296 C@REBID A. 
Cereba dominicana (7'aylor). 
Certhiola dominicana, Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 167; Lawr. P. U.S. Nat. 
Mus. i. p. 56 (1878) ; Sel. Cat. Birds B. M, xi. p. 44 (1886). 
Certhiola sundevalli, 2idgw., Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 44 (1886). 
Ceereba dominicana, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer, ii. p. 417 
(1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 3453 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. 
p- 823 (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; in 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 *438. 
2. St. Andrew, Dominica, 18th Crowley Bequest. 
March, 
Cereba atrata (Luwr.). 
(Plate XIII. fig. 4.) 
Certhiola atrata, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sez. 1. p. 149 (1878); Sel. 
fat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 47 (1886). 
Ceereba atrata, Réidgw. Birds North § 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 pale creamy-white, densely 
marked at the larger end and sparingly elsewhere with chestnut- 
brown and underlying purplish-grey. In one egg the markings 
form a well-defined zone round the larger end; in the other a 
confluent cap. They measure respectively: ‘76 by *53; and °7 
by °55. 
St. Vincent, West Indies, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(Mrs. H, H, Smith). 
Cereba wellsi, Cory. 
Certhiola atrata, Wells (nec Lawr.), P. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 612 
(1886); Sel. Cat. Birds LB. M, xi. p. 47 (1886) [part, Grenada] ; 
Nehrk, Kat. Eversanume, pp. 94 (1899). 
Ceereba wellsi, Ridgw. Birds North §& Middle Amer. ii. p. 423 (1902); 
Sharpe, Hund-l. vy. p. 644 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 323 
(1910). 
Three eggs of Wells’s Sugar-bird closely resemble those of 
