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Tanagers of a neutral, olive tint, were about our grounds in the 

 last days of August, evidently preparing to leave for their home 

 in the tropics. The husband and father had dolled both his 

 'singing-robe' and his garment of scarlet, and wore in silence a 

 traveling-ilress of mixed pea-green and willow-yellow. More 

 desirous than ever to avoid notice, there was about him a most 

 captivating air of quietness and modesty. 



ON THE WEST INDIAN SPECIES OF THE GENl'S 

 CERTHIOLA OR CCEREBA* 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



Genus Ccereba Vieillot. 



Cccreba Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 1, 1S07, p. 70. Type, C. /favcola 

 Linn. 



A. Thi'oat ash color or ashy xvhite; large, white wing-spot on quiUs ex- 

 tending beyond frimary coverts. 



CcErebabahamensis (/I'e/c//.). 



Certhia baJiameniis Briss. Orn. Ill, p. 620 (1760). 



Certhiola ba hamensis Kkich. Ilaiidb. I, p. 253 (1S53). — Cory, Bhds Ba- 

 hama Islands, p. 76 (iSSo) ; id. Birds West Indies, p. 61 (1889). 

 Certhiola bairdii Cab. J. f. O- 1865, p. 412. 

 Ccereba bahamensis RiDGW. Man. N. A. Birds, p. 590 (18S7). 



Throat ashy white; ash white on abdomen. 



Habitat. — Bahama Islands (61). t 



Ccereba sharpei {Cory"). 



Certhiola sharpei CoK\. Auk, III, pp. 497, 501 (1SS6). — Ridgw. Pioc. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus. p. 574 (1887). 



Throat more ashy than in bahamensis; belly pale yellow or yellowi.sh 

 white. 



Habitat. — Grand Cayman (36), Little Cayman (19). and Cayman 

 Brae (13). 



♦According to Mr. Ridgway (Manual of N. Am. Birds, p. 590 (1887), Ccereba 

 must be used for this genus. 



t riie numbers of specimens examined are given after the names of the islands 

 on which the species occur. 



