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unable to procure specimens from Grenada. Through the kind- 
ness of Mr. J. Grant Wells, I have lately secured several fine 
specimens of this interesting species, and it turns out to be V. 
splendens (Vieill.). None of the birds sent have any visible 
trace of white on the wing, and all have the under wing-coverts 
and base of the quills black. V.7acarénva does not occur in the 
West Indies. 
Certhiola godmani,* sp. nov. 
Male (Type, No. 14,179, Coll. C. B. Cory, Grenada, W. I.- J. Grant 
Wells) :—Smaller than C.saccharina and slightly darker, more white on 
the base of the quills, a broad bright yellow patch on the rump, color of 
the throat and underparts similar to C. porforicensis. 
Length (skin), 3.88; wing, 2.18; tail, 1.45; tarsus, .62; bill, .48 inch. 
C. godmant has the yellow on the underparts brighter and 
darker yellow than C. saccharina ; the throat is very much lighter, 
and the rump shows the bright yellow of the belly, and not the 
dull olive yellow of C. saccharina. 
A large series of the black form of Certhzola from St. Vincent 
and Grenada shows slight differences, which are apparently con- 
stant. If C. saccharina were common to both islands, we should 
not admit of separating the black forms from Grenada and St. 
Vincent, as it is quite probable that C. a¢ra¢a represents a melan- 
isulcm pase on | C- saccharina, and is not specifically distinct. 
Should this prove true, the black form from Grenada would be 
C. godmanz, but we should hardly be justified in asserting this 
to be the case without much more knowledge of the birds than 
we have at present, and I therefore propose the name Certhzola 
wells¢ for the black Grenada bird, pending further investigation. 
Certhiola wellsif, sp. nov. 
Male (Type coll. C. B. Cory, No. 14,178. Grenada, W. I. J. Grant 
Wells) :—Similar to C. @trata, but somewhat smaller. The bill and 
feet more slender. 
Length, 3.65; wing, 2.10; tail, 1.50; tarsus, :65; bill, .46 inch. 
* To F. Du Cane Godman, of London, England. 
+ To J. Grant Wells, of Grenada, West Indies, 
