422 BULLi:Ti]sr 50, united states national museum. 



anal region and under tail-coverts whitish; bill black, with tumid 

 rictus palo l)rownish (flesh color in lifo^); lej^s and feet, dusky horn 

 color (in dried skins). 



Adult mff7f^— Length (skins), 99.8-125 (117.1); wing, 5T.2-()2.2 

 (59.4); tail, 37.8-44.5 (40.9); exposed culmen, 13-14.7 (13.7); tarsus, 

 17.5-18.8 (18.3); middle toe, 11.2-11.7 (11.4).' 



Adult female.—lj^i^gih (skins), 104.9-107.7 (10(3.4); wing, 56.1-57.4 

 (56.9); tail, 37.6-40.1 (38.9); exposed culmen, 12.7-13.2 (13); tarsus, 

 17.3-18 (17.8); middle toe, 11.4-11.7.' 



Islands of Martinique and Santa Lucia, Lesser Antilles. 



[^Vertlda favfohi'] fi. Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 17(36, 187, part (citation of 

 Ccrthid iiKtrtinicana sire saccharivora Brisson, Orn., iii, Oil, pi. 84, i\<t. 5). — 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 479. 



Nectariniaflareola, var. Swainson, Zool. lUuwtr., iii, 1822-2.'>, ]>1. 142 (excl. nyii.). 



Certhlola mart'micana Reichenbach, Ilandb. d. spec. Orn., i, 1853, 252, pi. 5fil, 

 fig. 3824 (ex Brisson).— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 271 

 (monogr. ). — Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1865, 412. — Sundevall, (JEfv. k. 

 Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 624 (monogr.). — Finsch, Verb. k. k. zool.- 

 bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1871, 788 (inonogr. ). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1871, 269 (Santa Lncia); 1889, 395 (Santa Lncia); Cat. Birds Brit. jNIus., xi, 

 1886, 46 (^Martinique; Santa Lucia). — Semper, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, 

 649 (Santa Lucia).— Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 354 (Mar- 

 tinique; babits). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 166 (Santa Lucia). — 

 RiDCJWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 30 (synonymy). — Cory, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 52; iv, 1887, 95 (Martinique); Birds W. I., 1889, 66. 



[.Certhiola] marlinicana Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 17. — Baird, 

 Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 612; in Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 428.— Cory, List 

 Birds West Indies, 1885, 9. 



Clerthiola'l )ii(n-tiiiic(nifi Ridc;way, Proc. LT. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 28 (diagnosis). 



Ccereba miirfiiilcana Ridgway, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xii, Feb. 5, 1890, 129 (Santa 

 Lucia; crit.) .— Cory, Auk, viii, 1891, 40; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 116 

 (Martinique; Santa Lucia). 



C[(ereba^ rnartiiiicana Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1892, 78, 79, 80, in text. 



Certhlola martinicensis Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, pi. 5, fig. 1. 



[Certhiola'] martinica iiRW, Hand-list, i, 1869, 120, no. 1504. 



Certhiola albigtda Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 259 (iNlartiniciue); 

 Notes Orn. Coll. Delattre, 1854, 57.— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 167 (Martini(|ue).— 

 Newton, Zool. Record, 1864, 76. — Sundevall, iVA\. k. Vet.-Ak. Finb. 

 Stockb., 1869, 624 (monogr.). 



Certhiola Jl areola f (not Certhia flareola Linna'us) Newton, Ibis, 1862, 288 (Mar- 

 tini(jue). 



Certhiola finsrhi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Apr. 20, 1885, 25, 28 

 (Dominica?, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Scl.\ter, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mu.s., xi, 1886, 47. 



CCEREBA ATRATA (Lawrence). 

 BLACK BANANAQUIT. 



Adult male. — Entirely plain sooty black, tlie under parts slightly 

 tinged with olive; bill black, the mandil)le more gra3'ish basally, the 

 tumid rictus pale brownish (flesh color in life ?); legs and feet dusky 



' Six specimens. '^ Two specimens. 



