296 CUiREBID^. 



Ccereba dominicana {Tayhr). 



Certliiola domiiiicaua, Tai/lor, Ibis, 1864, p. 167 ; L(mr. P. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. i. p. ,56 (1878) { 8d. Cut. Birds B. M. xi. p. 44 (1886). 

 Certhiola sundeTalli, Eidpic, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 44 (1886). 

 Ccereba dominicana, Ridqio. Birds North S,- Middle Amer. ii. p. 417 



(1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 348 (IDOti) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 323 (1910). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Dominican Sugar-bird, differ 

 somewhat from those of the previously described species and from 

 the eggs of C. dominicana as described by the late G. N. Lawrence. 

 They are of a rather long oval shape, somewhat pointed towards 

 the smaller end and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour in 

 one is very pale greenish-white, blotched and spotted, especially 

 towards the larger end, with pale reddish-brown and dull reddish- 

 purple ; iu the second egg the ground-colour is white, and the 

 markings, which are much smaller and less defined, are mostly 

 concentrated round the larger end. They measure respectively 

 ■65 by -44; and -63 by -V.i. 



2. St. Andrew, Dominica, 18th Crowley Bequest. 



March. 



Ccereba atrata (Laivr.). 

 (Plate Xm. fig. 4.) 



Certbiola atrata, Lawr. Ann. N. T. Acad. Sci. i. p. 149 (1878); Scl. 



Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 47 (1886). 

 Coei-eba atrata, liidrpc. Birds North Sf- Middle Amer. ii. p. 422 (1902) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-'l. v. p. 344 (1909). 



The eggs of the Black Sugar-bird are of a rather pointed oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are ])ale creamy-white, densely 

 marked at the larger end and sparingl) elsewhere with chestnut- 

 brown and underlying purplish-grey. In one egg the markings 

 form a w^ell-defined zone round the larger end ; in the other a 

 confluent cap. They measure respectively : "76 by '53 ; and •? 

 by '55. 



2. St. Vincent, West Indies, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {Mrs. H. U. Smith). 



Ccereba wellsi. Corn. 



Certhiola atrata. Wells (?iec Lcnvr.), P. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 612 



(1886); Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 47 (1886) [part, Grenada]; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamtm. p. 94 (1899). 

 Ccereba wellsi, liidyic. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. ii. p. 423 (1902); 



Sharpe, Huml'-l.\. p. 344 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 323 



(1910). 



Three eggs of Wells's Sugar-bird closely resemble those of 



