BIRDS OP NOKTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



413 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 99.6-124.7 (107.2); wing, 54.4-61.5 

 (58.9); tail, 35.8^1.9 (39.1); exposed culmen, 13.2-15 (14); tarsus,- 

 15.7-17.8 (17); middle toe, 10.7-11.7 (11.2).' 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 96.3-105.2 (100.3); wing, 53.6-55.9 

 (54.9); tail, 35.1-37.6 (36.1); exposed culmen, 13.2-15 (14); tarsus, 

 16-17.5 (16.8); middle toe, 9.7-11.2 (10.4).' 



Islands of Porto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Anegada, Tortola, Virgin 

 Gorda, St. Thomas, and St. Johns, Greater Antilles.'* 



Carebaflaveola (not Cerlhia flaveola Linnseus) Vieillot, Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 611, 

 part (Porto Rico). 



Nectarinia flaveola Moritz, Wiegmann'a Archiv. fur Naturg., ii, 1836, 387. 



Certhiola flaveola ScLAT^R, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 54, part (St. Thomas).— Cassin, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 271 (St. Thomas).— Taylo'k, Ibis, 1864, 166 

 (Porto Rico). 



Certhiola (from St. Thomas) Newton, Ibis, 1859, 68. 



Cerlhiola flaveola. Var. portorieensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., x, Jan., 

 1866, 252 (Porto Rico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Journ. fiir Orn., 1866, 185.— 

 Newton, Zool. Rec, 1866, 88. 



Certhiola portorieensis Sdndevall, CEfv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 598, 622 

 (monogr.).— FiNSCH, Verb. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1871, 760 

 (monogr.).— GuNDLACH, Journ. fiir. Orn., 1874, 312 (Porto Rico); 1878, 179 

 (do.); Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 216 (do.).— Ridgway, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1884, 172 (St. Thomas); viii, 1885, 29 (synonymy).— 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 48 (Porto Rico; St. Thomas); Birds W. I., 1889, 62 

 (do.).— ScLATER, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 41 (Porto Rico). 



[Certhiola'] portorieensis Sclatek and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 16 (Porto 

 Rico; St. Thomas).— Baird, Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 611 (Porto Rico; St. 

 Thomas); in Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 427 (do.).— Cory, List Birds W. I., 

 1885, 9 (Porto Rico; St. Thomas). 



Clerthiolal portorieensis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 28 (diagnosis). 



Ccereba portorieensis Cory, Auk, vii, Oct., 1890, 347 (St. Thomas), 375 (Tortola; 

 Virgin Gorda); viii, 1891, 38 (Porto Rico; Culebra; Anegada; Tortola; Vir- 

 gin Gorda; St. Thomas; St. John); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 116 (do.). 



'Twelve specimens. 



' Eight specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



Locality. 



Wing. Tail. ^.Xfn'' Tarsus, 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Six adult males from Porto Rico 



Six adult males from Vieques 



One adult male from St. Johns 



FEMALES. 



Six adult females from Porto Rico 



Two adult females from Vieques 



One adult female from St. Johns 



SEX UNDETERMINED. 



Five adults from St. Thomas 



59.4 

 58.7 

 59.4 



55.1 

 55.1 

 52.8 



38.1 

 40.1 

 40.1 



36.1 

 36.1 

 33.8 



14.2 



14 



14 



14.2 

 13.2 

 13.7 



17.5 

 16.8 

 18 



16.8 

 16.3 

 16.5 



11.2 

 11.2 

 11.9 



10.4 

 10.4 

 11.2 



'Only specimens from Porto Rico, Vieques, St. Thomas, and St. Johns seen by me. 



