44 CoRV on West Indian Birds. ("January 



Cichlherminia lawrencii sp. nov. 



Sp. CHAR. (Tvpe No. 15056, (J, Coll. C. B. Cory, Boston). Upper parts, 

 Avings, and tail dark rufous brown ; throat reddish brown, the middle of 

 the feathers marked unevenly with brownish white, edged with reddish 

 brown. The feathers of the under parts are white, edged with brown, 

 showing large, white, arrow-shaped markings on the lower breast and 

 belly; feathers of the under wing-coverts white, edged with brown : under 

 surface of inner primaries showing pale rufous brown on the inner webs. 

 Length g.50; wing 5.50; tail 3.75; tarsus 1.50; bill .95 inch. 



The Montserrat bird is intermediate in color between dnmi??- 

 icensis and herminieri. The feathers on the throat are edged 

 with rufous brown, not pale brown as in herminieri. The 

 back is reddish brown, not pale olive as in //erju/nieri^ or dark 

 brown as in doniinicensis. The white, arrow- shaped markings 

 on the underparts are larger and more regular. 



Habitat. — Montserrat, West Indies. 



Cichlherminia sanctse-luciae (Sclater). 



Margarofs herminieri ScL. P. Z. S. 1S81, p. 26S. 



Margarops sanct(B-Luci(B ScL. Ibis, 1880, p. 73. — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 



Club. V, p. 165 (1880). 

 Margarops fierniinicri var. semferi Lawr. MS. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 



V, p. 165 (1880). 

 Cichlherminia sanct(B-lucim Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 238 



(iSSi).— Cory, Birds West Indies, p 22 (18S9). 



Habitat. — St. Lucia. St. Vincent.? 



Cichlherminia dominicensis (Lawr.). 



Margarops herminieri l^kVJR. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 52 (1S78). 

 Margarops dominicensis Lawr. Proc. U. S Nat. Mus. Ill, p. 16 (1S80). 

 Cichlherminia dominicensis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 328 

 (1881).— Cory, Bds. West Indies, p, 22 (1S89). 



Habitat. — Dominica. Martinique .'' 



In a large series of Mimits orpheus now before me from the 

 Bahamas and Greater Antilles the specimens from the different 

 islands fail to show any differences sufficiently constant to warrant 

 separating them specifically. Some birds vary decidedly in size 

 and coloration, but as much variation is noticeable in specimens 

 from the same locality as in those from different islands. 



