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11. Certhiola flaveola. 



Black and Yellow Creeper, Edwards, Birds, iii. t. 123. 



Certhia flaveola, Linn. S. K. i. p. 187. 



Certhiola flaveola, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 102; Gosse, B. of Jam.^.M, 



etlllustr. t. xvi. ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 402 ; Reichenh. Handb. p. 250 ; Scl. 



P. Z: S. 1861, p. 73 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 54 (part.) ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. 



Sc. Phil. 18(34, p. 271 ; Cab. J.f. 0. 1865, p. 412; Sund. CEfv. K. 



Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 621 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 120 ; Finsch, 



Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 756 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 16 ; 



Baird, N. A. B. i. p. 427 ; id. Am. Nat. vii. p. 611 ; Ridgw. Pr. 



U. S. N. M. 1885, p. 28. 



Adxdt male. Above sooty black ; rump bright j-ellow ; super- 

 ciliaries from front to neck white ; broad -wing-spot and outer 

 margins of primaries white ; below, throat dark ashy, belly yeUow ; 

 crissum, under wing-coverts, and inner margins of wing-feathers 

 white ; tail black, tipped with white, which is broad on both webs 

 of the outer tail-feathers ; bill black ; feet dark brown : whole length 

 4 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-4. Female similar. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



The extension of the white of the wing-spot over the outer 

 edges of the primaries and the bright yellow of the rump are the 

 leading characteristics of this species. 



a. S ad. sk. Jamaica (Bryant). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Jamaica (Bryant). Mrs.H. Bryant [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Jamaica (Bryant). Sclater Coll. 



d. c? ad. sk, Moncague, Jamaica ('S'a/y. Sclater Coll. 



et Godm.). 



e. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Purchased. 

 /, (J. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Sclater Coll. 



12. Certhiola newtoni. 



Certhiola flaveola, A. S,- E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 67. 



" Certhiola sti.-thomse, Newton," Sund. OEfv. K. Vet.- Ah. FiJrh. 1869, 



p. 622. 

 Certhiola bartholemica, Finsch, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 763 



(part.). 

 Certhiola newtoni, Baird, N'. A. B. i. p. 427 (1874) ; id. Am. Nat. 



vii. p. 611. 



Above sootj- black ; rump olivaceous yellow ; superciliaries from 

 front to neck white ; -wing-spot white ; below, throat dark ashy, 

 belly yellow ; cnssum, under wing-coverts, and inner margins of 

 wing-feathers white ; tail tipped with white, which is broad on both 

 webs ; bill black ; feet dark brown : whcle length 4 inches, wing 2"3, 

 tail 1'4. Female similar. Young. Above dark olive-browu ; super- 

 ciliaries yellowish ; rump yellowish ; below, throat pale ashy, 

 belly yellowish. 



Hab. St. Croix, "West Indies. 



The quadrate wing-spot and more olivaceous rump separate this 

 form from C.fiaveola. Dr. Finsch has referred it to C. bartholemica. 



