tarsi and toes black. 

 This species somewhat resembles Dendrceca discolor, but is 

 larger, less spotted below, and has no chestnut on the mantle. 



Certhiola sharpii Cory. 



Certhiola sharpei Cory, Auk, iii. p. 197. 



Ccereba sharpei Ridgw. Birds N. Amcr. ii. p. 404. 



The sides of the base of the bill, as well as the gape, in this 

 species are only faintly rosy, not bright red as in all the 

 other Certluolce from the West Indies. 



This Honey-creeper is by no means uncommon on trees 

 and bushes in Grand Cayman, I saw several young ones 

 just out of the nest, but was unable to shoot them. 



VlREO CAYMANENSIS Cory. 



Vireo caymanensis Cory, Auk, iv. p. 6 ; id. B. W. I. p. 288; 

 Nicoll, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xiv. p. 94 (June 15, 1904). 



I met with only two examples of this species, which 

 is peculiar to Grand Cayman. They Avcre both shot in 

 mangrove-trees on the N.E. side of the islands, where I was 



