. The birds of the West Indies. Including all speciesknown to occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad . i vz.\. semperi Lawr. MS. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 165 (1880).CichUtertninia sanctce-lucice Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 328 (1S81).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5). Sp. Char. Male:—Above light brown, showing a faint olive tinge, thecolor paler than in C. hcnninieri; throat dull white, showingbrown shaft-markings; feathers of the breast brownish white,edged with olive brown ; abdomen wh
. The birds of the West Indies. Including all speciesknown to occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad . i vz.\. semperi Lawr. MS. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 165 (1880).CichUtertninia sanctce-lucice Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 328 (1S81).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5). Sp. Char. Male:—Above light brown, showing a faint olive tinge, thecolor paler than in C. hcnninieri; throat dull white, showingbrown shaft-markings; feathers of the breast brownish white,edged with olive brown ; abdomen white, showing the brown mark-ing on the sides; quills and tail light brown; under surface of tailashj brown ; under tail-coverts showing reddish brown at the base ;under mandible and tarsus dull yellow. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 10; wing, ; tail, ; tarsus, ; bill, . Santa Lucia. Cichlherminia dominicensis (Lawr.). Margarops hermin-ieri Lawr. Pr. Nat. Mus. I, p. S3 (187S). Margarops domini-censis Lawr. Pr. Nat. Mus. Ill, , (1S80). Cichlhennin ia d o-minicensis Sharpe,Cat. Bds. Brit. , p. 328 (i88i).—Cory, List I. p. 5 (18S5).. Cory oji the Birds of the West Indies. 2 7. Male:—The entire upper plumage is of a rich dark brown, the crown isdarker and has the edges of the feathers of a lighter shade; tail andquill-feathers of a darker brown than the back; axillars and underwing-coverts white; the lores are blackish brown; the feathersback of the eyes and the ear-coverts have narrow shaft-streaks of palerufous; the feathers of the neck and upper part of the breast are ofa warm dark brown, those of the chin and middle of the throat withHghtrufous centres, thoseof the lower part of the neckand the upperpart of the breast have also light rufous centres, but in addition eachfeather has a light terminal spot; on the lower part of the breast andon the sides the feathers have white centres, bordered strikingly■with brown
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