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(?) C[ertMola'] major Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 97, footnote^ ("Guiana;" 

 location of type not mentioned). — Reichenbac}!, Handb., ii, 1853, 252 

 (Guiana). — Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 259. — Burmeister, 

 Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., iii, 1856, 156.— Sundevall, (Efv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 

 Stockh., 1869, 622 (monogr.). 



(?) [Certhiola'] major Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 120, no. 1502. 



(?) [Certhiola'} minor Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 259 (locality not 

 given; coll. Paris Mus.); Notes Orn. Coll. Delattre, 1854, 51. — Scndevall, 

 (Efv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 622 (monogr.).— Finsch, Verh. k. 

 k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1871, 790, footnote. 



Certhiola godmani Cory, Auk, vi, July, 1889, 219 (Grenada, Lesser Antilles; 

 coll. C. B. Cory). 



CCEREBA CERINOCLUNIS Bangs. 

 SAN MIGTTEL BANAKAftTnT. 



Similar to C. luteola, but throat paler gray (much as in O. mexicana)^ 

 rump less purely jellow and white tips to lateral rectrices much 

 smaller; similar to C. inexicana in color of throat, but upper parts 

 sooty black (as in C. luteola), white wing-spot large and conspicuous 

 (as in C. luteola)^ lower rump brightei' yellowish, and under parts 

 brighter yellow. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above plain sooty black, the rump olive- 

 yellow becoming purer yellow below; a large and conspicuous spot of 

 white at base of four or five primaries next to the outermost; inner 

 webs of lateral rectrices tipped with white for about 2.5-5.1 in males, 

 much less (sometimes a mere edging) in females; a broad white super- 

 ciliary stripe, extending from nostril to end of auricular region, or 

 beyond; loral, suborbital, and auricular regions and sides of neck 

 sooty black; malar region, chin, and throat gray (about the same tone 

 as in O. mexicana);^ rest of under parts bright lemon j-ellow (rather 

 lighter than in O. luteola, but brighter than in C. mexicana), slightly 

 tinged with olive laterally, especiall}: on flanks; under tail-coverts 

 whitish with basal (concealed) portion gray; bill black; legs and feet 

 dusky (in dried skin). 



^ This seems to be an intermediate between C. luteola and C. chloropijga, but nearer 

 the former. Another step toward the hitter, apparently, is Cabanis's C[<?ri/uota] 

 guianensis (Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 97). Should these really be intermediates, as sug- 

 gested, then intergi'adation between C. mexicana, C. luteola, and ('. ddoropijga may be 

 considered as proven, thus reducing these three to the rank of subspecies, whose 

 names would be as follows: Careha chloropt/ga chloropyga (Lichtenstein), Careba 

 chloropyga luteola (Cabanis), and Careba chloropyga mexicana (Sclater). Should it 

 be considered advisable to recognize by name intermediate or connecting forms, 

 these should stand as Cocreba chloropyga guianensis (Cabanis), Careba chloropyga 

 major (Cabanis), Careba chloropyga intermedia (Salvadori and Festa), and Careba 

 chloropyga peruviana (Cabanis) — the last intermediate between C. chloropyga chloro- 

 pyga and C. chloropyga mexicana. Whether a Careba chloropyga magnirosiris (Tacza- 

 nowski) should be recognized remains to be determined {Certhiola magnirosiris 

 Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880, 193; Orn. du Perou, i, 1884, 441). 



^Gray no. 6 or no. 7 of Ridgway's Nomenclature of Colors. 



