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(?) C[erthiola] major Oabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 97, footnote^ ("Guiana;" 

 location of type not mentioned).— Reichenbach, Handb., ii, 1853, 252 

 (Guiana). — Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 259. — Bhembister, 

 Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., iii, 1856, 156.— Sundevall, (Efv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 

 Stockh., 1869, 622 (monogr.). 



(?) [Certhiola'] major Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 120, no. 1502. 



(?) ICerthioki] mmor Bonap.vrte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 259 (locality not 

 given; coll. Paris Mus.); Notes Orn. Coll. Delattre, 1854, 51. — Sundevall, 

 CEfv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 622 (monogr.).— Finsoh, Verh. k. 

 k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1871, 790, footnote. 



Certhiola godmani Cory, Auk, vi, July, 1889, 219 (Grenada, Lesser Antilles; 

 coll. C. B. Cory). 



CCEREBA CERINOCLUNIS Bangs. 



SAN MIGTTEL BANANAQUIT. 



Similar to C. luteola, but tbiroat paler gray (much as in C. mexicana), 

 rump less purely yellow and white tips to lateral rectrices much 

 smaller; similar to C. mexicana in color of throat, but upper parts 

 sooty black (as in C. luteola), white wing-spot large and conspicuous 

 (as in C. luteola), lower rump brighter yellowish, and under parts 

 brighter yellow. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above plain sooty black, the rump olive- 

 yellow becoming purer yellow below; a large and conspicuous spot of 

 white at base of four or five primaries next to the outermost; inner 

 webs of lateral rectrices tipped with white for about 2.5-5.1 in males, 

 much less (sometimes a mere edging) in females; a broad white super- 

 ciliary stripe, extending from nostril to end of auricular region, or 

 beyond; loral, suborbital, and auricular regions and sides of neck 

 sooty black; malar region, chin, and throat gray (about the same tone 

 as in C. mexicana) ; ^ rest of under parts bright lemon yellow (rather 

 lighter than in C. luteola, but brighter than in C. mexicana), slightly 

 tinged with olive laterally, especially on flanks; under tail-coverts 

 whitish with basal (concealed) portion gray; bill black; legs and feet 

 dusky (in dried skin). 



' This seems to be an intermediate between C Vuieola and C. cMoropyga, but nearer 

 the former. Another step toward the latter, apparently, is Cabanis's C[erthiola] 

 guiatiensis (Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 97). Should these really be intermediates, aa sug- 

 gested, then intergradation between C. mexicana, C. luteola, and C. chloropyga may be 

 considered as proven, thus reducing these three to the rank of subspecies, whose 

 names would be as follows: Ccereha chloropyga chloropyga (Lichtenstein), Cweha 

 chloropyga luteola (Cabanis), and Careba chloropyga mexicana (Sclater). Should it 

 be considered advisable to recognize by name intermediate or connecting forms, 

 these should stand as Careba chloropyga guianeiii<is (Cabanis), Ctereba chloropyga 

 major (Oabanis), Ca;reba chloropyga intermedia (Salvadori and Festa), and Coereba 

 chloropyga peruviana (Cabanis) — the last intermediate between C. chloropyga chloro- 

 pyga and C. chloropyga mexicana. Whether a Careba chloropyga magnirostris (Tacza- 

 nowski) should be recognized remains to be determined {Certhiola magnirostris 

 Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1880, 193; Orn. du P6rou, 1, 1884, 441). 



'' Gray no. 6 or no. 7 of Ridgway's Nomenclature of Colors. 



