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Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



margins; ear-coverts brown, showing pale shaft-lines; throat ru- 

 fous brown, palest on the upper portion, the centre of the feathers 

 showing dull white; rest of underparts having the feathers white, 

 edged with brown, giving the feathers a clean-cut, pointed appear- 

 ance, tlie white portion somewhat resembling a broad arrow Iiead; 

 quills and tail brown ; upper surface of tail-feathers showing a rufous 

 tinge; under mandible and tarsus pale. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skinj, 9.40; wing, 5.25; tail, 3.50; tarsus, 1.70; bill, i. 

 Habitat. Guadeloupe and Martinique. 



Cichlherminia sanctae-luciae (Scl.). 



Margurofs kerminieri Scl. P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 26S. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. 



Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). 

 Ma rgar ops saiict(B-lucice Sci.. Ibis, iSSo, p. 73. — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 



Club, V, p. 165 (18S0). 

 Margarops herminieri vz.\'. semperi Lawr. MS. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 



V, p. 165 (1880). 

 CichUtertninia sanctce-lucice Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 328 



(1S81).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. Male : — Above light brown, showing a faint olive tinge, the 

 color paler than in C. hcnninieri ; throat dull white, showing 

 brown shaft-markings; feathers of the breast brownish white, 

 edged with olive brown ; abdomen white, showing the brown mark- 

 ing on the sides; quills and tail light brown; under surface of tail 

 ashj brown ; under tail-coverts showing reddish brown at the base ; 

 under mandible and tarsus dull yellow. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 10; wing, 5.10; tail, 3.70; tarsus, 1.55; bill, .90. 

 Habitat. Santa Lucia. 



Cichlherminia dominicensis (Lawr.). 



Margarops hermi'n- 

 ieri Lawr. Pr. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 



S3 (187S). 



Margarops domini- 

 censis Lawr. Pr. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus. Ill, p. 

 16, (1S80). 



Cichlhennin i a d o- 

 minicensis Sharpe, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. 

 VI, p. 328 (i88i). 

 — Cory, List Bds. 

 W. I. p. 5 (18S5). 



