524 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica, Lesser Antilles. 



IMolaciUa] ruficapilla Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 971 (based on Piguier <k 

 la Martinique, Ficedula martinicana, Brisson, Om., iii, 490, pi. 22, fig. 4). 



ISylvia] ruficapilla Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 540. 



Dendrceca petechia (not Moiacilla petechia Linnaeus) Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 166, part 

 (Dominica).— Lawrence, Proc. J. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 54 (Dominica; 

 descr. nest and eggs) . 



Dejidrmca petechia var. melanoptera Lawrence, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., i, Apr. 22, 

 1879, 453 (Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles; coll. TJ. S. Nat. Mus.). 



[Dendroica petechia'] S. melanoptera Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 

 350 (Guadeloupe; Dominica). 



IDendrceca} petechia melanoptera Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 8. 



Dendroica petechia melanoptera Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 31; viii, 1891, 49 (Guade- 

 loupe); Birds W. I., 1889, 45; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 18, 118 (Guadeloupe; 

 Dominica). 



Dendrceca melanoptera Sharpb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 1885, 279, 644 (Dominica; 

 Guadeloupe). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 326 (Dominica). 



DENDROICA RUFICAPILLA RUFIVERTEX Ridgway. 



COZUMEL YELIOW WARBLER. 



Similar to D. r. ruficapilla^ but adult male with chest and sides much 

 more broadly streaked with chestnut; adult female with forehead and 

 crown uniform yellowish olive-green, concolor with back, etc. 



Adult male.— L>&x^gt\\ (skins), 107-120 (114.5); wing, 56-60 '(58.2); 

 tail, 44-48 (46.6); exposed culmen, 10-11 (10.8); tarsus, 19-21 (20); 

 middle toe, 10.5-11 (10.9).^ 



Adult female.— l^&VL^ih. (skins), 106-118 (110); wing, 55-56 (o5. 6); 

 tail, 45-47 (45.8); exposed culmen, 10-11 (10.5); tarsus, 18-21 (20); 

 middle toe, 11.^ 



Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



Dendroica petechia rufivertex Ridgway, Descr. New Species Birds from Cozumel, 

 Feb. 26, 1885, 1; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., iii, 1885, 21 (Cozumel I., Yucatan; 

 coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 348 (full descr.), 563. 



[Dendroica petechia] s. rufivertex Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 2, 

 1885, 350. 



DENDROICA RUFICAPILLA FLAVIDA (Cory). 



ST. ANBREWS YELLOW WARBLER. 



"Resembles Dendrnwa rufivertex, but has the orange brown on the 

 head [crown] more restricted and paler; throat unspotted, or very 

 nearly so; underparts, including sides and flanks, heavily striped with 

 rufous brown. 



Adult male. — "Top of the head orange brown showing j'ellowin 

 front of the eye; nape, back, and upper tail-coverts yellowish olive; 

 throat bright pale yellow, touched with one or two indistinct pencil- 

 ings of brown, rest of underparts yellow, heavily streaked with rufous 



^ Eight specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



