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CertUola sti. thomae Sundbvall, CEfv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 621 (St. 



Thomas). 

 Certhiola sancti-thomie Ridgway, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Apr. 20, 1885, 28 



(St. Thomas, Greater Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) .— Sclatee, Cat. Am. 



Birds, xi, 1886, 42.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 48; Birds W. I., 1889, 62. 



CCEREBA FLAVEOLA (Linnseus). 

 JAMAICAN BANANAaiTIT. 



Similar to C. portoricensis, but throat much darker, white wing-patch 

 much larger and continued along edges of primaries, breast duller 

 (more brownish) yellow, and color of back, etc., still blacker. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Upper parts (except rump) black or sooty 

 black; rump (abruptly) clear lemon yellow; a large white patch at base 

 of five or six outermost primaries, the white extending for a consider- 

 able distance along edges of the quills; lateral rectrices very broadly 

 tipped with white (on both webs), the white 7.6-12.7 in extent on out- 

 ermost rectrix; a broad superciliary stripe of white, extending from 

 nostril to end of auricular region; loral, suborbital and auricular 

 regions black; malar region, chin, throat, and upper chest blackish 

 slate; breast brownish yellow or wax yellow, the rest of under parts 

 lemon yellow, becoming paler posteriorly, the under tail-coverts white 

 or yellowish white, with basal (concealed) portion slaty; bill black, 

 usually becoming somewhat horn colored basally; legs and feet dusky 

 (in dried skins). 



Adult mafe.— Length (skins), 93-99.3 (95.8); wing, 54.4-57.4 (56.1); 

 tail, 33.3-37.8 (35.8); exposed culmen, 11.9-13.5 (12.4); tarsus, 16-16.6 

 (16.3); middle toe, 9.7-10.9 (10.4).' 



Adult femcde. — Length (skin), 100.6; wing, 59.9; tail, 38.1; exposed 

 culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 16.5; middle toe, 9.9.^ 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 



[Cerihia] flaveola Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 119 (based on Luscirdaa. 

 Philomela e fusco et luteo varia Sloane, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 307, pi. 259, fig. 3; 

 Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii, pi. 122, up. flg. ; Black and Yellow Oreeper 

 Edwards, Gleanings, pi. 362, fig. 3); ed. 12, i, 1766, 187 (excl. var. /J).— 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat, i, 1788, 479 (excl. vars. fi, x)-— Latham, Index Om., 

 i, 1790, 297 (excl. var.).— Bechstein, Lath. Uebers., iv, 1793, 188 (excl. 

 var.). 



[Certhia flaveola'] /3 Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 479, part. 



ICerthia:] flaveola Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 297, part; Gen. Hist. Birds, iv, 

 1822, 283 (excl. vars. /?, r, and 5). 



Certhia flaveola Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847, 39. 



Coereba flaveola Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., ii, 1807, 70; Enc. M^th., ii, 1823, 611, 

 (excl. var., part).— Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 38.— Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 339 

 (crit.). 



C[ertMola} flaveola Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1846, 102, part. 



' Four specimens. *One specimen. 



