44 CQEKEBID^. 



but in that species the white wing-spot would appear to be almost 

 obsolete ; in the bird from St. Croix it is well marked. 



a, h. Ad. sk. ; St. Croix {Neivton). Sclater Coll. 



c, d. Jr. sk. 



13. Certhiola dominicana. (Plate V. fig. 2.) 



Certhiola dominicana, Trtyfor, Ibis, 1864, p. 167 ; Simd. (Efo. K. Vet.- 



Ak. Fork. 186y, p. 623 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 120 ; Finsch, Verh. z.-b. 



Ges. men, 1871, p. 787; Sda'ter, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 765 (Montserrat) ; 



Grisdale, Ibis, 1882, p. 486 (Montserrat) ; Set. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 17 ; Baird, Am. Nat. \\\. p. 612; Lawrence, Proc. U. S. N. M. 



1878, p. 56 (Dominica) ; id. op. cit. p. 233 (Antigua) et p. 239 



(Barbuda). 

 Certhiola frontalis, Paird, Am. Nat. vii. p. 612 ; id. N. A. B. i. p. 428 



(Antigua). 



Above dark ashy black ; uropygial band slight, olivaceous yellow ; 

 superciliaries elongated, white ; no wing-spot ; below, throat ashy 

 black, paler than head ; breast and beUy yellow ; crissum, under 

 wing-coverts, and inner margins of wing-feathers white ; tail black 

 tipped with white ; biU black, feet dark brown : whole length 4'5, 

 wing 2-5, tail I'G. Female similar. 



Hab. Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, and Barbuda. 



Like 0. martinlcana, this species has the uropygial band very 

 slightly marked ; but there is no trace of white on the throat, 

 which is of a uniform dark ashy colour. According to Mr. Law- 

 rence, C. frontalis was based upon a young bird of this species. 



a,b. cJ 5 ad. sk. Dominica, West Indies Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Oier)- 

 c,d. J 5 ad. sk. Dominica, West Indies Sclater CoU. 

 (O/w). 



e. Ad. sk. Dominica, West Indies Sclater Coll. (Type of the 



{Tayloj-). species.) 



f. Ad.sk. Montserrat, West Indies Sclater Coll. 



{Sturge). 



14. Certhiola suEdevalli. 



Certhiola sundevaUi, Pidyw. Pr. U. S. N. M. 1885, p. 26. 



Similar to C. dominicana, but superciliary stripe witb at least 

 the anterior half yellow, and the back rather more slaty (Ridgivai/). 



Hab. Dominica and Guadeloupe. 



I agree with Mr. Eidgway that this is probably only a phase of 

 C. dominicana. The yellowish superciliaries I have found in young 

 examples of other species, e. g. C. sanctl-thomce. 



15. Certhiola chloropyga. 



Nectarinia flavlcola, Licht. Doiibl. p. 15. 

 Ccereba flaveola, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 774. 



Certhiola flaveola, Ptirm. Si/st. Ueb. iii. p. 155 ; Cab. in Schomb. 

 Gitian. iii. p. 675 ; Euler, J. f. 0. 1867, p. 406 (nest). 



