428 xoirni amkki'/an t.irds. 



n. Tliroat M;ir-k ; (■("iitiiiiu»n«; with l>Iack <tf clHM'ks : or t>]so vcrv daik 

 I)iiiinl)i'<nis, srait'fly (listiiiuiiishaltU* fioiii the clicrkji. 



Mt'dian lint- ol' thioat white, the sides Mark lik"' the cheeks; ehiii 

 alone l»hu;k. ;>!ii»ei<-iiiai v stripes not conlliteiit aiiterioily. Ilah. 

 Martiiiiiiue .......... itKtrfinirnnn.^ 



Whole throat hhukish. No whiie lVt)iital l>aii<l? 



Willi; -.')0 iiiehes. Dellv oeliiaeeouci. JJab. Doiiiiiiiea Isl- 

 and, West Indies ihiiitiuiautn- 



Wing 2.1iU iiidies. Uelly more yellow . Jlab. Ijarbadoes . 



Whole throat very dark phiinlteous. A whiti.-h Irontai luoad 

 l»und eoniieetiiiL!: the siipeiviliary strijies whieh extend in iVoiit of 

 the eye. Il<ih. Antitrua, West Indit-s ..... /roufdlis* 



A grayish Irontai hand: superciliary stripes nan ow ; not extend- 

 ing in Trout of eye. Trate ol' white patch at 'nase ol primaries 



h(trt}i(thmir(i} 

 B* Head blackish, ill disiinrt contrast to the iiKue olivacaceoiis Itack. (Miter 

 tail-leather Avitli outer wel» .-.carcely > ,ped wiiji while. Wing-coverts not mar- 

 gined with paler. Throat light ash. in distinct contrasi to black of cheek. 

 1. A distinct external white wing-pal'-h at liase ol' jtiimarics. 



Iiuin)> oliv«'-green. Hah. Mexico and Ceiitial America, but 

 hardly reaching line ol" J'anama K. 1{. . . . . iitr.rirana.* 



liump olive-yelj.iw . JIah. ranaina R. I{. : south along An- 

 des to Peru ......... jitraciauaJ 



a. Xo external white wing-paieji. 



Uump olive-git'cn. ILth. iJra/.il and ( iuiaiia . . . dilaropyga.^ 



The preceding lalde is leased upon u critical examination of many hundred 

 specimens belonging to the Smithsonian Institution. — S. V. Baiui*. 



Certhiola bahamensis, Kkkii. 



BAHAMA CBEEFEB. 



Crrthid jfciVio/,!, var. /i. hiNN. Svst. Nat. vd. 12, I, 17«!»;, 1^7. {"f'rfhia" hnhnmcnais, 

 C.VTEsr.Y, Car. tab. .")!>. liahaiiias.) (', lihinln Jliiiruli, 13.viia», llinls N. .Vm. ISoS, 

 '.♦•J4, i>l. Ixxxiii, f. :Mlndiaii Key, Fla.). Cirfhiohi hnJunmnsift, IJi.ici' Haiidb. I, 18r>3, 

 253 iC'ATKsi'.Y, Car. tau. .'.9, nahania.s). — (assin, Pi. A. N. S. I'h. 1^G4, 271. C. 

 hairdi, Caisams, .Tour. Oin. lMJ5, 412 {C.ji"c.nl:i, P,viia», Birds X. A.). 



Sp. Char. (11,0'>1 ^. Bahamas.) Above dark <lusky-brown ; scarcely darker on the 

 head ; the rump yellow. Edg<' ot" wing and a triangular patch covering the front of bicast 

 (the angle behind) i)ale \'ellow ; tlie rc^t of uinh-r parts pale a<hy-white, purest on front 



1 C. mnrfinicfiiin, Rf.Ipii. Hand. T, lSr.3, 2."»2. C. alhiiinln, IJoN'. 



- C. domiiikitno, T.wi.oi;, Ibi.s, l.'SOl, 1G7. 



^ C. barh<,,1cnsi% liAUM), MSS. 



■* <'. frontaUa, PjAI!;!), MSS. 



^ c. Jiinihohnnim, ScNni.v.M.i. ."t Si'ai!i:mann, Vctciisk. Akad. Foihaiidl. 1SG1>, G22. 



** C. nhj-ioimi, Sci.AIKi:, 1*. Z. S. Is.'iC, -jSo. 



" C. prrnri'iir/, C\it. Jouni. ISt'i.'), 41:5/ Perhaps dillV-rcnt. 



** C chloi-opi/fjn, Cai:. M. H. lJ>.")i, 97. C. bnifii/inisls, FJl*. 



