Cory on tJic Birds of the West Indies. 17 



Polioptila lemi>ejii Bairu, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 68 (1864). 



Polioptila lenibcyei Guni>l. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 231 (1S65) ; 



lb.}, f. O. 1S72, p. 410. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 237 (1S69). 

 Polioptila Icmdeyi Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 78 (1S74). 



—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1S85).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. 



X, p. 444 (1&85). 



Sp. Char. — A narrow black line commences at the top of the eye, ex- 

 tending backwards, bordering the ear-coverts; above bluish graj ; 

 underparts ashj white, the white clearest on the abdomen ; tail- 

 feathers narrow and long, having the shafts dark brown, outer 

 feather white, except the basal half of inner web, which is dark 

 brown, second having the terminal third white and outer web nar- 

 rowly tipped with white, third feather tipped with white, rest of 

 tail-feathers brownish black; wings brownish black, the feathers 

 edged with white, no white on the edges of the first two primaries. 

 Length (skin), 4.58; wing, 1.50; tail, 2; tarsus, .70; bill, .35. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



Polioptila cserulea (Linn.). 



Motacilla ccenilca Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 337 (1766). 



Culicivora ccerula D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 90 



(1S40).— Brewer, Pr.Bost.Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306(1860) (Cuba). 



— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 407 (Cuba). 

 Polioptila cceridea GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; ib. 1872, p. 409. — Cory, 



Bds. Bahama I. p. 52 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1883) ; ib. Auk, p. 



501, 1886 (Grand Cayman). 



Common in the Bahama Islands ; breeds. Numerous records 

 from Cuba. Mr. Ridgway separates the resident Bahama bird 

 under the name of F. ccerulea ccesiogaster. They are somewhat 

 paler in coloration,* 



Family TROGLODYTID^. 

 Genus Thryothorus Vieill. 



Thryolhorus ViEiLLOT, Analyse, p. 45 (^iSi6). 



Thryothorus martinicensis Scl. 



Thryothorus martinicensis Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 321.— Scl. & Salv. Norn. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 7 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 352 

 (1878).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 228 (1881).— Cory, List 

 Bds. W.I. p. 7 (1885). 



HylemothroHS martinicensis Gray, Ilandl. Bds. I, p. 191 (1869). 



* Polioptila ccerulea ccesiogaster Ridgway, Manual N. A. Birds, p. 569 (1SS7). 



