DENDROICA. 



19V 



remarked, however, tliese dilTfrpnces in coloralu)n may be less appa- 

 rent with more perfect specimens. 



Tlic upper parts arc iiiueli darker and more olivaceous tiian in 

 adiva; the top and side of lue head lack the bright yellow. The 

 tibiiB are grayish -olive, not bright yellow; the yellow of the wing 

 coverts is war.ting, and the yelbw edging of the quills internally 

 much less. In o^ativa the yellow of the tail is more extended — the 

 outer feather being entirely of this color, excepting a streak in the 

 piid of the outer web ; and even in the fifth tail feather the entiro 

 inner web is yellow, except at the extreme tip. The wing is much 

 more pointed in vediva ; the 1st nuill being generally longest, and 

 considerably exceeding the 4th, instead of being less. 



The determination of the speoilic name of this species has been a 

 matter of considerable perplexit}. 1 am by no means satisfied that 

 the St. Domingan and the Cuban birds are the same ; and even if 

 identical, the name albicollis is a misnomer, liable to cause a very 

 erroneous impressi.)n, as the throat is golden-yellow, except in the 

 very young bird, when alone it is dirty whitish. 1 have, therefore, 

 thought best to impose a new name, borrowing it from the eminent 

 naturalist who has given to us a knowledge of the Ornithology of 

 Cuha scarcely less perfect than that of the eastern United States. 



The name of rhloroleuva, Ginelin, which may refer to the same 

 species, unless there be two with rufous crown in St. Domingo, is 

 equally objectionable with albicollis. 



LocaUty. 



Cuba. 



When 

 Collected. 



Received from 



April, 18U4. 



l)r. J. Oundlucli. 



Collected by 



Deudroica petechia. 



Motacilla petechia, Linn. S. N. I, 1766, 334 (based on Avicula Intea 

 verlice rubra, Edwarps, V, 99, tab, 2.56, fig. 2, erroneously quoted 

 as from Feiuia.). — Dendroica petechia, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, 71. — 

 Ib. Catal. 1861, 32, no. 195.— March, Pr. An. So. 1863, 292 (Ja- 

 maica ; nesting). 



Sylficula tentivu, Gossk, Birds Jam. 1847, 157. 



Hab, Jamaica. 



(No. 22,153, ^ .) Above yellowish-green, rather brighter on the rump ; the 

 lop of the head from bill, brownish-orange, with the biises of the feathers yel- 

 low (in some sjwcimeus their tips not unfretiuently like the back, thus couieal- 



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