0)1 Hit Genus Coereba. 515 



Todd and Wortliington (Annals Carnegie Mus. vol. vii. 

 nos. 3-4, 1911) state that the birds of Great Inagua have 

 larger bills than those from the more northern Bahamas 

 [17 mm. as compared with 146 mm. (average)] ; but the 

 size of those I have examined appear to vary, and in some 

 cases the bills of birds from other islands are as large as those 

 from Great Inagua. It is interesting to note that stragglers 

 from the Bahamas have, or had established themselves on 

 Indian Key, Florida, and have been described as C. bairdii 

 (Cabauis, Journ. fiir Orn. 18G5, p. 412). 



C(EREBA SHARPEI. 



Certhiola sharpei Cory, Auk, iii., Oct. 1886, p. 497. 



Coereba sharpei Ridgw. Birds N. & M. Anier. pt. ii. 1902, 

 p. 404. 



Hab. Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brae 

 Islands (south of Cuba). 



Wing-measurements of 9 specimens average from 60- 

 62'5 ram. 



38 (^ c? & ? ? . Coll. Brit. Mus. 



8 ditto. Coll. Rothschild. 



5 c^ (?, 5 ? ?. Coll. P. it. L. 



In this species the smoky grey of the throat-patch is 

 continued well on to the thorax, being, in this respect, inter- 

 mediate between C. bahamensis and C. tricolor. In C caboti 

 the ashy white is nearly confined to the throat. 



The bill is larger than in C. caboti, and the yellow 

 coloration of the underparts is continued posteriorly as in 

 C. caboti and C. tricolor. 



The light edgings to the wing-feathers are not nearly so 

 pronounced as in C. bahamensis. 



The distribution of the white coloration on the outer 

 rectrices conforms to the Antillean type. 



The following field-notes relative to the habits of C. sharpei 

 have lately been communicated to me by Mr. Savage 

 English, of the Grand Cayman Island : — Breeding season 

 from end of December to July. There are certainly two 

 broods, and probably three. Any sort of tree or bush is 



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