368 MNIOTILTID^. 



Key tu the Species. 



a. Yellow colour uudemeatli restricted to the throat ; 



head grey like back fernandina, p. 368. 



b. Yellow of the throat extending also down the breast 



to the abdomen ; head yellow ; back grey fornsi, p. 368. 



1. Teretistris fernandinaB. (Plate XII. fig. 1.) 



Anabates feruandinaj, Lemheyc, Aves cle Cuba, p. 66, lam. 5. fig. 2 

 (1850); GtmcU. Journ. Bok. Soc. JV. H. vi. p. 317 (1853). 



Helmitherus blanda, Bp. Consp. i. p. 314 (1850, nee Lieht.). 



Teretistris fernandiuse, Cab, J. f. 0. 1855, p. 475 ; Gundl. J. f. O. 

 1861, p. 326. 



Teretristis fernandinae, Baird, Revieiv Amer. B. p. 234 (1865) ; >S'c/. 

 I- Salv. No7nencl. Av. Neotr. p. 11 (1873). 



Icteria fernandinse. Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 384, no. 5825 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above brownish ash-colour, the wing- 

 ovcrts like the back ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dusky, 

 externally ashy ; quills and tail-feathers dusky, externally washed 

 with ashy ; head and hind neck dull olive-yellow, the lores, feathers 

 above and around the eye, ear-coverts, and cheeks, as well as the 

 entire throat, brighter j'ellow ; centre of breast and abdomen ashy 

 whitish with a slight tinge of yellow, brownish ashy on the sides of 

 the body and iiauks ; thighs and under tail-coverts, axillaries, and 

 under wing-coverts white, edged with yellow ; quills dusky, whitish 

 along the edge of the inner web : " bill greyish brown ; feet blue- 

 grey ; iris dark brown " (Gundlach). Total length 4-7 inches, cul- 

 men 0-55, wing 2-2, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. Western portion of the island of Cuba. 



a. Ad. sk. Cuba. 



6. Ad. sk. Guhii{C. JVriffht). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Cuba (Mvs. Luwr.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. San Cristobal, Cuba Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{G. F. Gaumer). 



2. Teretistris fornsi. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 



Teretistris fornsi, Gundl. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 275 (1857) ; id. J. f. O. 



1861, p. 326. 

 Teretristis fornsi, Baird, lieview Amer. B. p. 235 (1865) ; Scl. <§• Salv. 



Noniencl. Av. JVeotr. p. 11 (1873). 

 Icteria fornsi, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 384, no. 5826 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above light ashy grey, with a slight 

 tinge of brown on the lower back and rump ; scapulars and wing- 

 coverts rather more ashy brown than the back ; bastard-wing and 

 primary-coverts dusky, externally washed with ashy ; quills brown, 

 edged with ashy, more hoary on the outer edge of the primaries ; 

 tail-feathers dusky brown, narrowly edged with ashy grey ; head 

 like the back, the sides of the neck also ashy grey, rather lighter 

 than the head : lores, feathers round the eye, eyelid, sides of face, 

 cheeks, and ear-coverts lemon-yellow, slightly greenish on the ear- 



