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found the rictus in these birds was a very bright and 

 conspicuous feature in the fresh state. It was entirely 

 absent in birds from the Testigos. As the glands of birds 

 from both localities were active, this cannot be accounted 

 for by the breeding-season. 



The Grenada bird has been separated by Mr. Cory from 

 the St. Vincent form under the name of C. ivellsi, on the 

 ground that it is smaller and has the black colour of 

 a lighter shade. The measurements of my birds from 

 Grenada bear this out, but the difference is slight. 



The only yellow-bellied form of the genus, which exists in 

 St. Vincent and Grenada alongside of the melanistic variety, 

 would appear to be C. saccharina. The black form is the 

 dominant race and is much more numerous. I only saw 

 one example of C. saccharina in St, Vincent. 



It has been suggested by Mr. Austin Clark {cf. ' Auk,^ 

 1906, pp. 392-395) that the black form of Coereba is a 

 melanistic phase of C. saccharina, but this statement 

 requires confirmation. He states that the yellow form is 

 nearly extinct and that the only authentic specimen known 

 to him was shot by Mr. Charles Vernet of Grenada; he adds 

 that Mr. Wells, who had lived all his life on the island, had 

 never met with one. Although rare, the yellow-breasted 

 form is by no means extinct, for I have five skins shot 

 by myself in Grenada which are undoubtedly referable to 

 C. saccharina and not to C. luteola ; others were procured 

 by Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and are now in the British Museum. 



CHA.MiEPELIA ANTILLARUM, sp, n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to C bermudiana, Bangs, 

 but darker and richer in colouring both above and below, 

 and with the basal two-thirds of the bill clear olive instead of 

 black. 



The wing in males averages 80 mm. ; in females 79. 



Hob. Barbados, Grenada, and St. Vincent, and probably 

 other islands to the north of these, such as St. Lucia, 

 Martinique, &c. 



Obs. The bird from these islands has been referred to 



