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Certhiola sti. thomae Sundevall, CEfv. k. Vet.-Ak. Fijrli. Stockh., 1860, (>21 (St. 



Thomas). 

 Certhiola sancti-thomx Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Apr. 20, 1885, 28 



(St. Thomas, Greater Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Sclater, Cat. Am. 



Birds, xi, 1886, 42.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 48; Birds W. I., 1889, 62. 



CCEREBA FLAVEOLA (Linnaeus). 

 JAHAIGAN BANANAQTTIT. 



Similar to C. i^ortaHcensis^ })ut throat much darker, white wing-patch 

 much larger and continued along edges of primaries, breast duller 

 (more brownish) yellow, and color of back, etc., still blacker. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Upper parts (except rump) black or sooty 

 black; rump (abruptly) clear lemon yellow; a large white patch at base 

 of five or six outermost primaries, the white extending for a consider- 

 able distance along edges of the quills; lateral rcctrices veiy broadly 

 tipped with white (on both webs), the white 7.6-12.7 in extent on out- 

 ermost rectrix; a broad superciliary stripe of white, extending from 

 nostril to end of auricular region; loral, suborbital and auricular 

 regions black; malar region, chin, throat, and upper chest blackish 

 slate; breast brownish 3'ellow or wax yellow, the rest of under parts 

 lemon yellow, becoming paler posteriorly, the under tail-coverts white 

 or yellowish white, with basal (concealed) portion slaty; bill black, 

 usuall}" becoming somewhat horn colored basalh^; legs and feet dusky 

 (in dried skins). 



Adult male.—henfrth (skins), 93-99.3 (95.8); wing, 54.4-57.4 (56.1); 

 tail, 33.3-37.8 (35.8); exposed culmen, 11.9-13.5 (12.4); tarsus, 16-16.5 

 (16.3); middle toe, 9.7-10.9 (10.4).^ 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 100.6; wing, 59.9; tail, 38.1; exposed 

 culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 16.5; middle toe, 9.9.^ 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 



\_Certhia'] flareola Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 119 (based on Lusdnias. 

 PhUontela efusco et luteo raria Sloane, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 307, pi. 259, fig. 3; 

 Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii, pi. 122, up. fig.; Black and Yellow Creeper 

 Edwards, Gleanings, pi. 362, fig. 3); ed. 12, i, 1766, 187 (excl. var. ft).— 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 479 (excl. vars. (i, y). — Latham, Index Orn., 

 i, 1790, 297 (excl. var.). — Bechstein, Lath. Uebers., iv, 1793, 188 (excl. 

 var. ) . 



[Certhia Jiaveola^ ft Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 479, part. 



[C'(?r</(/a] flareola Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 297, part; Gen. Hist. Birds, iv, 

 1822, 283 (excl. vars. ft, y, and S). 



Cerihia flareola Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847, 39. 



Coereba flareola Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., ii, 1807, 70; Enc. MOth., ii, 1823, 611, 

 (excl. var., part).— Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 38. — Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 339 

 (crit.). 



C[ertMula] flareola Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1846, 102, part. 



' Four specimens. '■'One specimen. 



