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grayish (in dried skins); length (skin), 127.5; wing, 64; tail, 4;i.7; 

 exposed ciilmen, 16; tarsus, 19.6; middle to, 12.7.^ 



Ad/ult female. — Similar to the male, but smaller and more slatj'^ 

 blackish, with under parts more strongly glossed with olive; length 

 (skin), 106.9; wing, 56.4; tail, 33.5; exposed culmen, 14.5; tarsus, 18.8; 

 middle toe, 10.9.^ 



Island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. 



(?) Dicxum aierrimum Lesson, Traite d'Orn., i, 1831, 303 (locality unknown). — 

 PucHERAN, Eev. Zool., 1846, 134 ("St. Thomas;" crit.).— Hahti.ai-b, Isis, 

 1847, 611; Journ. fiir Orn., 1855, 418.— Reichenbach, Handb., ii, 1853, 243 

 (see FiNSCH, Verb. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1871, 762). 



Cerlhiola atrata Lawkence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., i, no. 5, June, 1878, 150 (St. 

 Vincent, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1878, 190 (St. Vincent; habits).— Lister, Ibis, 1880, 40 (St. Vincent) .—Sal- 

 viN and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 251, in text. — Ridgwav, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 30, part (synonymy). — Coky, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 53, part (do.) ; Birds W. I., 1889, 67, part (do.).— Sclatee, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 47, part (St. Vincent). 



C\erlhiola\ a(ra«a Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 28, part (diagnosis). 



Catreha atrata Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 40; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 116, 134 

 (St. Vincent). 



CCEREBA WELLSI Cory. 

 WELIS' BANANAaUIT. 



Similar to C. atrata, but smaller, and adult male not so deep black. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 104.6-112.8 (IOS.7); wing, 58.9-60.5 

 (59.7); tail, 36.1-36.6 (36.3); exposed culmen, 14-14.5 (14.2); tarsus, 

 18.8; middle toe, 11.9.' 



Adult female. —Length, (before skinning), 114.3; wing, 53.3; tail, 

 33.5; exposed culmen, 14; tarsus, 18; middle toe, 11.9.^ 



Island of Grenada, Lesser Antilles. 



Certhiola atrata (not of Lawrence, 1878) Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 

 269 (Grenada).— RiDGWAY, Proc' U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 30, part 

 (Grenada).— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 9, part (Grenada); Auk, iii, 

 1886, -53, part (do.); terda \V. I., 1889, 67, part (do.).— Sclatek, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 47, part (Grenada) .—Wells, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., ix, 1886, 612 (Grenada; habits; desc. nest and eggs). 



C[erthwla} atrata Ridqway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 28, part. 



Certhiola wellsi Cory, Auk, vl, July, 1889, 219 (Grenada, Lesser Antilles; coll. 

 C. B. Cory). 



Ccereba welhi Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 40; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 116, 134. 



Genus GLOSSIPTILA Sclater. 



Neomis (not of Hodgson, 1844) Hartlaub, Nachtr. z. Verz. Mus. Brem., 1846, 8. 



(Type, N. amde.a Hartlaub, = Tanagra ruficoUis Gmelin.) 

 Glomptila Scjlater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 269. (Type, Tanagra ruficoiUs 



Gmelin. ) 

 Euneomis Fitzinger, Sitz. ver. Wien Ak. Mett. Nat., xxi, Abth. 2, 1856, 316. 



(Type, Tanagra ruficoUis Gmelin. ) 



1 One specimen. ' Two specimens. 



