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coverts extending to the tips of the tail-feathers; tail gray, darker than the 

 coverts, and having the shafts black; underparls dull black, showing a 

 slight greenish tinge when held in the light; cliin brownish, showing lighter 

 than the throat. 



Length (skin), 4.25; wing, 5; tail, 1.25; tarsus, .38; bill, .15. 



St. Vincent and Grenada. 



This is apparently a good species, and is most certainly distinct 

 from the C. paliura Temm. The upper tail-coverts are much elon- 

 gated, reaching the tips of the tail-feathers. I have examined five 

 specimens from St. Vincent and one from Grenada, in all of which 

 the characters were constant. 



Centurus caymanensis Cory. 



Centurus caymanensis Cory, Auk, III, pp. 499, 502 (1886). — Ridgw. Proc. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus.p. 574(1887). 



Sp. Char. Male : — Forehead and sides of the head white; crown and nape 

 bright crimson red; a tinge of red at the nostrils; throat dull white, shad- 

 ing into brownish white on the breast and belly; a patch of crimson red at 

 the vent; back banded with dull white and black; rump dull white, marked 

 irregularly with black; quills dark brown, heavily blotched with white on 

 the basal portion of the inner webs; secondaries, and some of the inner 

 primaries, heavily marked with white; tail brownish black, faintly tipped 

 with tawny brown, the outer pair and two central feathers blotched with 

 dull white; bill and feet black. 



The female is similar to the male, but lacks the red crown, having only 

 a nucleal patch of that color. 



Length, 8.60; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, .75; bill, 1.50. 



This species lacks the black superciliary mark which is found in 

 both the Cuban and Bahama species. 



Habitat. Grand Cayman. 



Centurus nyeanus (Ridgw.). 



Centurus nyeanus Ridgw. Auk, III, p. 336 (1886). 



Sp. Char. — "Similar to C. superciliaris (Temm.) of Cuba, but much smaller; 

 the white bars of upper parts and gray of lower parts almost entirely devoid 

 of yellow tinge; red of belly and black superciliary spot more restricted, 

 and outer webs of middle tail-feathers without spots. 



"Adult male (type No. 107,996, U. S. Nat. Mus. Waitling's I., Bahamas, 

 March 5, 1886, Willard Nye): — Frontlet bright scarlet, paler anteriorly 

 and along lower edge ; forehead (for about .30 of an inch back from base 

 of culmen), lores, suborbital region, and auriculars white, the latter with a 

 faint buffy grayish tinge; crown, occiput, and hind neck bright crimson 



