CINCLOCEHTHIA SU T TU R A L I S
P l a t e X I I .
CINCLOCERTHIA GHTTURALIS.
(WHITE-THEOATED TEEMBLEE).
Cinclocerthia guttu ra lis
Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 67.
Scl. P.Z.S. 1S55, p. 2 1 4 ; 1859, p. 338, efc 1866, p. 320.
Nigricaati-fusco-cinerea, su b tu s valde d ilu tio r; g u ttu r e e t ven tre medio a lb is : te ctric ib u s subalaribus pallide fuseo-
c in e ra s co n tib u s : long, to ta 9'5, al® 4 4, c a u d « 3 '2 , ta rs i 1’2, ro s tri a r ic tu 1'5.
S a b . in in su lt M a rtinicensi.
Mus. Pa ris.
The present member o f this genus was first described by M. de Lafresnaye, in 1843, and
named gutturalis, as being readily distinguishable from the only species o f the group then
known, C. ruficauda, by its white throat. It also differs from C. macrorkyncha in its colour
below, as in the present bird tbe under-surface is generally of a dark cinereous, white only
reappearing in the middle o f the belly, while in C. macrorhynelia the whole under-plumage is
of a nearly unifomi tawny whitish.
i l . de Lafresnaye does not give the exact locality o f his specimen. But we believe that
there is no doubt that the species is from the Island o f Martinique, the example in the
collection o f the Jardin des Plantes, from which our figure is taken, having been collected in
that island by M. Plee, in 1826.
There is likewise one specimen o f this species in the British Museum.
This and the two preceding species, are the only members o f the genus Cinclocerthia yet
discovered. But it is far from improbable that other islands o f the lesser Antilles, may, when
more diligently examined, produce representatives o f the same group. It is much to be desired
that a more accurate investigation o f the Fauna o f this paid of the West Indian Islands should
be made, for at present we have in tmth but v e iy little information concerning their natm-al
productions, and zoological specimens from any o f them are excessively rare in European
collections.
J axuary, 1867.
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