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anal region and under tail-coverts whitish; bill black, with tumid 

 rictus pale brownish (flesh color in life?); legs and feet dusky horn 

 color (in dried skins). 



Adult )m(^.'.— Length (skins), 99.8-125 (117.1); wing, 57.2-62.2 

 (59.4); tail, 37.8-14.5 (40.9); exposed culmen, 13-14.7 (13.7); tarsus, 

 17.5-18.8 (18.3); middle toe, 11.2-11.7 (11.4).^ 



Achdt feiiu(Je.^\j(iw^t\\ (skins), 104.9-107.7 (106.4); wing, 56.1-57.4 

 (56.9); tail, 37.6-40.1 (38.9); exposed culmen, 12.7-13.2 (13); tarsus, 

 17.8-18 (17.8); middle toe, 11.4-11.7.' 



Islands of Martinique and Santa Lucia, Lesser Antilles. 



{Certhia flaveolo] fi. Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 1S7, part (citation of 

 Certhia iiKirtlniaina -tire fi((ci-harirnra Tirisson, Orn., iii, 611, pi. 34, flg. 5). — 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 479. 



Npclariniaflavnilit, var. Hwainson, Zool. Illustr., iii, 1822-23, pi. 142 (excl. syn.). 



Certliiola iiiiirtinlcanii Reichenbach, Handb. d. spec. Orn., i, 18.53, 252, pi. 561, 

 fig. 3824 (ex Brisson).— Cassin, Prnc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 271 

 (monogr. ). — Caeanis, Journ. fur Orn., 1865, 412. — Sitndevall, ffifv. k. 

 Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 624 (monogr.) .—Finscit, Verh. k. k. zool.- 

 bot. Genellsch. Wien, 1871, 788 (monogr.). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1871, 269 (Santa Lucia); 1889, 395 (Santa Lucia); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 

 1886, 46 (Martinique; Santa Lucia).— Semper, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1872, 

 649 (Santa Lucia).— Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1S78, 354 (Mar- 

 tinique; habitn).- Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 166 (Santa Lucia).— 

 Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 30 (synonymy).- Cory, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 52; iv, 1887, 95 (Martinique); Birds W. I., 1889, 66. 



[Certliiola] iiiaiiiincana Sclater and Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr., 1S73, 17. — Baibd, 

 Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 612; in Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 428.— Cory, List 

 Birds West Indies, 1885, 9. 



Clerthiola] martiiii/xma Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 28 (diagnosis). 



Careha imirlinicnna Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu.s., xii, Feb. 5, 1890, 129 (Santa 

 Lucia; crit.).— Cory, Auk, viii, 1891, 40; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 116 

 (Martinique; Santa Lucia). 



('[cereba'] marfiiiiraiKi Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1892, 78, 79, 80, in text. 



Certhiiila mdHiiilre.isin Sclater, f^at. Birds Brit. ]\Ius., xi, 1SS6, pi. 5, flg. 1. 



[Certliiola] martinira (Jray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 120, no. 1.504. 



Verlhiohi id/tigiiht Bonaparte, Compt. Reud., xxxviii, 1S54, 2.59 (Martinique); 

 Notes Orn. Coll. Delattre, 1854, 57.— Taylor, Ibis, lS(i4, 107 (Martinique).— 

 Newton, Zool. Record, 1864, 76.— Sundevall, (Efv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 

 Stockh., 1869, 624 (monogr.). 



CeHhiola Jldreuld ? (not Ccrthvi llarmla Linnaeus) Newton, Ibis, 1862, 288 (Mar- 

 tinique). 



Cerlhiola fimcid Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, .Vpr. 20, 1885, 25, 28 

 (Dominica?, Lesser Antilles; coll. IJ. S. Nat. Mus,).— Scl.^ter, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 47. 



CCEREBA ATRATA (Lawrence). 

 BLACK BANANAaUIT. 



Arlult «;ff/.'.— Entirely plain sooty black, the under parts slightly 

 tinged with olive; bill lihu-k, the niandiblo more grayish basally, the 

 tumid rictus pale brownish (flesh color in life ?); legs and feet dusky 



' ^'-^ specimens. ^ j.^^^ .specimens. 



