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out claw) or more; outermost (tenth) primary longer than primary 

 coverts (about one-third as long as ninth or slightly more), rounded 

 at tip, ninth primary equal to or longer than fourth; eighth, seventh, 

 and sixth longest and nearly ecpial ; eighth to fifth (inclusive) with 

 outer webs sinuated. Tajl much shorter than distance from bend 

 of wing to end of secondaries, even. Tarsus long and slender, one- 

 third as long as wing, or more, the acrotarsium fused on both 

 sides; middle toe (without claw) three-fifths as long as tarsus, or 

 slightly less ; lateral toes equal, both (without claw) reaching a little 

 beyond subterminal articulation of middle toe; hallux shorter than 

 inner toe; basal phalanx of middle toe adherent for more than half 

 its length to outer toe, for nearly half to inner toe; claws slightly 

 curved, rather blunt, that of the hallux sometimes nearly as long as 

 its digit. 



Coloration. — Upper parts uniform brown; under parts brown, the 

 feathers (at least on under parts of body) with pointed central spots 

 of white. 



Nidification. — Nest open above, and placed in trees, composed of 

 twigs, vines, or moss, lined with small roots or plant stems; eggs 

 blue, unspotted. 



Range. — Lesser Antilles, where represented on islands of Guade- 

 loupe, Montserrat, Santa Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, and Mar- 

 tinique. (Four species.) 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OP CICHLHERMINIA. 



a. Throat and upper chest streaked with light olive-brown and whitish or pale ochra- 

 ceous; inner webs of primaries pale cinnamon toward edges. 

 h. Feathers of chest with narrower, smaller, and more pointed central spots of pale 

 ochraceous, the brown margins paler, more tawny olive. 

 c. Abdomen almost wholly squamated with olive-brown; brown of upper parts 

 darker, more bister. {Cichlherminia henninieri.) 

 d. Coloration less deep. (Island of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles.) 



Cichlherminia herminieri herminieri (p. 74) 

 dd. Coloration deeper. (Island of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.) 



Cichlherminia herminieri lawrencii (p. 75) 

 cc. Abdomen mostly white; brown of upper parts lighter, more olive. (Island of 



Santa Lucia, Lesser Antilles.) Cichlherminia sanctae-luciae (p. 75) 



hb. Feathers of chest with broader, larger, and more rounded central spots of white, 

 the brown margins darker, more sepia brown. (Island of Martinique ?, Lesser 



Antilles.) Cichlherminia coryi (p. 76) 



aa. Throat and upper chest deep brown, slightly broken by dusky spotting, but 

 streaked only (if at all) on center of throat; inner webs of .jn-imaries entirely 

 gray. (Island of Dominica, Lesser Antilles.). .Cichlherminia dominicensis (p. 77) 



