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Adult female.— hength (skins), 108-119 (114.9); wing, 56-60 (57.6); 

 tail, 43-47 (45.3); exposed culmen, 10-13 (11); tarsus, 19-22 (21); 

 middle toe, 10-12 (11).' 



Bahama Islands. 



(?) Sylvicola sestiva (not Moladlla gestiva Gmelin) Bryant, Proc. Boat. Soc. N. H., 

 vii, 1866, 67 (Bahamas). 



Sylvicola petechia (not Moladlla petechia Linnaeus) Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. 

 N. H., xi, 1867, 67 (Bahamas). 



Dendroica petechia (not Dendrceca petechia Sclater) Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 

 1887, 495, part (Bahamas). 



[Dendroica petechia'] var. gundlachi (not Dendroica gundlachi Baird) Baird, 

 Bebwer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 216, part (Bahamas). 



Dendrmca petechia gundlachi CouBS, Birds Col. Val., 1878, 255, part (Bahamas). 



Dendraca petechia var. gundlachi Cory, Birds Bahama I., 1880, 58. 



[Dendroica petechia] /J. gundlachi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii, 1885, 349, 

 part (Bahamas) . 



[Dendrceca] petechia gundlachi Cory, List. Birds W. I., 1885, 8, part (Bahamas). 



Dendroica petechia gundlachi Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 30, part (Bahamas); Birds 

 W. I., 1889, 44; Auk, viii, 1891, 297 (Caicos Islands; Inagua), 298 (Abaco), 350 

 (Great Bahama), 351 (Inagua); ix, 1892, 48 (Mariguana), 49 (Wathnga L; 

 Inagua); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 118 (Great Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera, 

 New Providence, Exuma Keys, Concepcion I., Watlings I., Rum Cay, Long 

 I., Acklin L, Mariguana, North Caicos, East Caicos, and Great Inagua).— 

 Northrop, Auk, viii, 1891, 68 (Andros I.). — Ridgway, Auk, viii, 1891, 33S 

 (New Providence), 336 (Eleuthera), 337 (Watlings I.), 338 (Rum Cay), 

 339 (Concepcion I.). 



D[endroica] petechia gundlachi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., x, 1888, 573, in 

 text, part (Bahamas). 



Dendroica petechia flamceps Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H.,iv, no. 1, Dec. 29, 

 1892, 310 (Rum Cay; coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist). 



DENDROICA PETECHIA BARTHOLEMICA Sundevall. 

 PORTO RICAN YELLOW WARBLER. 



Similar to D. p. petechia, but wing and tail shorter, bill and tarsus 

 longer (the former also stouter), and coloration more intense; the adult 



'Ten specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Four adult males from Watlings Island 



Nine adult males from Rum Cay 



One adult male from Cat Island 



One adult male from Eleuthera Island 



Pour adult males from Concepcion Island . . . 

 One adult male from New Providence Island 



FEMALES. 



Three adult females from Watlings Island . . . 



Pour adult females from Rum Cay 



Three adult females from Concepcion Island 



Middle 

 toe. 



11 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



10.3 

 11.2 

 11.3 



