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C. caboti {Baird). — Coziimel Is. (4). 



Certkiola cabo/i Bmrd, Am. Nat. VII. p. 612 (1873). 

 Throat dull white, lighter than in ^rt//a;«<?»5«5; belly yellow; olive on 

 the flunks and vent. 



C. mexicana {Sclater). — Mexico (3), Guatemala (5), Panama (2). 

 Certkiola mexicana Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 2S6. 

 Throat ash gray; white spot at base of primaries variable in size; 

 rump yellowish olive. 



C mexicana columbiana (^Cab.'). — Panama (2) to Peru. 

 Certiiiola columbiana Cab. J. f. O. 1865, p. 412. 

 Rump brighter yellow than in mexicana. A race of doubtful value. 

 C. mexicana peruviana (Cab.). — Peru (5), Bolivia (i). 

 CertJiiola peniz'iana Cab. J. f. O. 1865, p. 413. 

 Wing spot very small. Intermediate between mexicana and chloropyga. 

 C. mexicana magnirostris {Tacz.). — Peru (2). 



Certkiola fnagnirostris Tacz. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 225. 

 Bill large; apparently no other distinguishing characters. 

 C. chloropyga {Cab.). — Brazil (5), north to Guiana, Cayenne (2). 

 Certkiola cklorofyga Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 97 (1S51). 

 Certkiola giiianensis Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 97 (1851). 

 Certkiola majuscnla Cab. J. f. O. 1865, p. 413. 

 Throat ashy gray ; lower rump olive yellow; back slaty brown; wing 

 spot concealed. 



Of the 615 specimens examined while preparing the present 

 paper 583 are contained in my own collection. The balance 

 were loaned me for examination by the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, through the kindness of Dr. J. A. 

 Allen, and the Smithsoniati Institution, Washington, by Mr. 

 Robert Ridgway, to both of whom I wish to express my thanks. 



NOTES ON WEST INDIAN BIRDS. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



The collections lately forwarded to me from the West Indies 

 contain a large series of so-called Alargat-op.s moiitanus., which, 

 taken together with those already in my cabinet, form a series of 

 131 specimens from the various islands where it occurs. A care- 



