1S36.J Cory on Nc-v Species of Birds from the West Indies- 38 I 



Colaptes fernandina Denny, P. Z. S. 1S47, p, 39. 



Geopiciis fernandincB Malh. jNIem. Acad. Metz, 184S-49, p. 359; ib. Mon. 



Pic. II, p. 273 (1S62). 

 Colaptes fernaridicB Reich. Handb. Oin. p. 415, No. 975 (1S54). 

 Nesocelcus fernandina; ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. loi (1S73). — 



Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male; — Top of the head pale yellowish brown, each feather 

 having a central stripe of dark brown, giving the head a delicate 

 striped appearance ; a space around the ej'e, extending beyond the 

 ear-coverts, pale rufous brown; a stripe of black passes from the 

 under mandible down the sides of the throat; chin and throat 

 black, the feathers edged with yellowish white; rest of plumage 

 having the feathers banded with yellow and dark brown, brightest 

 on the underparts; under wing-coverts pale yellow, somewhat 

 marked with brownish; wings and tail dark brown, thickly banded 

 with yellow: under surface of wings and tail showing the shafts of 

 the feathers clear pale yellow, the shafts being brown on the 

 upper surface. 



Female: — Similar to the male, but having the head ■ and cheeks 

 browner, and lacking the black stripe on the side of the throat. 

 Length (skin), 12; wing, 6. 25; tail, 5; tarsus, i; bill, 1.60. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



{To be continued.^ 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM 

 THE WEST INDIES. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 

 Thryothorus guadeloupensis, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Upper parts dark brown, showing darkest on the head; 

 wing-coverts tipped with rufous brown ; primaries and secondaries dark 

 brown, the outer webs mottled with reddish brown, showing pale indistinct 

 bands on some of the inner secondaries ; entire underparts tawny brown; 

 under tail-coverts tawny, heavily marked with dark brown; bill yellowish 

 brown, under mandible quite pale; legs and feet pale; iris yellow. 



The tail of the specimen above described is lacking. 



Length, — ; wing, 1.95; tarsus, .78; bill, .75. 



Habitat. Grand Terre, Guadeloupe, West Indies. 



