46. 



11. CEETHIOIA. 37 



a*. Throat lighter. 



a'. Wing-spot distinct ; 



\ back darker 7. portoricensis, p. 41. 



] back lighter 8. sancti-thomce , p. 42. 



h'\ Wing-spot ver}' small 9. bartholemica, p. 42. 



6'. Throat darker. 



c". Throat rather darker 10. saceharina, p. 42. 



(P. Throat much darker. 



) wing-spot extended 11. fiamola, p. 43. 



] wing-spot restricted 12. newtuni, p. 43. 



h. Alar speculum obsolete. 

 c' . Throat uniform. 

 e-. Throat dark ash ; 



I supercihary stripe white 13. dominicana, p. 44. 



( superciliary stripe yellowish .... 14. sundevalli, p. 44. 



/-. Throat light ash 15. clduropyya, p. 44. 



d'. Throat particoloured ; 

 g^. Throat blackish, with a white central 



spot 16. barhadensis, p. 46. 



h"^. Throat blackish, with a white me- 

 dian line ; 



I superciliary stripe white 17. 7nartinicana, p. 



I superciliary stripe yellowish .... 18. Jinschi, p. 47. 

 B. Above and below black 19. atrata, p. 47. 



1. Certhiola bahamensis. 



Bahama Titmouse, Cateshy, Car. i. t. 59. 



Certhia bahamensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 620. 



Certhia iiaveola, var. /3, Linn. S. N. i. p. 187. 



Certhiola bahamensis, Reichenh. Handb. p. 253 (1853) ; Cassin, Pr. 



Ac. Sc. rhU. 1864, p. 271 ; Baird, Ibis, 1867, pp. 264, 276, et N.A.B. 



i. p. 427; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 120; Salvin, Ibis, 1874, p. 327; 



Finsch, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 752 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 16 ; Cory, B. of Bahamas, p. 76 ; Ridyio. Fruc. U.S. N. M. 1885, 



pp. 27, 29. 

 Certhiola flaveola, Baird, B. N. A. p. 924, et Atl. t. Ixxxiii. fig. 3 ; 



id. Am. Nat. vii. p. 612 ; Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. iV. H. vii. 



p. 117 (1861). 

 Certhiola bairdi. Cab. J.f.O. 1865, p. 412 ; Sund. CEfv. Vet.-Ak. 



Fork. 1809, p. 621. 



Above dark slaty blackish ; rump yellow ; broad superciliarics 

 from front to neck white ; white wing-spot distinct and rather 

 elongated ; below pale ashy white, with a broad yellow band across 

 the belly; crissum, nnder wing-coverts, and inner margins of wing- 

 feathers white ; tail black, tipped with white ; bill black ; feet dark 

 brown : whole length 4-4 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-6. Female 

 similar, but slightly paler. 



Hab. Bahama Islands. 



This at least is a perfectly distinct species, immediately recog- 

 nizable by the pale white colour of the throat. 



a. Ad. sk. Inagua, Bahamas (Bryant). Mrs. H. Bryant. 



b. Ad. sk. Inagua, Bahamas (Bryant). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Inagua, Bahamas (Bryant). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Nassau, Bahamas (Cory). Salviu-Godnian Coll. 



