Birds of the Cayman Islands. 153 



Hub. N. America : south to S. America and West Indies 

 in Avinter. 



Probably only a spring and autumn migrant in the 

 Caymans. 



39. PoLioPTiLA c.ERULEA. (Gray Gnatcatcher.) 

 Polioptila ccerulea Coi-y, Auk, iii. p. 501 (1886 : Grand 



Cayman); id. Auk, iv. p. 7 (1887 : Little Cayman); Sharpe, 

 Hand-1. B. iii. p. 240(1901^ 



Hub. A winter visitor to the Caymans and Cuba from the 

 Eastern United States. 



40. MiMUs ORPHEUS. (Jamaican Mocking-Bird.) 

 Mimus Orpheus'^ Cory, Auk, iii. p. 501 (1886: Grand 



Cayman). 



Mimus pohjglottos orpheus (Jory, Auk, viii. p. 45 (1891 : 

 Grand Cayman) ; Kidgw. Birds N. & Midd. Amer. pt. iv. 

 1907, p. 231 ; Lowe, Ibis, 1909, p. 343 (Grand Cayman). 



Mimus orpheus Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. x. p. 572 

 (1887: Grand Cayman); Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 579 (Grand 

 Cayman). 



Hub. This bird is resident in Grand Cayman and probably 

 in Little Cayman and Cayman Brae. 



41. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. (Cat-bird.) 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.) ; Cory, Auk, vi. p. 31 



(1889: Cayman Brae); id. Cat. W.L Birds, 1892, p. 121 

 (Grand Cayman) ; Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 579; Ridgw. Birds 

 N. &. Midd. Amer. pt. iv. 1907, p. 219; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. 

 iv. p. 106 (1903). 



I have a specimen in my collection from Grand Cayman. 



Hab. Temperate North America in general : a winter 

 visitor to the Caymans. 



42. MiMOcicHLA RAViDA. (Grand Cayman Thrush.) 

 Mimocichla ravida Cory, Auk, iii. p. 499 (1889 : Grand 



Cayman) ; id. Cat. W.I. Birds, 1892, pp. 19, 122, 129, 157; 

 id. Birds West Indies, 1889, p. 285 (Grand Cayman) ; Ridgw. 



