120 Mr. P. R. Lowe on the Birds of 
and there seems to be no doubt that they are all identical. 
My specimens are in full plumage and agree exactly with 
Mr. Ridgway’s original description. They were evidently 
just about to breed. Dr. Hartert’s specimens seem not to 
have attained full plumage. All my males have exactly the 
same abruptly-defined chestnut-rufous patch which covers 
the forehead, crown, and occiput. 
I have compared my series with specimens from Barbados 
(D. capitalis), and, except that the pileum and crown in the 
Barbadian birds are of a deeper tint, there is little difference 
between the two forms. 
8. EUETHIA JOHNSTONII. 
Euethia johnstonei Lowe, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 6. 
This form, of which I obtained a series of both sexes, 
is uniformly and markedly darker than examples belonging 
to the genus from all other localities, and I have no hesita- 
tion in separating it. 
Adult male. Above dull olive-green, uniformly duller than 
in E. omissa, with conspicuous black patches formed by the 
dark centres of the feathers, which dark patches extend well 
down over the mantle and interscapular region to the centre 
of the back. Anteriorly, the dark blotches gradually merge 
into the uniform black of the crown and forehead. In some 
specimens the black of the crown extends well backwards 
over the occiput. The head and entire under parts are 
uniform plain black. There are no white edgings to the 
feathers on the abdomen or vent, or at any rate not in adult 
birds. The sides and flanks are black, faintly tinged with 
olive. The under wing-coverts are black; and the under 
tail-coverts black, margined with dusky grey. The feet and 
tarsi are darker than in the other species of this genus. 
Adult female. Beneath of a decidedly more ashy tint than 
specimens of EL. bicolor, and above ashy brown as compared 
with olive-green in that species. 
Euethia johnstonii may therefore be easily distinguished 
from E. bicolor by its blacker under surface and the general 
melanotic tendency of the plumage. 
