BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 

 CCEREBIDiE. 



Subfamily, CCEREBIN^!. 



Genus: CERTHIOLA. Sund. 



CERTHIOLA : SUNDEVALL, OFFERS VET. AKAD. HANDL., p. 99, 1S35, 

 STOCKHOLM. 



CERTHIOLA BANANIVORA. {Gm.) 



Motacilla bananivora. Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I. p. 951 (1788). 

 Sucrier(?) [de Si. Dominiqtic). " Buff., Hist. Nat. Ois., V. p. 545 (1778)." 

 Certhiola clusice. " Herz. v. Wiirttemb. Hartl. Naumannia, II. Heft. 



2, p. 56 (1852) {sine descry.' — Finsch, Verhandl. Zool. Bot. 



Gesell., XXI. p. 771 (187 1). — Sclat. and Salv., Nomen. Avi. 



Neot, p. 17 (1873). 

 Certhiola chicice. Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 1 5 1 (1881). 



Certhiola (?). Salle (Sclater), P. Z. S., 1857, p. 233. 



Certhiola bananivora. Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. A. Bds., I. 



p. 427 (1874). — Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., XI. p. 95 



(1866). 



Male. — Upper surface, including head, cheek, wings, and tail, 

 dull black; a superciliary white stripe extending from the base of 

 the upper mandible to the nape; throat, dark slate color; underparts, 

 bright yellow, becoming grayish olive upon the sides and thighs; 

 rump, bright yellow; carpus, bright yellow; an edging of white upon 



