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Adult male.—LQngth. (skins), 99.6-124.7 (107.2); wing, 54.1-61.5 

 (58.9); tail, 35.8-41.9 (39.1); exposed culmen, 13.2-15 (14); tarsus, 

 15.7-17.8 (17); middle toe, 10.7-11.7 (11.2).^ 



Adult female.— IjQngth. (skins), 96.3-105.2 (100.3); wing, 53.6-55.9 

 (54.9); tail, 35.1-37.6 (36.1); exposed culmen, 13.2-15 (14); tarsus, 

 16-17.5 (16.8); middle toe, 9.7-11.2 (10.4)."^ 



Islands of Porto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Anegada, Tortola, Virgin 

 Gorda, St. Thomas, and St. Johns, Greater Antilles.'' 



Ccereba flaveola (not Cerihia Jlaveola Linn?eus) Vieillot, Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 611, 

 part (Porto Rico) . 



Nectarinia flaveola Moritz, Wiegmann's Arcbiv. fiir Naturg., ii, 1836, 387. 



Certhiola flaveola SchATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 54, part (St. Thomas). — Cassin, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 271 (St. Thomas).— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 166 

 (Porto Rico). 



Certhiola (from St. Thomas) Newton, Ibis, 1859, 68. 



Certhiola flaveola. Var. poriorlrensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., x, Jan., 

 1866, 252 (Porto Rico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Jonrn. fiir Orn., 1866, 185.— 

 Newton, Zool. Rec, 1866, 88. 



Certhiola portoricensis Sundevall, CEfv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 598, 622 

 (monogr. ). — Finsch, Verb. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1871, 760 

 (monogr.).— GuNDLACH, Journ. fiir. Orn., 1874, 312 (Porto Rico); 1878, 179 

 (do.); Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 216 (do.).— Ridgway, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1884, 172 (St. Thomas); viii, 1885, 29 (synonymy).— 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 48 (Porto Rico; St. Thomas); Birds W. I., 1889, 62 

 (do.).— Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 41 (Porto Rico). 



iCerthiokC] portoricensis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 16 (Porto 

 Rico; St. Thomas).— Baird, Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 611 (Porto Rico; St. 

 Thomas); in Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 427 (do.).— Cory, List Birds W. I., 

 1885, 9 (Porto Rico; St. Thomas). 



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



Coereba portoricensis Cory, Auk, vii, Oct., 1890, 347 (St. Thomas), 375 (Tortola; 

 Virgin Gorda); viii, 1891, 38 (Porto Rico; Culebra; Anegada; Tortola; Vir- 

 gin Gorda; St. Thomas; St. John); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 116 (do.). 



^ Twelve specimens. 



^ Eight specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Six adult males from Porto Rico . 



Six adult males from Vieques 



One adult male from St. Johns 



FEMALES. 



Six aduJt females from Porto Rico. 

 Two adult females from Vieques. . . 

 One adult female from St. Johns . . . 



SEX UNDETERMINED. 



Five adults from St. Thomas 



Wing. Tail. Exposed ^^^^^^_ Jliddle 



59.4 



58.7 

 59.4 



55.1 

 55.1 



52.8 



38. 1 

 40.1 

 40.1 



36.1 

 36.1 

 33.8 



culmen 



14.2 



14 



14 



14.2 

 13.2 

 13.7 



17.5 

 16.8 

 18 



16.8 

 16.3 

 16.5 



11.2 

 11.2 

 11.9 



10.4 

 10.4 

 11.2 



' Only specimens from Porto Rico, Vieques, St. Thomas, and St. Johns seen by me. 



