296 COiKEBIDJ!. 



Ccereba dominicana (Taylor). 



Certbiola dominicana, Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 167 ; Lawr. P. TJ. S. Nat. 



Mils. i. p. 56 (1878) ; Sal. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 44 (1886). 

 Certhiola sundevalli, Ridgw., Sol. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 44 (1886). 

 C'oereba dominicana, Ridgw. Birds North 4" Middle Amer. ii. p. 41? 



(1902) ; Sharpe, Band-l. v. p. 848 (1^9) ; Nehrk. Kat. Masamml. 



p. 833 (1910). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Dominican Sugar-bird, differ 

 somewhat from those of the previously described species and from 

 the eggs of C dominicana as described by the late Gr. N. Lawrence. 

 They are of a rather long oval shape, somewhat pointed towards 

 the smaller end and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour in 

 one is very pale greenish-white, blotched and spotted, especially 

 towards the larger end, with pale reddish-brown and dull reddish- 

 purple ; in the second egg the ground-colour is white, and the 

 markings, which are much smaller and less defined, are mostly 

 concentrated round the larger end. They measure respectively 

 ■65 by -44 ; and -63 by -43. 



2. St. Andrew, Dominica, 18th Crowley Bequest. 



March. 



Ccereba atrata {Lawr.). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 4.) 



Certhiola atrata, Laiiyr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. i. p. 149 (1878); Scl. 



Cat Birds B. M. xi. p. 47 (1880). 

 Ccereba atrata, Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. ii. p. 422 (1902) : 



ShaiTJe, Hand-l. v. p. 344 (1900). 



The eggs of the Black Sugar-bird are of a rather pointed oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are pale creamy-white, densely 

 marked at the larger end and sparingly elsewhere with chestnut- 

 brown and underlying purplish-grey. In one egg the markings 

 form a well-defined zone round the larger end ; in the other a 

 confluent cap. They measure respectively : -76 by -53 ; and •^ 

 by -55. 



2. St. Vincent, West Indies, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {Mrs. M. H. iSmith). 



Ccereba wellsi, Cory. 



Cei'thiola atrata. Wells {nee Later.), P. XI. 8. Nat. Mus. ix. p 612 

 (1886) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 47 (1886) [part, Grenada] ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiei-samnu. \^. ^i [im%). 



Ccereba wellsi, Ridgio. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. ii. p. 423 (1902) • 

 Sharpe, HMd-l. v. p. S44 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersnmml. p. 323 



Three eggs of Wells's Sugar-bird closely resemble those of 



