1871.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF SANTA LUCIA. 269 



G. Dendrceca ADELAiDiE, Baird, Rev. B. N. A. p. 212. 



Without comparing it with the type I should be unwilling to se- 

 parate this species from the Porto-Ricau D. adelaidce, lately de- 

 scribed by Baird. The single skin sent by Mr. Semper agrees with 

 Prof. Baird's description in almost every particular. But the white 

 continuations of the superciliaries spoken of by Prof. Baird, if present 

 at all, are very slight in my specimen ; and the bend of the wing is 

 not yellow, although there is a slight yellowish tinge upon it. 



Mr. Semper gives this bird the name of the " Sucrier ffran-bois." 

 The measurements of the skin are: — Whole length 4"4, wing 2*2, 

 tail 2 ; the third and fourth primaries are nearly equal and longest. 



7. Vireosyevia calidris (Linn.). 



Vireosylvia calidris, Baird, Review of A. B. p. 329. 



Vireosylvia altiloqua, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 43. 



Mr. Semper's skins agree with other specimens of this species in 

 my collection. Mr. Semper gives the vernacular name of this bird 

 as Mabelle, and describes the iris as " light claret-colour." 



8. Certhiola martinicana (Gm.). 

 Certhiola albigida, Bp. Notes Orn. p. 51. 



I have forwarded the single specimen of this species contained in 

 the collection to Dr. Finsch, who is engaged on a monograph of the 

 genus. Dr. Finsch tells me that it is " undoubtedly identical with 

 C. martinicana of Martinique." 



The Certhiola of Dominica (C. dominicana) is, according to Mr. 

 Taylor (Ibis, 1864, p. 167), very readily distinguishable. 



The vernacular name of this species is given as " Sucrier e." The 

 iris is described as "brown," and the feet as "dark green." 



9. Myiadestes genibarbis, S\v. Nat. Libr. xiii. p. 134, pi. 13 ; 

 Baird, Rev. B. N. A. p. 423. 



Prof. Baird is, I believe, right in regarding this bird as distinct 

 from M. solitarius of Jamaica, although the two species are very 

 closely allied. The only differences are : — (1) the large white chin- 

 spot in M. genibarbis, which is but slightly shown in M. solitarius ; 

 (2) the corresponding larger size of the white rictal spot in M. geni- 

 barbis ; (3) the white striated ear-coverts in M . genibarbis, the ear- 

 coverts in M. solitarius being very nearly uniform ; and (4) the 

 greater extension of rufous over the lower belly in M. genibarbis. 

 In other respects the two species are so much alike that I find I 

 have had a skin of M. genibarbis long in my collection, confounded 

 with M. solitarius. 



I have compared the Santa-Lucia skins of this bird"with two exam- 

 ples of M. genibarbis in the Swainsonian collection at Cambridge 

 (which, although not so marked, are in all probability typical speci- 

 mens), and find them agree. They also agree with Swainson's figure 

 and description, particularly as regards the striated ear-coverts, 

 except that he does not expressly mention the white chin. 



