bangs: the races OFDENDROICA VITELLINA CORY. 495 



Characters. — Besides differing from D. v. vitelUna exactly as D. v. 

 nelsoni does, this form differs from both in having paler, yellower, 

 less greenish upper parts — pyri te-yellow ; and deeper yellow under 

 parts, superciliaries and sides of face — intense lemon-chrome. 



Measurements. — Little Cayman Island, adult d^, wing, 57 (55-59); 

 tail, 49.7 (46-53); tarsus, 18.3 (17.5-19); exposed culmen, 11.2 (11- 

 12). Adult 9, wing, 54.9 (53-57); tail, 4S.5 (47-51); tarsus, 18.2 

 (17-19); exposed culmen, 10.9 (10.5-11). Cayman Brae Island, 

 adult cf, 56.4 (55-58); tail, 49.2 (47-52); tarsus, 18.2 (17-19); 

 exposed culmen, 11 (10.5-11.5). Adult 9, wing, 52.5; tail, 47; 

 tarsus, 17.5; exposed culmen, 11. (One female only). 



Remarks. — D. v. craiofordi is confined to the two neighboring islands 

 of Little Cayman and Cayman Brae. The M. C. Z. series consists of 

 twenty-three specimens from Little Cayman, including adults in 

 summer and autumnal plumage and young in first autumnal dress. 

 From Cayman Brae there are fourteen adults in summer plumage. 

 All were collected bv W. W. Brown Jr. 



