Birds of the Cayman Islands. 157 



Dendroica rara (Wilsou) ; Ridgw. Birds N. & Midd. Amer; 

 pt. ii. p. 570 (1902). 



Hab. Eastern North America : a rare winter visitor to 

 the Caymans. 



56. Dendroica dominica. (Yellow-throated Warbler.) 

 Dendroica dominica (Linn.) ; Cory, Auk, iii. p. 501 



(1886 : Grand Cayman) ; Cory, Auk, iv. p. 7 (1887 : Little 

 Cayman). 



Dendrceca dominica Sharpe, Hand-1. B. v. p. 107 (1909). 



Hab. Atlantic Coast districts of United States : not a 

 common winter visitor to the Caymans. This bird or a 

 subspecies of it (jD. d. albilora) is said to breed occasion- 

 ally in Jamaica. 



I have a specimen in my collection from Little Cayman. 



57. Dendrceca discolor. (Prairie Warbler.) 

 Dendroica discolor (Vieill.) ; Cory, Auk, vi. p. 31 (1889 : 



Little Cayman, Cayman Brae). 



Dendrceca discolor Sharpe, Hand-1. B. v. p. 110 (1909). 



Hab. Eastern United States. The Prairie Warbler is 

 occasionally met with in the Caymans as a winter visitor 

 alongside of its resident colleague D. vitellina. I have 

 one or two examples from Grand Cayman. 



58. Dendrceca vitellina. (Vitelline Warbler.) 

 Dendroica vitellina Cory, Auk, iii. p. 497 (1886 : Grand 



Cayman) ; id. Auk, vi, p. 31 (1889: Little Cayman, Cayman 

 Brae) ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. x. p. 574 (1887 : 

 Grand Cayman) ; id. Birds N. & Midd. Amer. pt. ii. p. 610 

 (1902 : Grand Cayman) ; Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 580 (Grand 

 Cayman). 



Dendrceca vitellina Lowe, Ibis, 1909, pp. 337 & 345 (Grand 

 Cayman) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. v. p. 110 (1909). 



Hab. Peculiar to Grand Cayman and Swan Island. 



This resident species is much more common on Swan 

 Island than it is ou Grand Cavman. 



