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6. Ereunetes occidentalis, Lav. r. One specimen. 



7. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). One specimen. 



8. Phalacrocorax brasiliensis (Gmel.). One specimen. 



V. — Island of Old Providence, Caribbean Sea, 250 miles north 

 of Aspinwall (April 4-9, 1884). 



1. Certhiola tricolor, sp. nov. 



Sp. char. — Similar to C. bahamensis, but larger, the upper parts 

 darker, yellow on rump more extended, and posterior lower parts pale 

 yellowish. Adult $ (type, No. 07844, U. S. Nat. Mus.): Above dull 

 "black, including the whole of the exposed portion of the tertials and 

 secondaries. A broad and very distinct superciliary stripe of pure 

 white, extending from the nostrils to the occiput; primaries with a 

 large basal speculum of white, extending for about .40 of an inch 

 beyond the ends of the coverts; basal half of inner web of all the sec- 

 ondaries pure white; three outer tail-feathers broadly tipped with white. 

 Lower half of rump lemon-yellow. Broad band on side of head, involv- 

 ing lores and auriculars, and passing beneath but not above the eye, 

 black; this baud much narrower anteriorly, and gradually widening 

 posteriorly, where confluent with the black of the nape. A small black 

 line along the lower edge of the rictus. Chin, throat, jugulum, and 

 cheeks uniform grayish white; whole breast and upper part of abdo- 

 men lemon-yellow, changing to olive-gray on the flanks and dull yel- 

 lowish white on anal region and crissum. Lining of wing pure white, 

 the bend bright yellow. Bill, deep black; feet, dusky. Wing, 2.00; 

 tail, 1.90; culmen, .55; depth of bill at base, .20; tarsus, .80; middle 

 toe, .50. 



Young, first plumage (type, No. 07845, U. S. Nat. Mus.): Above dull 

 grayish brown, the back indistinctly clouded with dusky, the forehead 

 mostly dull black (new feathers); rump dingy olive-yellow. An indis- 

 tinct superciliary stripe of pale dingy yellow, becoming nearly white 

 anteriorly. A narrow loral stripe of dusky passing beneath the eye, 

 but changing to dull grayish brown, and continuing, broadly, over the 

 auriculars to the nape. Lower parts dingy olive-yellow, brighter on 

 the breast, and upper part of abdomen; anal region and crissum pale 

 bully yellowish. Lining of wing pure white, changing to yellow along 

 the edge of the wing. Wing-speculum smaller than in the adult, but 

 still very conspicuous. 



it is somewhat remarkable that the nearest ally of this species should 

 be the Bahaman G. bahamensis. It requires comparison with no other, 

 except, perhaps, C. caboti, Baird, of Cozumel Island, Yucatan, which I 

 have not been able to examine in this connection. 



2. Vireoaylvia grai dior, s|>. aov. 



SP. CHAR. — Largest known species of the genus, somewhat resembling 

 V. barbadense, but much yrayer, the submalar streak much narrower, 



