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grayi>!b (in dried skins); length (skin), 127.5; wing, (14; tail, 42.7; 

 exposed culmen, IG; tiirsus, lt».6; middle to, 12.7.^ 



Adult female. — Similar to the male, but smaller and more slaty 

 blackish, with under parts more strongly glossed with olive; length 

 (skin), 106.9; wing, 50.4; tail, 33.5; exposed culmen, 14.5; tarsus, 18.8; 

 middle toe, 10. 9. ^ 



Island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. 



(?) Dicmim aterrinmm Lessox, Traite d'Orn., i, 1831, 303 (locality unknown). — 

 PucHERAN, Rev. Zool., 1846, 134 ("St. Thomas;" erit. ).— Hartlacb, Isis, 

 1847, 611; Journ. fiirOrn., 18.55, 418.— Reichexbach, Handb., ii, 18,53, 243 

 (see FiNSCH, Verb. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1871, 762). 



Certhiola atrata Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., i, no. 5, June, 1878, 150 (St. 

 Vincent, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1878, 190 (St. Vincent; habits).— Lister, Ibis, 1880, 40 (St. Vincent) .—Sal- 

 viN and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 251, in text.— RincwAY, 

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

 1886, .53, part (do.) ; Birds W. I., 1889, 67, part (do.).— Sclater, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. ]Mu9., xi, 1886, 47, part (St. Vincent). 



Clerthiola'] atrata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 28, part (diagnosis). 



C'wreba atrata Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 40; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 116, 134 

 (St. Vincent). 



CCEREBA WELLSI Cory. 



WELLS' BANANAGUIT. 



Similar to C. abrtfa, but smaller, and adult male not so deep black. 



Adult male.—heugih (skins), 104.0-112.8 (10S.7); wing, 58.9-(^0.5 

 (59.7); tail, 36.1-3(5.6 (36.3); exposed cidmen, 14-14.5 (14.2); tarsus, 

 18.8; middle toe, 11.9.' 



Adidt fe7n ale. —Ltength (before skinning), 114.3; wing, 53.3; tail, 

 33.5; exposed culmen, 14; tarsus, 18; middle toe, 11.9.' 



Island of Grenada, Lesser Antilles. 



Certhiola atrata (not of Lawrence, 1878) Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 

 269 (Grenada).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii. 1885, 30, part 

 (Grenada).— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 9, part (Grenada); Auk, iii, 

 1886, 53, part (do.); Birds W. I., 1889, 67, part (do.).— Sclater, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 47, part (Grenada) .—Wells, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., ix, 1886, 612 (Grenada; habits; desc. nest and eggs). 



C'ltrthiola] atrata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 28, part. 



Certhiola vellsl Cory, Auk, vi, July, 1889, 219 (Grenada, Lesser Antilles; coll. 

 C. B. Cory). 



Canrha wellsi Cory, Auk, viii, .Tan., 1891, 40; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 116, 134. 



Genus GLOSSIPTILA Sclater. 



Neorms (not of Hodgson, 1844) Hartlaub, Nachtr. z. Verz. Mus. Brem., 1846, 8. 



(Type, iV. aerulni Hartlaub, = Tanagra ruficoUh Gmelin.) 

 Glomptikt Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 269. (Type, Tanagra rvficoilis 



Gmelin. ) 

 Euneornis Fitzinger, Sitz. ver. Wien Ak. Mett. Nat., xxi, A])th. 2, 1856, 316. 



(Type, Tanagra ruficollis Gmelin. ) 



1 One specimen. '^ Two specimens. 



