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a. Throat uiiitbniily but (iriniled dark ash-color, varying ui shado, never 

 entirely black, howevei', nor ashy-white. 



Tliroat very dark ash, not contrasting or apprccialjlj' did'crcnt IVom 

 blackish of cheeks. 



AVing-spot elongated ; the white running out gradually and 

 obliquely behind to the outer edge of the prinuu-y, reaching 

 shaft of outer primary. Yellow of breast decidedly ochraceous. 

 Rump as bright yellow as the belly. Hob. Jamaica . . Jlarpola.' 



White patch of wing more quadrate on each quill ; trans- 

 verse; not tapei'ing off gradually and unilbnnly behind; not 

 reaching the shaft on outer pri[nary. Breast without oohra- 

 ceous ; rump olivaceous-yellow ; the color different from that 



of belly. Hab. Santa Cruz newtonir 



h. Chin and throat lighter ash (but not at all whitish); in decided and 

 appreciable contr.ist with blackish of chcjeks. .Juguluni yellow, like un- 

 der parts generally. 



Lateral tail-feather broadly tipped with white on both webs. 

 Rump olivaceous-yellow. 



Wing-spot on each primary nearly quadrate, a.s in neirfoni. 

 Hab. Porto Rico and St. Thomas .... pdrtoricfn.ii.i.^ 



Lateral tail-feather with inner w'eb only broadly tipiieil with 

 white. Rump bright yellow like belly. Bill very small. 



White of wing as in flaveola, but less extended, and margin- 

 ing edge only of outer primary. Jfuh. Uayti and St. Dcmiin- 

 go ......... . haiianivora.* 



AVhite of wing as in tiewioni. Size much larger; darker 

 above. Hab. Tobago, Trinidad, and north shore (jf South 

 America .......... luteola? 



c. Chin, throat, and jugulum white, with a tingc' of ashy. Yellow of 

 under parts much restrictcil. 



Depth of bill less than half distance from nostril to tip. Supercil- 

 iary stripe reaching to nape. Yellow of under part restricted to a 

 triangular patch on breast. White .spot on wing large, tapering off 

 gradually on each primary, as in flaveola ; on the outer reaching 

 shaft. Both W£bs of outer tail-feather about equally tipped. Hab. 



Bahamas and Florida Keys hahamensis.° 



Depth of bill fully half distance from nostril to tip. Superciliary 

 stripe reaching the occiput only. Yellow of under parts more ex- 

 tended. White spot on wing restricted ; more quadrate, as in new- 

 toni ; edge only of outer primary involved. Outer web of outer 

 tail-feather scarcely tipped. Hah. Cozumel Island, Yucatan . cabotiJ 

 2. No external white patch at base of primary quills. Wing-coverts ob- 

 scurely margined with paler. Both webs of outer tail-feathers tipped about 

 equally with white. Rump olivaceous; this color of but .slight extent. 



' (Jerlhin, flavmla, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, 119. 



^ C. flaveola, A. & E. N"EWTO^', Ibis, 1859, 67. Hab. St. t'roix. C. neinloni, Baird. 



" 0. flaveola, var. portorkciisis, Bryant, Pr. Host. Soc. N. H. Jan. 1866. Hab. Porto Rico. 



* Motacilla bananirorn, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 951. {Baimiiinte, Buflon, St. Domingo.) 

 ^ Cerlkinla lutcoUi., Cab. M. H. 1851, 96. C. mnjor. Cab. ; C minor, Bon. 



* Cr.rlhiola bahainensli, Reich. Handb. I, 1853, 253. C. flaveola, Baiud, 15. N. A. ; C 

 bairdi, Cab. 



' C. caboti, Baird, ilSS. 



