i8S6.1 CoR'i' on the Birds of the West Indies. AC\ 



Sp. Char. — Very close to C portoricensis. but separatee] from it by haying 

 the back lighter slate color, and throat lighter gray. 



Measurements practically the same as those of C. portoricensis. 

 Habitat. St. Thomas, and St. John. W. I. 



This is a somewhat doubtftil species, and requires further 

 investigation. Specimens in my collection from St. John and 

 St. Thomas show the daik back of C. portoricensis., while 

 others show the gray tinge, representing sancti-thomce. I have 

 also a specimen of C. portoricensis which has the buck nearly 

 as gra\' as any from St. Thomas. K. specimen from St. Thomas 

 also agrees with one from Port Rico, in the color of the throat, 

 although other specimens have the throat lighter. It is possible 

 that some of the specimens in question may be incorrectly labelled, 

 as several of them were obtained by purchase. 



Certhiolabananivora (Gmel.). 



Motacilla banaiiivora Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 951 (17SS). 



Certhiola—{l) Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 233. 



Cerihiola bunaiiivora Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95 (1865). 



— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 427 (1S74). — 



Cory, Bds. Haiti, and San Domingo, p. 41 (1SS5) ; ib. List Bds. 



W. I. p. 9 (18S5). 

 Ccrthiola clusice "Herz Von Wurtlemb. IIartl. Naumannia, II, Heft. 



2, p. 56 (1852) (sine descr.)." — Finsch, Verhandl. Zool. Botan. 



Gesells. Wien, XXI, p. 771 (1871).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium 



Neotr. p. 17 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 



(18S1). 



Sp. Char. Male: — -Upper surface, including head, cheeks, \yings, and tail, 

 dull black; a superciliary white stripe, extending tVom the base 

 of the upper mandible to the nape; throat dark slaty color; under- 

 parts bright yellow, becoming grayish oliye upon the sides and 

 thighs ; rump and cai'pus bright yellow ; an edging of white upon the 

 basal portion of primaries on the outer webs, yery narrow upon 

 the first, the whole nearly concealed by the coverts, forming a 

 narrow white wing-band; bill and feet black; tail slightly tipped 

 with dull white on the outer feathers. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 4.40; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.60; tarsus. .60: bill. .50. 

 Habitat. San Domingo. 



Young birds of this species have the superciliary stripe yellow, 

 and the liack more gray. Specimens in mv collection show all 



