iS86.] Cory oti the Birds of the West ftidies. 2T^ 



Polioptila lembcyii Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 68 (1S64). 



Polioftila lembeyei Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 231 (1865) ; 



lb. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 410.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 237 (1869). 

 Polioftila iembeyiBD. BwR. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 78 (1S74). 



—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Miis. 



X, p. 444 (1S85). 



Sp. Char. — -A narrow black line commences at the top of the eye, ex- 

 tending backwards, bordering the ear-coverts; above bluish gray; 

 underparts ashj white, the white clearest on the abdomen; tail- 

 feathers narrow and long, having the shafts dark brown, outer 

 feather white, except the basal half of inner web, which is dark 

 brown, second having the terminal third white and outer web nar- 

 rowly tipped with white, third feather tipped with white, rest of 

 tail-feathers brownish black; wings brownish black, the feathers 

 edged with white, no white on the edges of the first two primaries. 

 Length (skin), 4.58: wing, 1.50; tail, 2; tarsus, .70; bill, .35. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



Polioptila caerulea (Linn.). 



Motacilla cceyulea Linn. Syst. Nat. L P- 337 (1766). 



Cnlicivora c.arula D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 90 



(1S40).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 306 (i860) (Cuba). 



—Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 407 (Cuba). 

 Polioptila ccsnelea GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; ib. 1S72, p. 409. — Cory, 



Bds. Bahama I. p. 52 (1S80) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 6 (1883). 



Common in the Bahama Ishmds ; breeds. Numerous records 

 from Cuba. 



Family TROGLODYTID^. 

 Genus Thryothorus Vieill. 



Thrvothorits Vieillot, Analyse, p. 45 (1816). 



Thryothorus martinicensis Scl. 



Thryothorus martinicensis Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 321.— ScL. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 7 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. L P- 35- 

 (1878).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VL p- 228 (18S1).— Cory, 

 ListBds. W. L p. 7 (1885). 



Hylcmothrous martinicensis Gray, Handl. Bds. L P- 191 (1869). 



