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IS. Certhiola finscM. 



Certbida finschii, Eiclyiv. Pr. U. S. X. M. 1885, p. 25. 



Similar to C. marfinicana, but back slate- colour ; superciliary- 

 stripe mostly yellow ; a small white spot on each side of nape. 

 {Ridgimy. ) 



Hah. Dominica (?). 



My impression is that these yellow-browed birds are in young 

 plumage. 



19. Certhiola atrata. 



Certhiola atrata, Laim: Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. i. p. 150 ; id. P)-oc. 



U. S. Nat. Mh.9. 1878, pp. 190, 269, 487 ; Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 40 ; 



liidf/ii'. P. U. S. N. M. 1885, p. 30. 

 Dicaeiim aten-imum, Zesson, Traite d'Orn. i. p. 303 (1831) ; Pucheran, 



Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 134 ; Salv. et Godm. Biol. C.-A., Aves, i. 



p. 251 (?). 



Uniform dull black ; slightly olivascent on the rump and abdomen ; 

 bill and feet black : whole length 4-5 inches, Aving 2-5, tail 1'5. 

 Female similar, but rather smaller. 



Hab. St. Tincent and Grenada, W. I. 



a. Ad. sk. St. Vincent, W. I. {Bailey). Sclater Coll. 



b, c. (S ad. sk. ; d. Grenada, W. I. {J. Grant Sclater Coll. 

 ? ad. sk. Wells). 



Subfamily IV. GLOSSIPTILIN^. 



The correct position of the monotypic form Glossiptila is, perhaps, 

 still a little uncertain. It was formerly placed with the Tanagers 

 in the genus TanayrclJa. Bonaparte in his ' Conspectus ' associated 

 it with the Finches of the genus Lo.rigilla. But the structure of the 

 tongue, as described by Gosse, led me in 1856 to isolate it under 

 the generic name Glossiptila, that of Neornis (previously suggested 

 by Hartlaub) having been already ajipropriated. I now propose to 

 raise this curious Antillean type to the rank of a subfamily among 

 the Ccerehidir. 



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Tj'pe. 

 Neornis, Hartl. Nachtr. z. I'erz. Mits. Brem. p. 8 (1846), 



nee Hodgson G. rufieollis. 



Glossiptila, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 269 G. ruficolhs. 



The nesting of Glossiptila is described by Gosse (B. Jam. p. 236). 

 The nest is cup-shaped ; the eggs white, spotted with duU red. 



