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Birds of the Cayman Islands. 
Dendroica vara (Wilson); Ridgw. Birds N. & Midd. Amer. 
pt. ii. p. 570 (1902). 
Hah. Eastern North America : a rare winter visitor to 
the Caymans. 
56. Dendikeca 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). 
Hah. Atlantic Coast districts of United States : not a 
common winter visitor to the Caymans. This bird or a 
subspecies of it (D. d. albilora :) is said to breed occasion¬ 
ally in Jamaica. 
I have a specimen in my collection from Little Cayman. 
57. Dendikeca discolor. (Prairie Warbler.) 
Dendroica discolor (Vieill.) ; Cory, Auk, vi. p. 31 (1889 : 
Little Cayman, Cayman Brae). 
Dendrceca discolor Sharpe, IIand-1. B. v. p. 110 (1909). 
Hah. 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. Dendrieca vitellina. (Vitelline Warbler.) 
Dendroica vitellina Cory, Auk, iii. p. 497 (1886 : Grand 
Cayman) ; id. Auk, vi. p. 31 (1889: Little Cayman, Cayman 
Brae) ; Bidgw. 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 on Grand Cayman. 
