CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF BIRDS MADE BY MR. CHAS. H. TOWNSEND, ON ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND IN HONDURAS. Ry RORKIcr KIIXiiWAV. I. Island of Grand Cayman. lu the Auk for October, ISSiJ, on pages 497-501, Mr. Charles B. Cory has pul)lished " J)e.scrii)tiou.s of thirteen new species of birds from the island of Grand Cayman, West Indies," and on pages 501, 502, "A list of the birds collected in the island of Grand Cayman, West Indies, by W. B. Richardson, daring the summer of 18SG." The last-mentioned list enumerates forty species as having been found on the island. The island of Grand Cayman is in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba, from the nearest point of which it is distant about 175 miles; it is northwest from Jamaica, whicli is nearly 200 miles distant. It lies just below the parallel of 20c> north latitude, and just west of the eightieth parallel of west longitude. I have no information as to its geological formation or general character, but it is evident from the varied bird fauna that it is wooded. May ]5, IG, and 17, 1887, Mr. Charles H. Townseud made a small collection of birds on Grand Cayman, embracing thirteen of the species obtained by Mr. Kichardson, and, though no others were obtained, the excellent specimens secured prove two species or subspecies to be new, and not, as had been supposed, identical with forms already known to science. 1. Mimus orpheus (Linn.). Five specimens, which I am unable to distinguish satisfactorily from Jamaican examples. 2. Dendroica auricapilla, sp. nov. Ik'udroica, lietethUi gmidlachi CoiiY, Ank, October, 1836, 501 {nee D. f/itiidlacU Baiiu)). Dendroica auricainlla ToVi'NS., MS. Sp. char.— Similar to J), rufiverlex Ridciw., from Cozumel, but crown much paler (orange instead of rufous), and rufous-chestnut streaks of breast, etc., much narrower. Habitat, — Island of Grand Cayman, Caribbean Sea. AdnU male (type, No. 111171, Grand Cayman, May 17, 1887 ; Charles H. Townsend) : Crown and occiput saffron-orange, passing into saffron-yellow on forehead ; hind-neck, back, scapulars, lesser wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts plain yellowish olive-green; wings dusky, the exposed portion of middle and greater coverts chiefly light gamboge yellow, and remiges distinctly edged with olive-yellow, their edging 572
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