582 Mr. M. J. Nicoll on Birds 



Passerculus sandwichensis (Gra.). 



Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna Cory, B. W. I. p. 98. 



I saw two examples of this species at Grand Cayman. 

 They were in company, so I imagine that they were a pair. 

 They were in a grass-field and were very shy. This bird is 

 probably an occasional migrant to Grand Cayman from 

 Florida. The specimen obtained resembled those from 

 Florida in every particular. 



Melopyrra taylori Hartert. 



Melopyrra taylori Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 257. 



1 obtained three examples only of this bird, in the thick 

 wood by the roadside near Newlands. It is nearest to, 

 but perfectly distinct from, M. nigra of Cuba. 



Empidonax minimus (Baird). 



Empidonax minimus Sclater, Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 227 ; 

 Nicoll, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xiv. p. 95. 



I shot a single female example of this little Tyrant on 

 Grand Cayman. It was among some bushes in an open field 

 and was very shy. This is the first recorded occurrence of 

 the species in the West Indies. 



'Empidonax acadicus has been recorded from Cuba (Cory, 

 B.W.I, p. 121). 



Elainea martinica (Linn.). 



Elainea martinica Cory, B. W. I. p. 117. 



This bird is very abundant on Grand Cayman. It does 

 not appear to differ in any respect from examples of 

 E. martinica from the other islands. 



PlTANGUS CAYMANENSIS, Sp. nOV. 



Examples of the Pitangus of Grand Cayman, of which 

 I obtained only one female, but of which there are five 

 others in the British Museum, differ so considerably from 

 Pitangus caudifasciatus that I have not the least hesitation in 

 separating the species as distinct. 



Cap dull brown, concealing a yellow vertical crest; ear- 

 coverts darker brown ; nape brownish grey ; mantle olive- 

 brown. Upper tail-coverts edged with rufous ; tail brown, 

 middle pair of rect rices blackish, a broad basal band of 



