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during a Cruise in the Caribbean Sea. 
specimens of D. 'petechia from Jamaica average 65 mm., 
the exposed culmen 10*6, the tarsus 20 5. 
Dendrceca vitellina Cory. 
Bendroica vitellina Cory, Auk, iii. pp. 497, 501 (1886). 
One male and two adults unsexed. 
I have previously discussed this well-marked form in 
describing the birds of Swan Island. 
C(EREBA SHARPII (Cory). 
Certhiola sharpei Cory, Auk, iii. p. 497 (1886). 
Certhiola sharpei Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 580. 
Seven adults and one immature specimen. 
An exceedingly common bird and met with nearly every¬ 
where, but especially in the outskirts of Georgetown, 
where it is attracted by the flowers. Its call-note 
reminded me somewhat of a Gold-crested Wren, but 
it is louder. These birds seem busy all the day through, 
creeping about among the branches and searching continu¬ 
ally for insects, which they seem to And as much among 
the leaves and their axils as in the interior of honey¬ 
laden flowers or pollen-laden inflorescences. 
The wings of my seven adult birds average 60*4 mm., 
while the exposed culmens of males only average 13*7 mm., 
which is a smaller measurement than that given by 
Mr. Ridgway (‘Birds of North and Middle America*), who 
states that the bill in C. sharpei is larger than in C. caboti 
from the Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. The plumage in 
nearly all my specimens is a good deal worn, so that the 
difference in wing and tail measurements between the two 
species must be very trifling. 
Two specimens which I shot on Little Cayman Island 
agree with those from the Grand Cayman. 
Melopyrrha taylori Hartert. 
Melopyrrha nigra Cory, Auk, iii. p. 501 (1886). 
Melopyrrha taylori Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 257 (1896). 
I have two males and one female of this insular form. 
One of the males is immature. They differ from the Cuban 
form M. nigra in the points indicated by Dr. Hartert. 
