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Show 1871.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF SANTA LUCIA. 269 6. DENDRCECA ADELAIDE, Baird, Rev. B. N. A. p. 212. Without comparing it with the type I should be unwilling to separate this species from the Porto-Rican D. adelaidce, lately described by Baird. The single skin sent by Mr. Semper agrees with Prof. Baird's description in almost every particular. But the white continuations of the superciliaries spoken of by Prof. Baird, if present at all, are very slight in m y specimen; and the bend of the wing is not yellow, although there is a slight yellowish tinge upon it. Mr. Semper gives this bird the name of the "Sucrier gran-bois." The measurements of the skin are:-Whole length 4*4, wing 2*2, tail 2 ; the third and fourth primaries are nearly equal and longest. 7. VIREOSYLVIA CALIDRIS (Linn.). Vireosylvia calidris, Baird, Review of A. B. p. 329. Vireosylvia altiloqua, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 43. Mr. Semper's skins agree with other specimens of this species in my collection. Mr. Semper gives the vernacular name of this bird as Mabelle, and describes the iris as " light claret-colour." 8. CERTHIOLA MARTINICANA (Gm.). Certhiola albigula, Bp. Notes Orn. p. 51. I have forwarded the single specimen of this species contained in the collection to Dr. Finsch, who is engaged on a monograph of the genus. Dr. Finsch tells me that it is "undoubtedly identical with C. martinicana of Martinique." The Certhiola of Dominica (C. dominicand) is, according to Mr. Taylor (Ibis, 1864, p. 167), very readily distinguishable. The vernacular name of this species is given as "Sucriere." The iris is described as "brown," and the feet as "dark green." 9. MYIADESTES GENIBARBIS, Sw. Nat. Libr. xiii. p. 134, pl. 13 ; Baird, Rev. B. N. A. p. 423. Prof. Baird is, I believe, right in regarding this bird as distinct from M. solitarius oi Jamaica, although the two species are very closely allied. The only differences are :-(1) the large white chin-spot in M. genibarbis, which is but slightly shown in M. solitarius; (2) the corresponding larger size of the white rictal spot in M. genibarbis ; (3) the white striated ear-coverts in M. genibarbis, the ear-coverts in M. solitarius being very nearly uniform; and (4) the greater extension of rufous over the lower belly in M. genibarbis. In other respects the two species are so much alike that I find I have had a skin of M. genibarbis long in m y collection, confounded with M. solitarius. I have compared the Santa-Lucia skins of this bird with two examples of M. genibarbis in the Swainsonian collection at Cambridge (which, although not so marked, are in all probability typical specimens), and find them agree. They also agree with Swainson's figure and description, particularly as regards the striated ear-coverts, except that he does not expressly mention the white chin. |
