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THE

BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES.

INCLUDING

ALL SPECIES KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER

ANTILLES, THE CAYMANS, AND THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING

THE ISLANDS OF TOBAGO AND TRINIDAD.

BY

CHARLES B. CORY,

Curator of Birds in the Boston Society of Natural History, Fcllozo of the
Linmea/t and Zoological Societies of London, Member of the American Orni-
thologists'' Union, of the British Ornithologists^ Union, of the Societe
Zoologique de France, etc.. Honorary Member of the California
Academy of Sciences, Cor. Member of the Ffew York Academy
of Sciences, of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, etc., etc.

AUTHOR OB"

"THE BEAUTIFUL AND CURIOUS BIRDS OF THE WORLD," "THE BIRDS OF

THE BAHAMA ISLANDS," " THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO,"

"A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS," "A LIST

OF THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES," Etc., Etc.

gXXttsttatje^.

ESTRS & T^AURIA-T,

BOSTON, U. S, A.

1880.

Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers,

24 Franklin Street,

Boston.

TO MY MOTHER,

WHOSE INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF NATURAL

HISTORY TENDED TO ENCOURAGE AND STIMULATE THE

INVESTKiATIONS OK HER SON,

Sljis booh is affwtionatjclg bfbitakb.

INTRODUCTION,

In preparing the present work, the writer has examined a large
series of birds from nearly all of the islands of the West Indies,
the combined collections representing many thousands of speci-
mens. The writer has personally made five trips to different parts
of the West Indies, and, aside from such collections as were made
under his personal supervision, a number of collectors were sent to
the more important islands for the purpose of obtaining as com-
plete a series as possible.

Several of the collectors were absent from six to eighteen
months, and it is fair to assume that their collections contained
nearly all of the resident species of the islands which they visited.
The collections made by Mr. W. B. Richardson in Grand Cayman
and some of the Lesser Antilles proved especially interesting, being
very rich in novelties, his combined collections containing no less
than seventeen species new to science.

Most of the matter contained in the present work appeared in
the "Auk" for 1886, 1887, and 1888; but since that time a large
number of species have been added to the West Indian avi-fauna,
which were either new to science or had not previously been re-
corded from that locality ; descriptions of these are given in the
Appendix, unless included in their proper order in the body of the
work. A number of alterations and corrections have been made in
the original plates, and several new illustrations have been added.

The following species have been recorded since the " Birds of
the West Indies " was first published in the " Auk " : —

Mimocichla ravida Cory. Grand Cayman.
Margarops montanus rufus Cory. Dominico.
Margarops montanus albiventris (Lawr.). Grenada.
Rhamphocinclus sanctae-luciae Cory. St. Lucia.
Polioptila caerulea cssiogaster Ridgw. Bahamas.
Thryothorus guadeloupensis Cory. Grand Terre, Guadeloupe.
Dendroica vittellina Cory. Grand Cayman.
Dendroica aurocapilla Ridgw. Grand Cayman.
Geothlypis coryi Ridgw. Eleuthera I., Bahamas.
Geothlypis tanneri Ridgw. Abaco I., Bahamas.
Certhiola sharpei Cory. Grand Cayman.

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A I)it7-ocimtion.

Vireo alleni Cory. Grand Cayman.

Vireo crassirostris flavescens Ridgw. Bahamas.

Vireo caymanensis Cory. Grand Cayman.

Calliste cuccullata (Swains.). Grenada.

Spindalis salvini Cory. Grand Cayman.

Spindalis zena townsendi Ridgw, Abaco I., Bahamas,

Lexigilla barbadensis Cory. Barbadoes.

Lexigilla richardsoni Cory, St, Lucia.

Volatinia jacarina (Linn,), Grenada,

Spermophila gutturalis (Licht.), Grenada.

Icterus bairdi Cory. Grand Cayman.

Quiscalus caymanensis Cory. Grand Cayman.

Elainea barbadensis Cory. Barbadoes.

Elainea pagana Licht. Grenada.

Myiarchus denigratus Cory. Grand Cayman.

Myiarchus berlepschii Cory, St, Kitts.

Blacicus martinicensis Cory. Martinique.

Blacicus flaviventris Lawr. Grenada.

Milvulus tyrannus (Linn.). Grenada.

Chaetura cinereiventris Sclater. Grenada.

Chaetura brachyura (Jardine). St, Vincent and Grenada.

Centurus caymanensis Cory. Grand Cayman.

Centurus nyeanus Ridgw. WatUngs I., Bahamas.

Centurus blakei Ridgw. Abaco I., Bahamas.

Colaptes gundlachi Cory, Grand Cayman.

Coccygus maynardi Ridgw. Bahama Islands.

Chrysotis caymanensis Cory. Grand Cayman.

Vanellus vanellus (Linn,), Barbadoes.

Rallus coryi Maynard. Andros I,, Bahamas.

Ardea bahamensis Brewster. Bahamas.

HydrocheHdon leucoptera (Temm.), West Indies.

Stercorarius parasiticus (Linn.), Barbadoes.

No descriptions are given of well-known North American birds,
and the references to such are mainly restricted to the citation of
works and papers on West Indian ornithology.

In concluding, I wish to express my thanks to my ornithological
brethren for loans of specimens and much valuable information
and assistance. In this connection, I am especially indebted to
my friends, Dr, Jean Gundlach, Mr. J. A, Allen, Mr. Robert
Ridgway, and Mr. Geo, N. Lawrence,

CHARLES B. CORY. '

A LIST

OF THE

PRINCIPAL WORKS AND PAPERS

RELATING TO

WEST INDIAN ORNITHOLOGY,

REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK.

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands,
by Mark Catesby. London, 1754.

Letter on Various Zoological Subjects, relating to the Island of
Haiti, by J. Hearne. P. Z. S., 1834, pp. 25, no.

London^ 1834.

Notice of a Collection of Bird Skins, formed by J. Hearne, in Haiti.

P. Z. S., 1835, p. 105. London, 1835.

Notes contained in a letter, relating to a bird called, in Cuba, the

Musician, by C. Clarke. P. Z. S., 1840, p. 153.

Londoji, 1840.

Historic Physique, Politique, et Naturelle de L'lle de Cuba, par

M. Ramon De La Sagra. Ornithologie, par Alcide D'Orbigny.

Pan's, 1840.

Observations of the Nests of the Birds of Jamaica, by R. Hill.

P. Z. S., 1841, p. 69. London, 1841.

Donation of Birds' Skins from Jamaica, by R. Hill. P. Z. S.,

1844, p. I. London, 1844.

The Birds of Jamaica, by P. H. Gosse. London, 1847.

A few Remarks on the Geographical Distribution of Birds in the

West Indies, by Wm. Denny. P. Z. S., 1847, p. 36.

London, 1847.
Description of a new rapacious Bird, in the Museum of the Acad-
emy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, by John Cassin.
Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., Ill, p. 199 (1847) (Cuba).

Philadelphia, 1847.
Aves de la Isla de Cuba, par Juan Lembeye. Llabana, 1850.

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6 Works and Papers relating to West Indian Ornithology.

Dr. j; Gundlachs, Beitrage zur Ornithologie Cubas. J. f. O., 1855,
p. 465 ; ib. 1856, pp. I, 97. (Cassel) Leipzig, 1855-56-57.

Ueber die von Dr. Gundlach eingesendeten Eier und Nester cuban-
ischer Vogel Gegeben von Dr. F. A. Thienemann. J. f. O.,

1857, p. 145. (Cassel) Leipzig, 1857.
Liste des Oiseaux rapportes et observes dans la Republique Domin-

icaine. Ancienne partie Espagnole de L'lle St. Domingue ou
D'Haiti, par M. C. Salle', pendant son voyage de 1849 a 185 1.
(Communicated by P. L. Sclater.) P. Z. S., 1857, p. 230.

London, 1857.

Notes on an unnamed Parrot, from the Island of San Domingo,
now livi'-ig in the Societies Gardens, and on some other Species
of the same Family, by P. L. Sclater. P. Z. S., 1857, p. 224.

London, 1857-

Description of five new Species of Birds and other Ornithological
Notes of Cuban Species, by Dr. John Gundlach. Journ. Bost-
Soc. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 313 (1857). Boston, 1857-

Description of a new Species of Bird of the Genus Sylvicola,
Swainson, by J. Gundlach. Ann, N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., VI,
p. 160 (1858) (Cuba). New York, 1858.

Notes on some Cuban Birds, with Descriptions of three new Species,
by J. Gundlach. Ann; N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 267 (1858),
and observations on the above by Geo. N. Lawrence, p. 275.

New York, 1858-

Description of new Species of Birds of the Genera Chordeiles,
Swainson, and Polioptila, Sclater, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Ann.
N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 165 (1858) (Cuba).

New York., 1858.

Observations on the Birds of St. Croix, made between Feb. 20 and
Aug. 6, by Alfred Newton, and between March 4 and Sept. 28.

1858, by Edward Newton. Ibis, 1859, p. 150. London, 1859.
A List of the Birds seen at the Bahamas, from Jan. 20 to May 14,

1859, with Descriptions of new or little-known Species, by Dr.
H. Bryant. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VII, p. 102, 1S59.

Boston, 1859.

Ornithologisches aus Briefen von Cuba verfasst, von Dr. J. Gund-
lach. J. f. O., 1859, pp. 294, 347. Leipzig, 1859.

List of the Birds of Cuba, compiled from two lists furnished by Dr.
John Gundlach, by Dr. T. M. Brewer. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hisr.,
VII, p. 306 (i860). Boston, i860.

Works ami Paprrs relating to West Indian Ornithology. J

Description of a new Tyrant-bird of the Genus Elainea, from the

Island of St. Thomas, West Indies, by P. L. Sclater. P. Z. S.,

i860, p. 313. London, i860.

List of a Collection of Birds made by the late Mr. W. Osborn, in

Jamaica, with notes by P. L. Sclater. P. Z. S., 1861, p. 69.

London, 1861.
Zur Ornithologie Cubas, nach Geo. N. Lawrence und J. Gundlach,

mitgetheilt von R. Albrecht. J. f. O., 1861, p. 198.

Leipzig, 1 86 1.
Catalogue of Birds from the Island of St. Thomas, West Indies,

collected and presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences,

by Mr. Robert Swift, with notes by John Cassin. Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci., Phila., i860, p. 374. P/iila., 1861.

Tabellarische Uebersicht aller bisherauf Cuba beobachteten Vogel,

von Dr. J, Gundlach. J. f. O., 1861, p. 321. Leipzig, 1861.
Zusatze und Berichtigungen zu den Beitrragen zur Ornithologie

Cubas, von Dr. J. Gundlach. J. f. O., 1861, p. 401 ; ib.

1862, pp. 81, 177. Leipzig, 1861-62.

Zur Ornithologie von Jamaica, nach Osborn, Sclater, und Gosse,

zusammengestellt von R. Albrecht. J. f. O., 1862, p. 192.

Leipzig, 1862.
Notes on some Cuban Birds, with Descriptions of several new

Species, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist.,

VII, p. 247 (1862). JVezu York, 1862.

Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Families Vireonidae

and Rallidae, by Geo. N. Lawrence (Sombrero). Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, p. 106. Phila., 1863.

Descriptions of two Birds from the Bahama Islands, hitherto unde-

scribed, by Dr. H. Bryant. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., IX,

p. 279 (1864). Bostojt, 1864.

Five Months in the West Indies, by E. C. Taylor (including notes

on the avi fauna of Porto Rico, Dominica, and Martinique).

Ibis, 1864, p. 157. London, 1864.

Notes on the Birds of Jamaica, by W. T. Mar^h, with remarks by

S. F. Baird. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, pp. 150, 283;

ib. 1864, p. 62. J'hiia.^ 1S63-64.

Remarks on a rare Parrot from Dominica, by P. L. Sclater. P.

Z, S., 1865, p. 437. JLondou, 1865.

Remnrks on the Genus Galeoscoptes, Cabanis, with the Characters

of two new Genera, and a Descriplion of Turdus plumbeus

O Works and Papers relaling lo West Indian Ornithology.

Linn, by Dr. H. Bryant. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., IX, p. 369
(1865) (Baliamas). Boston, 1865.

Revista y Catalogo de las Aves Cubana's, por J. Gundlach. Repert
Fisico, Nat. Cuba I, pp. 165, 221, 281, 347, 386 (1865-66).

Uabana, 1 865-1 866.

On an undescribed Species of Petrel from the Blue Mountains of
Jamaica, by Alexander Carte. P. Z. S., 1866, p. 93.

Lot I don, 1866.

List of Birds from Porto Rico, presented to the' Smithsonian Insti-
tution, by Messrs. Robert Swift and George Latimer, with
Descriptions of new Species or Varieties by Dr. H. Bryant-
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., X, p. 248 (1866). Boston, 1866.

Additions to a List of Birds seen at the Bahamas, by Dr. H. Bryant.
Pr„ Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XI. p. 63 (1866). Boston, 1866.

A List of the Birds of San Domingo, with Descriptions of some new
Species by Dr. H. Bryant. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XI,
p. 89 (1866). Boston, 1866.

Briefiiches von Cuba, von Dr. Gundlach. J. f. O., 1866, p. 352.

Leipzig, 1866.

Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Families Tanagridai,
Cuculidae, and Trochilidae, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Ann. N. Y.
Lye. Nat. Hist., VIII, p. 41 (1867) (W. I.). Neiv York, 1867.

Catalogue of Birds collected at the Island of Sombrero, West Indies,
with observations by A. A. JuUen, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Ann.
N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., VIII, p. 92 (1867). Ne7c> York, 1867.

Note on Geolrygon sylvatica, by Richard Hill, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
Phila., 1867, p. 130 (Jamaica). Phila., 1867.

Description of seven new Species of American Birds from various
Localities, by Geo. N. Lawrence, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila.

1868, p. 360 (Barbadoes). Phila., i868-
Foglarnepa on Portorico, efter Hr Hjalmarsons insambingar frams-

tdlda af Carl J. Sundevall. Ofv. Af. K. Vet. Akad. Forh,

1869, p. 593. Stockholm, 1870.
St. Barthelemy efter de af Dr. A. von Goes, penisanda samlingarna

bestamde af Carl J. Sundevall. Ofv. Af. K. Vet. Akad. Forh,

1869, p. 579. Stockholm, 1870.

On the Birds of the Island of Santa Lucia, West Indies, by P. L.

Sclater. P. Z. S., 1871, p. 263. London, 1871.

Observations of the Birds of Santa Lucia, by J. E. Semper, with

notes by P. L. Sclater. P. Z. S., 1872, p. 647. London, 1872.

Works and Papers relating to West Indian Ornithology. Q

The Humming-birds of the West Indies, by D. G. Elliot. Ibis,
1872, p, 345. London, 1872.

On a small Collection of Birds from Barbadoes, West Indies, by
P. L. Sclater. P. Z. S., 1874, p. 174. London, 1874.

Beitrage zur Ornithologie der Insel Portorico, von Dr, Juan Gund-
lach. J. f. O., 1874, p. 304. Leipzig, 1874.

On a new Genus and Species of Bird, by R. B. Sharpe (Jamaica).
P. Z. S., 1874, p. 427. London, 1874.

Descriptions of five new Species of American Birds, by George N.
Lawrence (Porto Rico). Ibis, 1875, p. 383. L^ondon, 1875.

Notes on several West Indian Birds, by J. Cabanis. J. f. O., 1875,
p. 222. Leipzig, 1875.

Neue Beitrage zur Ornithologie Cuba's, von Dr. Juan Gundlach.
J. f. O , 1875, pp. 293, 353. Leipzig, 1875.

Contribucion a la Ornitologia Cubana, por el Dr. Juan Gundlach.

Lfabana, 1876.

Description of a new Species of Bird of the Genus Pitangus, by
George N. Lawrence (San Domingo). Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat.
Hist., XI, p. 288 (1876). New York, 1876.

On some additional Species of Birds from Santa Lucia, West Indies,
by P. L. Sclater. P. Z. S., 1876, p. 13. London, 1876.

List of Birds, chiefly Visitors from North America, seen and killed
in the Bahamas in July, August, October, November, and De-
cember, 1S76, by N. B. Moore, Pr. Post. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX
p. 241 (1877). Boston, 1877

Notes of a few Birds observed at New Providence, Bahama Islands
not included in Dr. Bryant's List of 1859, by L. J. K. Brace
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX, p. 240 (1877). Boston, 1877

Catalogue of a Collection of Birds obtained in Guadeloupe for the
Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, by Geo. N.
Lawrence. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, p. 449 (1878).

Washington, 1878.

Descriptions of new Species of Birds from the Island of Dominica,
by Geo. N. Lawrence. Ann. N, Y. Acad. Sci., I, p. 46 (1878).

New York, 1878.

Catalogue of the Birds of Dominica, from Collections made for the
Smithsonian Institution by Frederick A. Ober, together with
his notes and observations, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Pr. U. S.
Nat. Mus., I, p. 48 (1878). Washington, 1878.

Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a Collection made by Mr.

lO Works and Papers relating to West Indian Ornithclogy.

Fred. A. Ober for tlie Smithsonian Institution, including
others seen by him but not obtained, by Geo. N. Lawrence.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, p. 265 (1878). Washington, 1878.

Catalogue of the Birds collected in Martinique by Mr. F. A. Ober
for the Smithsonian Institution, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Pr.
U. S. Nat. Mus., I, p. 349. Washington, 1878.

Descriptions of seven new Species of Birds from the Island of St.
Vincent, West Indies, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Ann. N. Y. Acad.
Sci., I, p. 146 (1878). Ne%^i York, 1878.

Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent, from Collections made by
Mr. Fred. A. Ober, under the directions of the Smithsonian
Institution, with his notes thereon, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Pr.
U. S. Nat. Mus., I, p. 185 (1878). Washington, 1878.

Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections
made for the Smithsonian Institution by F. A. Ober, with his
observations, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Pr, U. S. Nat. Mus., I,
p. 232 (1878). Washington, 1878.

Apuntes para la Fauna Puerto Riquena, por Don Juan Gundlach.
Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat, VII, p. 135 (1878). Habana, 187S.
Briefliches uber eine neue Dysporus-Art auf Cuba, von Dr. Jean
Gundlach. J. f. O., 1878, p. 298. l^cipzig, 1878.

Neue Beitrage zur Ornithologie der Insel Portorico, mitgetheilt von
Dr. Jean Gundlach. J. f. O., 1878, p. 157. Leipzig, 1878.

Observations on some Birds seen near Nassau, New Providence, in
the Bahama Islands, by N. B. Moore, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist., XIX, p. 243 (1877). Boston, 1878.

Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Families Trochilidae
and Tetraonidae, by Geo. N. Lawrence (New Providence).
Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, p. 50 (1879). New York, 1879.

Descriptions of supposed new Species of Birds from the Islands of
Grenada and Dominica, West Indies, by Geo. N. Lawrence.
Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, p. 160 (1879). New York, 1879,

Exhibition of and Remarks upon a small Collection of Birds from
the Island of Montserrat, by P. L. Sclater. P. Z. S., 1879,
p, 764. London, 1879.

Notes upon some West Indian Birds, by P. L. Sclater. Ibis, 1S80,
p_ yi^ L.ondon, iSSo.

Description of a new Species of Icterus from the West Indies, by
Geo. N. Lawrence. Pr, U. S. Nat. Mus., HI, p. 351 (1880).

Washington, 1880.

Works and Papers relating to IVest Indian Ornithology, I I

Description of a new Species of Bird of the Family Turdid^,

from the Island of Dominica, West Indies, by Geo. N.

Lawrence. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, p. i6 (1880).

Washington, 1880.
Description of a new Species of Parrot, of the Genus Chrysotis,

from the Island of Dominica, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Pr. U. S.

Nat. Mus., Ill, p. 254 (1880). Washington, 1880.

List of the Birds of the Island of Santa Lucia, West Indies, by

J. A. Allen. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 163 (1880).

Cambridge, 1880.
Field Notes on the Birds of St. Vincent, West Indies, by C. E.

Lister. Ibis, 1880, p. 381. Lotidon, 1880.

The Birds of the Bahama Islands, by C. B. Cory. Boston, 1880.
Descriptions of four new Species of Haitien Birds, by C. B. Cory.

Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 129 (1881). Cambridge, 1881.
A list of the Birds of Haiti, taken in different parts of the island,

between Jan. i and March 12, 188 1, by C. B. Cory. Bull.

Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881). Cambridge, 188 1.

Description of a new Owl from Porto Rico, by Robert Ridgway.

Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, p. 366 (1881). Washington, 188 r.

Remarks on a Skin of a Chrysotis from Santa Lucia, by P. L.

Sclater. P. Z. S., 1881, p. 627. London, 1881.

Description of a new Sub-Species of Loxigilla from the Island of

St. Christopher, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.,

IV, p. 204 (188 1 ). Washington, 1881.

Handbook of Jamaica, by A. and E. Newton. Kingston, 1881.

Nachtrage zur Ornithologie Cuba's, von Dr. Jean Gundlach. J.

f. O., 1881, p. 400. Leipzig, 188 1.

Nachtrage zur Ornithologie Portoricos, von D. Jean Gundlach.

J. f. O., 188 1, p. 401. Leipzig, 1 88 1.

Briefliches zur Fortplanzungsgeschichte des Chlorospingus specu-

liferus. von Dr. Jean Gundlach. J. f. O.. 1882, p. 161 (Cuba).

Leipzig, 1882.
Synopsis of the West Indian Myiadestes, by Leonhard Stejneger.

Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 15 (1882). Washington, 1882.

On the Birds of Montserrat, by T. Grisclale. Ibis, 1882, p. 485.

Londoti, 1882.
Description of a new Warbler from the Island of Santa Lucia, by

Robert Ridgway. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 525 (1882).

Washington, 1882.

I 2 Wori's and Papers rdating lo IVi'st Indian Ornithology .

Descriptions of three new Species of Birds from San Domingo, by

C. B. Cory. Journ. Boston Zoological Society, II, p. 45 1 (1883) .

Boston, 1883.
Notes upon some rare Species of Neotropical Birds, by Robert

Ridgway. Ibis, 1883, p. 399. London^ 1883.

Characters of a new Species of Pigeon, of the Genus Engyptila,

from the Island of Grenada, by Geo. N. Lawrence. Auk, I,

p. 180 (1884). Boston, 1884.

Descriptions of several new Birds from San Domingo, by C. B.

Cory. Auk, I, p- i (1884). Boston, 1884.

On a Collection of San Domingo Birds, by H. B. Tristram. Ibis,

1884, p. 167. London, 1884.

A List of the Birds of the West Indies, by C. B. Cory.

Boston, 1885.
On a Collection of Birds made by Messrs. J. E. Benedict and W.

Nye, of the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross,

by Robert Ridgway (St. Thomas). Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII,

p. 172 (1884). Washington, 1885.

Description of a new Species of Coot from the W. Indies, by

Robert Ridgway (Guadeloupe and St. John's). Pr. U. S.

Nat. Mus., VII, p. 358 (1884). Washington, 1885.

Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Family Columbidie, by

Geo. N. Lawrence (Grenada). Auk, II, p. 357 (1885).

Boston, 1885.
The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo, by C. B. Cory.

Boston, 1885.
Helinaia Swainsoni in Jamaica, by C. H. Merriam. Auk, IF,

p. 377 (1S85). M'w York, 1885.

A List of the Birds of the West Indies, by C. B. Cory. (Revised

edition.) Boston, 1886.

Description of four new Species of Birds from the Bahama Islands,

by. R. Ridgway. Auk, III, p. 334 (18S6). A^ew York, 1886.
Description of a new Genus of Tyrannidoi from San Domingo, by

R. Ridgway. Auk, III, p. 382 (1886). New York, 1886.

The Birds of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands, the

Greater and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of

Tobago and Trinidad, by C. B. Cory. Auk, III, pp. i, 187,

337, 454 (1886). New York, 1886.

Descriptions of new Species of Birds from the West Indies, by C.

B. Cory. Auk, III, p. 381 (1886). New York, 1886.

JVorh and Papers ri-laling to West Indian Ornithology. I -J

On a Collection of Birds from several little-known Islands of the
West Indies, by C. B. Cory. Ibis, 1886, p. 471.

London^ 1886.

List of a few Species of Birds new to the fauna of Guadeloupe, with
a Description of a new Species of Ceryle, by G. N. Lawrence.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, p. 621 (1885). Washington, 1886.

A List of the Birds of Grenada, by J. G. Wells. Grenada, i886-

List of the Birds of Grenada, by J. G. Wells and G. N. Lawrence.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, p. 609 (1886). Washington, 1886.

Descriptions of thirteen new Species of Birds from the Island of
Grand Cayman, West Indies, by C. B. Cory. Auk, III, p. 497
(1886). New York, 1886.

A List of the Birds collected in the Island of Grand Cayman, West
Indies, by W. B. Richardson, during the summer of 1886, by
C. B. Cory. Auk, III, p. 501 (1886). Neiv York, 1886.

Description of a new Species of Thrush from the Island of Grenada,
West Indies, by G. N. Lawrence. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., IV,
p. 23 (1887). New York, 1887.

A new Vireo from Grand Cayman, W. I., by C. B. Cory. Auk, IV,
p- 6, 1887. New York, 1887.

The Birds of the W. I., including the Bahama Islands, the Greater
and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of Tobago and
Trinidad, by C. B. Cory. Auk, IV, pp. 37, 108, 223, and 311
(1887). New York, 1887.

Description of a new Species of Rhamphocinclus from Santa Lucia,
by C. B. Cory. Auk, IV, p. 94, 1887. New York, 1887.

List of the Birds collected by W. B. Richardson in Martinique,
W. I., by C. B. Cory. Auk, IV, p. 95, 1887.

Neiv York, 1887.

Five new Species of Birds from the Bahamas, by C. J. Maynard.
The American Exchange and Mart and Household Journal,
Vol. Ill, No. 6, p. 69, Feb. 5, Boston and New York, 1887.

Description of a supposed new form of Margarops from Dominica,
by C. B. Cory. Auk, V, p. 47 (1888). New York, 1888.

An apparently new Elainea from Barbadoes, by C, B. Cory. Auk,
V, p. 47 (1888). New York, 1888.

The Birds of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands, the
Greater and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of
Tobago and Trinidad, by C. B. Cory. Auk, V, pp. 48, 155
(1888, January and April). Nezo York, 1888.

J A. Wo?-/cs and Papers rclafiii:^ to ]Vest Indian Ornithology.

Description of supposed new Birds froin Lower California, Sonora,
and Chiliuahua, Mexico, and the Bahamas, by William Brew
ster. Auk, V, p. 82 (1888). New York, 1888

Description of a new Myiarchus from the West Indies (St. Kitts)
by C. B. Cor)^ Auk, V, p. 266 (1888), New York, 1888

The Jocanidae, by D. G. Elliot. Auk, p. 288 (1888).

Nnv York, 1888.

Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made by Mr. Chas. H. Towns-
end, on Islands in the Caribbean Sea and in Honduras (Grand
Cayman), by Robert Ridgway. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 572
(1887). Washington, 1888.

The European Lapwing in the Island of Barbados, by H. W.
Feilden, Zoologist, p. 301 (1888, August). London^ 1888.

Richardson's Skua in the Island of Barbados, by H. W. Feilden,
Zoologist, p. 350 (1888, September). London, 1888.

THE BIRDS

OF

THE WEST INDIES.

Family TURDID^.

Genus Turdus Linn.
Turdiis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 291 (^i'j66).

Turdus mustelinus Gmel.

Turdus musielimis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 817 (1788). — D'Orb. in La
Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 49 (1840). — GossE, Bds. Jam. p.
144 (1847) (Jamaica)? — Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 469 (Cuba);
i/>. 1872, p. 405 (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201
(Jamaica). — Coues, Bds. Colo. Vail. p. 28 (1878). — Seebohm,
Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 196 (1881). — Cory, List Eds. W. I.
p. 5 (1885).

This species is occasionally found in Cuba, and has been
recorded from Jamaica, but its occurrence in the latter island
is questioned.

1 6 C'ouY oil the Birds of tJic West Indies.

Turdus fuscescens Steph.

Turdus fuscescens Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zdol. Bds. 1817, p. 182. — Gundl.

J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p 288

(1S65) (Cuba).— Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 203 (1881).

—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885).
Turdus minor Less. D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 47

(iS-jo).

Common in Cuba,

Turdus swainsoni Caban.

Turdus szuainsoni Cab. Tschudi's Fauna Peruana, 1S44; ib. J. f. O.
1857, p. 241 (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p.
307 (i860). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; ib. 1872, p. 405
(Cuba).— Coues, Bds. Colo. Vail. p. 34 (187S).— Cory, List Bds.
W. L p. 5 (18S5).

Accidental in Cuba.

Turdus aliciae Baird.

Turdus alicice Bd. Cass. & Lawr. Bds. N. Am. p. 217 (1858). —
Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 229 (1S65). — Bd. Bwr.
& RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. ir (1874). — Seebohm, Cat. Bds.
Brit. Mus. V, p. 202 (1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p.

17 (1SS5) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 51 (1SS5).

Cuba and San Domingo ; not common.

Genus Merula Leach.

Morula Leach, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 20 (1S16).

Merula jamaicensis (Gmel,).

Turdus jamaicensis Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 809 (1788). — Bp. Consp. I,
p. 271 (1850). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 3^7; ^^' 1861, P-70. — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1862, p. 191.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863,
p. 292. — Gray, Handl. Bds. L p- 257 (1869). — Scl. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. i (1S73). — Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V,
p. 208 (1881). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (18S1).

Merula jamaicensis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 142 (1847).— Denny, P- 2. S.
(1S47), p. 38.— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 5 (1SS5).

Turdus capucinus "Hartl," fide Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850).

Turdus leucophthalmus "Hill," fide Bp. Consp. L P- 271 (1850).

Turdus lereboulleti Up. Compt. Rend. XXXVHI, p. 3 (1854).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

17

Sp. Char. Male. — Chin, and a band on the lower part of the throat showing
white; the rest of entire head and throat reddish brown;
back brown, with a faint tinge of olive, becoming grayish on the
rump; underparts grayish brown, becoming dull Avhite on the
abdomen; wings and tail dark brown.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.50; tarsus, 1.25; bill, .70.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Merula migratoria (Linn.).

Tardus migratorius Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 292 (1766). — -Bd. Bwr. &
RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 25 (1S74). — Skebohm, Cat. Bds.
Brit. Mus. V, p. 220 (1881).

Platiesticus migratorius Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 405.

Merula migratoria CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5).

Accidental in Cuba.

Merula aurantia (Gmel.).

Turdus aurantius Gmki.. Syst. Nat. I, p. S32 (17S8). — Bp. Consp. I, p.

275 (1S50).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70; i^. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 6

(1S62). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 192. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat.

Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 292.
Turdus leucogcnus ILxTH. Ind. Orn, I, p. 341 (1790). — Vieill. Nouv. Diet.

XX, p. 254 (iSiS).
Merula saltator "HiLL. Comp. Jam. Aim. 1S42." — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p.

140(1847).
Merula Icucogenys GosSE, Bds. Jam. p. 136 (1847).
Cat/iarus aurantius Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 3 (1854).
Semitnerula aurantia Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 84 (1S64). — A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881).
Mimocichla aurantia ScL. «& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).
Morula aurantia Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 247 (1881). — Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885).

Sp. Char, il/rt/fc'.- — Top of head dark brown; chin white; abdomen dull
white ; the rest of plumage slaty brown ; wings and tail dark brown ;
two of the greater wing-coverts next to the inner secondaries
broadly edged with white, giving a noticeable white marking to
the wing.

Female: — Appears to be similar to the male, but is perhaps
somewhat paler. Some specimens do not seem to difler at all in
coloration.

Length (skin), 9.50; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, i.So; bill, .85.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Merula gymnophthalma (Cabax.).

Turdus gymnopJithal-
mus Cab. Schonib.
Reis. Guian. Ill, p.
665 (1S48). — Gray,
Handl. Bds. I, p. 257
(1S69). — ScL. & Salv.
Nom. Avium Neotr. p.
I (1S73). — Seebohm,
Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.
V, p. 212 (1881).

Turdus gyinnopsis "Temm." fide Bp. Consp. I, p. 272 (1S50).

Turdus nudigenis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 4. — Leot. Ois. Trinid. p.
20 (1S66).

Turdus caribbceus Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 160 (1S78) ; ib. Pr.
U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).

Turdus gymuogenys ScL. & Salv. Ibis, 1879, P- 357-

Merula gymnophthalma CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above dull olive brown; underparts pale brown;
throat pale, mottled with dull brown; belly pale, showing markings
of dull white on the crissum ; under wing-coverts pale rufous.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.75; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.15.
Habitat. Grenada, Trinidad, and Tobago.
Specimens taken in Grenada vary slightly in size and colora-
tion fi'om South American examples, but are appai'ently the same.

Merula nigrirostris (Lawr.).

Turdus nigrirostris Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 147 (1878). —
Lister, Ibis, iSSo, p. 39. — Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p.
218 (1881).

Merula nigrirostris Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5).

"Female : — Front, crown, and occiput dark warm brown, each feather of
the crown and occiput with a shaft-stripe of dull pale rufous; upper
plumage reddish olivaceous brown, deeper in color on the upper
part of the back and on the wing-coverts; the latter have their
ends marked with small spots of bright rufous, which possibly may
be an evidence of the example not being fully mature ; the tail is of
a dark warm brown, the shafts black; inner webs of quills blackish
brown; the outer webs reddish brown, of the same color as the tail-
feathers; the shafts are glossy black; under lining of wings clear
cinnamon red ; under plumage light brownish ash, with the middle
of the abdomen and the crissum white; on the upper part of the
breast a few feathers end with dark reddish brown, forming an irreg-

Cory 07t the Birds of the West Indies. j q

ular narrow band; the throat unfortunately is soiled with blood,
but as well as I can judge, it has stripes colored like the breast, and
the feathers edged with whitish; the thighs are dull rufous; the bill
is large and strong, the upper mandible is black, the under also, but
showing a brownish tinge ; tarsi and toes dark brown."
The sexes are similar.

"Length (fresh), 9^ in.; wing, 4^ ; tail, 3^ ; tarsus, i^; bill from
front, \." (Lawr. orig. descr.)
Habitat. St. Vincent.

This species is allied to M. yiunigatus, but Is perfectly dis-
tinct. It has thus far only been taken in the island of St.
Vincent.

Genus Mimocichla Scl.

Mimocichla Sclater, P. Z. S. 1S59, P- 2>Z^'

Mimocichla rubripes (Temm.).

Turdus rubripes Temm. PI. Col. II, p. 409 (1826). — Vig. Zool. Journ. Ill,
p. 439 (1S27). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 46
(1840). — GuNDL. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 31S (1852).

Mimus rubripes Bp. Consp. I, p. 276 (1S50).

Galeoscoptes rubripes Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1S50). — Brewer, Pr.
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).

Mimocichla rubripes Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 6 (1862). — Baird, Rev. Am.
Bds. p. 38 (1864).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1S69).— Gundl.
J. f. O. 1872, p. 406. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2
(1S73).— Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 283 (1881).— Cory,
List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male : — Upper plumage dark slaty gray ; feathers on the head
darker in the centre ; lores and ear-coverts very dark brown ; chin
and lower sides of the cheeks white ; throat black, the lower portion
having the feathers margined with gray ; breast and upper part of the
belly and sides slate gray ; lower part of the belly and thighs chestnut;
under tail-coverts white ; quills, secondaries, and wing-coverts black,
edged with slate color; tail brownish black, the four outer feathers
on each side tipped with white, some of the feathers showing gray
at the base of the outer webs ; bill brownish black.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 4.40; tail, 4.20; tarsus, 1.45; bill, .90.

Habitat. Cuba.

Mimocichla schistacea Baird.

Mimocichla schistacea Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 37 (1S64). — Gray,
Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 407. — Cory,
List Bds. \V. I. p. 5 (1885).

20 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. — General appearance of M. riibripes, but lacking the reddish
on the belly, which is replaced by white; the crissum is also white;
Dill heavier than in rubripes ; otherwise the two forms are alike.
Length, 10.50; wing, 5; tail, 5.10; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 1.20.
Habitat. Eastern part of Cuba.

Dr. Gundlach (J. f. O., 1. c.) considers this a good species,
and says the eggs are smaller and more finely spotted than those
of J/, rubripes. Seebohm (Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 283),
gives J/1 schlstacea as a synonym of ]Sf. rtibripes^ but gives no
reasons for so doing. Although it would be strange if two species
of Mimocichla should be found to inhabit Cuba, yet, with our
present knowledge of the two forms, M. schlstacea must be
considered distinct.

Mimocichla plumbea (Linn.).

Turdus pltimheus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 294 (1766). — Vxeill. Ois. Am.

Sept. TI, p. 2, pi. 58.
Tardus ardosiaceus Vieill. Ency. Mdth. p. 646 (1S23).
Galeoscoptes plumbea Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1S50). — Salle, P. Z. S.

1857, P 231.— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S59, p. 337.
Mimocichla pluvibeus Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 36 (1864). — Sol. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 45, pi.

II (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5).
Turdus (^Mimokitta) plumbeus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.

68 (1866).
Mimocitta pliiinbeaT^^vfTO-!>i, Ibis, 1866, p. 121.
Mimohitta plumbeus Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1S69).
Mimocichla bryanti Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 280(1881).

Sp. Char, Male: — General plumage plumbeous; chin and small
patch at base of lower mandible white; throat black; primaries
and secondaries dark brown, except the first two, edged with
slaty grey; tail very dark brown, almost black; the terminal third
of the inner webs of the first two, and tips of first four feathers
white ; crissum plumbeous ; legs and ej'elids vermilion red ; iris red-
dish brown.

Female : — Similar to the male, butappears to be slightly smaller.
Cannot be distinguished otherwise than by dissection.
Length, 10.25 5 '^^ing, 5 ; tail, 5; tarsus, i ; bill, 90.
Habitat. Bahama Islands. Common at New Providence,
Andros, and Abbacco.

Mimocichla ardesiaca (Vieill.).

Turdus plumbeus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 294 (1866). — Vieill. Ois. Am.
Sept. II, p. 2 (1S07) ; ib. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. XX, p. 242
(181S).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

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Tardus ardosiaceiis Vieill. Eticy Meth. p. 646 (1S23). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 92 (1S66) ; ib. X, p. 25 (1866).
Mimus flumbeus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 221 (1844). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 276

(iS,-o).
Galeoscoptes plu7nbcus Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1S50). — Salle, P. Z. S.

1S57, p. 231.
Mimocichla ardosiaca Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 39 (1S64). — Gundl. J. f. O.

187S, p. 165; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VH, p. 171 (1S7S).
Turdus ardosiaceiis var. J>otoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

XI, p. 93 (1S66).
Mimokitta ardosiacea Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. J63 (1S69).
Mimohitta ardosiaceay^r. porter icensisGB.\Y, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1S69).
Mimocichla ardesiaca ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). —

Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 282 (iSSi).— Cory, Bull. Nutt.

Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 18

(1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885).— Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, P- 168.

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage plumbeous; a patch of black extend-
ing from below and in front of the eje to the base of the upper
mandible; throat white, streaked heavily with black; top of head
somewhat dotted with brown ; underparts pale plumbeous, becoming
white on the abdomen and crissum ; primaries dark brown, the outer
•webs edged with plumbeous gray ; same marking, but much broader,
edging the secondaries ; tail dark brown, the outer feathers broadly
tipped with white, the white becoming less and less to the fourth,
which is only narrowly touched ; but the tail-marking varies in dif-
ferent specimens and seasons; bill, eyelids, and legs vermilion
orange; iris reddish brown.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 10; wing, 5.20; tail, 4.70; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .75.
Habitat. San Domingo and Porto Rico.

Genus Cichlherminia Bonaparte.

Cichlhcrminia Bp. Comptes Rendus, XXXVIII, p. 2 (1854).

Cichlherminia herminieri (Lafr.).

Turdns herminieri L,\FR. Rev. Zool. 1844, P- i'^7- — Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p.

219 (1844).
Cichlherminia herminieri Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (1S54). —

Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 327 (1S81).— Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 5 (18S5). ^
Cichlherminia bonapartii ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 335.
Cichlherminia rherminierii Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1869).
Margarops herminieri ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73). —

Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 52 (1878).— Scl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 72.

Sp. Char. il/rt/<? .• — Above brown; intermediate between C.dominicensis
and C. sanctiV-lucia; ; the feathers on the crown showing faintdusky

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Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

margins; ear-coverts brown, showing pale shaft-lines; throat ru-
fous brown, palest on the upper portion, the centre of the feathers
showing dull white; rest of underparts having the feathers white,
edged with brown, giving the feathers a clean-cut, pointed appear-
ance, tlie white portion somewhat resembling a broad arrow Iiead;
quills and tail brown ; upper surface of tail-feathers showing a rufous
tinge; under mandible and tarsus pale.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skinj, 9.40; wing, 5.25; tail, 3.50; tarsus, 1.70; bill, i.
Habitat. Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Cichlherminia sanctae-luciae (Scl.).

Margurofs kerminieri Scl. P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 26S. — Scl. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).
Ma rgar ops saiict(B-lucice Sci.. Ibis, iSSo, p. 73. — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn.

Club, V, p. 165 (18S0).
Margarops herminieri 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, the
color paler than in C. hcnninieri ; throat dull white, showing
brown 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 tail
ashj brown ; under tail-coverts showing reddish brown at the base ;
under mandible and tarsus dull yellow.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 5.10; tail, 3.70; tarsus, 1.55; bill, .90.
Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Cichlherminia dominicensis (Lawr.).

Margarops hermi'n-
ieri Lawr. Pr. U.
S. Nat. Mus. I, p.

S3 (187S).

Margarops domini-
censis Lawr. Pr. U.
S. Nat. Mus. Ill, p.
16, (1S80).

Cichlhennin i a d o-
minicensis Sharpe,
Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.
VI, p. 328 (i88i).
— Cory, List Bds.
W. 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 is
darker and has the edges of the feathers of a lighter shade ; tail and
quill-feathers of a darker brown than the back; axillars and under
wing-coverts white; the lores are blackish brown; the feathers
back of the eyes and the ear-coverts have narrow shaft-streaks of pale
rufous; the feathers of the neck and upper part of the breast are of
a warm dark brown, those of the chin and middle of the throat with
Hghtrufous centres, thoseof the lower part of the neckand the upper
part of the breast have also light rufous centres, but in addition each
feather has a light terminal spot; on the lower part of the breast and
on the sides the feathers have white centres, bordered strikingly
■with brown ; the markings of the breast-feathers are squamiform in
shape, those of the sides lanceolate; the abdomen is white, a few
feathers on the upper part are very narrowly margined with brown ;
under tail-coverts brown, terminating with white; outer feathers
of thighs brown, the inner whitish; 'iris tea-color'; there is a naked
space around the eye ; bill yellow- with the basal half of the upper
mandible dusky ; tarsi and toes pale yellow."
The sexes are similar.

"Length (fresh), 9 inches; wing, 5; tail, 34 ; tarsus, i| ; bill
from front, 15-16, from gape i|." (Lawr. orig. descr.)
Habitat. Dominica.

Genus Sialia Swains.

Sialia Swainson, Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 173 (1827).
Sialia sialis (Linn.).

Motacilla sialis LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 1S7 (1758) ; ih. I, p. 336 (1766).

Sialia sialis Gundl. J. f. O. 1S61, p. 324; ib. 1862, p. 177; ib. 1S72, p.
409; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 230 (1S65) (Cuba). —
Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 62 (1864). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5
C1S85).
Cuba ; no other West Indian record.

Genus Myiadestes Swains.
Myiadestes Swainson, Nat. Libr. Ornith. p. 132 (183S).

Myiadestes sibilans Lawr,

Myadesies sibilans Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 148 (187S) ; ib. Pr.

U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 188 (1878).— Lister, Ibis, iSSo, p. 39.— Cory.

List Bds. W. I. p. 5 C1885).
Myiadectes sibilans Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 371 (i8Sl).
Myadcstcs sibilans Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 1 7 (l382).

24 Cory 07t the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char.. — Tail shorter than wing; upper surface very dark-brown,
ahnost black; a tinge of olive brown on the lower back and rump;
chin and portion of malar stripe loining base of lower mandible
white, the rest the color of throat; Shafts of ear-coverts showing
delicate lines of white; the lower eyelid is also white ; throat bright
rufous, tinged with orange, separated from the malar stripe by a
narrow black line ; breast and upper abdomen ashy gray, some of
the feathers often tijjped with orange rufous; rest of underparts
like the throat; wings black; a white patch at base of inner webs
of first six primaries reaching and extending to the base of outer
web on the seventh, eighth, and ninth; central tail-feathers black,
becoming grayish at base; outer tail-feather showing a wedge-
shaped white mark on inner web, nearly reaching the base, which
is brownish black; outer web showing brownish black on terminal
half, next feather marked like outer feather, but having much less
white, third narrowly tipped with white, rest black except the two
central feathers, as above described; bill black; legs pale yellow;
"iris hazel." Some specimens seem to ack the white spot at tip of
of third outer tail feather.

Length about 7.20; wing, 3.30; tail, 2.75: tarsus, .95.
Habitat. St. Vincent.

Myiadestes genibarbis Swains.

Myiadestes genibarhis Swains. Nat. Libr XIII, p 134(1838). — Baird,
Rev. Am. Bds. p. 4-3 (1S64).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1S69).
— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 352 {1S7S).— Cory, List Bds. \V.
L p. 5(1885).

Myiadectcs geitibarbis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 370 (^1881).

Myadcstcs gettibarbis Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 18 (1882).

"Upper surface pure slaty-plumbeous, forehead slightly washed with
olivaceous ; lores black; also a stripe below the white patch on the under
eyelid, assuming the color of the back on the ear-coverts, each feather of
which and the above-mentioned stripe having a narrow well-defined white
central streak behind, very faintly washed with brownish. From the
base of lower mandible a well-defined malar stripe runs backwards,
the anterior third of which is white, while the lower two-thirds have the
color of the throat, from which the malar stripe is separated by a narrow,
but distinct, black stripe, reaching close to the lower edge of the mandi-
ble. Throat and chin chestnut rufous, the white bases of the feathers on
the latter showing somewhat through. Breast and upper sides of abdo-
men lighter than the back, almost clear ash-gray, becoming gradually
lighter towards the abdomen; remaining underparts of the same color as
the throat, only somewhat paler, and assuming a faint olivaceous shade
on the upper abdomen ; tibia like the back, a few feathers being tipped
with rufous. Wings blackish, with pale edges on the primaries and two
ash-gray bars across the secondaries, leaving between them a deep black

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2K

patch; wing-coverts, except the primary coverts, broadly edged with gray
like the back; innermost secondaries almost entirely so; inner web of
the quills white at the base, forming a broad bar on the under surface of
the wing; edge of wing grayish white. Middle tail-feathers uniform
slate-gray; the following pairs black, the outermost with a wedge-shape
white spot on the inner web at the end, making on the innermost only
one-fifth of the length of the quill, on the middle one about one-half, and
on the outermost about two-thirds, the outer webs being light slate-gray
for the same extent from the tip. Bill black, legs pale brownish yellow.
The female seems to differ from the male in having the gray color of the
breast less pure, this part being somewhat suffused with rufous-olive."
(Ctejn. 1. c.)
Length, 7.30; wing, 3.40; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .82.
Habitat. Martinique.

Myiadestes sanctae-luciae Stejn.

Myiadcstes genibarbis ScL. P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 269. — Semper, P. Z. S. 1S72.
p. 649. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 4 (1S73'). — Allen,
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.

5 (1S85).
Myadestes saticta-htcice Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 20 (1882). — Cory, Auk,
p. II, 1886; ib. Ibis, p. 475 (1886).

"Whole upper parts slaty plnmbeous with a conspicuous olivaceous
wash, becoming more intense on the lower back, but lacking on the rump
and upper tail-coverts. The pattern of the head that of AI. genibarbis,
except that the black stripe below the eye extends further back on the
auriculars, and that the white part of the malar stripe occupies the forward
half Chin pure white, this color abruptly defined against the throat,
which is rufous chestnut. The remaining underparts like those of the
Martinque bird, except that the gray of the breast extends more back on
the abdomen. Wings and tail also have the same general appearance as
in the above-mentioned-species ; on the wing, however, the black specu-
lum of the secondaries is more reduced, the adjacent gray cross-bands
being broader, and on the tail the white is more extended, especially on
the outer pair, in which the middle third of the outer web is white;
besides, the outer webs of the three outermost rectrices are broadly tipped
with white, and the following two pairs have also very distinct white tips.
Bill black, feet pale yellow. In none of the seven specimens before me
is the sex indicated ; but as they show no differences the specimen describ-
ed above, I presume there is no difference between the male and female."
(Stejn. orig. descr.)

Length. 7.25; wing, 3.45; tail, 3.30; tarsus, .86.

Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Myiadestes dominicanus Stejn.

Myiadcstes genibarbis Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, ^ 53 (1S7S). — Cory,
List Bds. W. L p. 5 C1SS5).

26 Cory on ike Birds of the West Indies.

Myadestes dominicanus Stejx. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. p. 22 (1882).

"Above slaty plumbeous, Avith a very faint tinge of olivaceous on head
and back; lores and a narrow stripe above the eyes conspicuously suf-
fused with olivaceous; almost the whole malar stripe whitish, the feathers
the lower end tipped with chestnut; chin white, throat pure chestnut:
breast, flanks, and abdomen, except the lower middle part of the latter,
ash-gray, duller on the breast, more whitish on the abdomen, and very
faintly washed with olivaceous, especially on the flanks, where :Tiore
tinged with rufous ; lower middle of abdomen, crissum, and under tail-
coverts chestnut-rufous ; wings and tail as in M. sanctce-lucee, the light
basal spot on the outer web of the innermost primaries being very con-
spicuous and well defined ; the black speculum on the secondaries larger
and the amount of white on the outer tail feathers rather less than in that
bird : bill black, feet pale yellow. The female differs only in having a
stronger wash of olive on the back." (Stejn. orig. descr. 1. c.)

Length, 7.20; wing, 3.40; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .85.

Habitat. Dominica.

Myiadestes montanus Cory.

Myiadesics fnontanus Cov.Yy'QnW.'^'att. Orn. Club, VI, pp. 130, 151 ("iSSi);

ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 52 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p.

5 (1SS5).
Myiadectes montanus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 370 (iSSi).
Myadestes mojitanus Stejn. Pr. U. S. Mus. V, p. 23 (1882).

Sp. Char. Female: — Upper parts and two central tail-feathers slaty gray;
primaries and secondaries brownish black, showing white near the
base of the inner webs; outer webs of primaries and terminal por-
tion of the outer webs of secondaries edged with gray; no white
spot on the chin ; a spot of chestnut at the malar apex; lower eye-
lid whitish ; throat, crissum, and belly, near the vent, reddish
brown, intermediate between that of il/. solitarius and M. sibilans,
but approaching nearer the color of the former; rest of underparts
pale gray; outer tail-feather white, with black shafts, showing a
dark tinge near the extremity of the outer web ; second feather black,
with the central portion of the terminal half white, the black nar-
rowing to the extremity, leaving the tip white; third feather show-
ing a triangular patch of white at the tip; rest of tail-feathers,
except the two central ones, black ; bill black ; legs and feet pale ;
iris brown.
Length, 7 ; wing, 3.35 ; tail, 3. 38 ; tarsus, 1 ; bill, .38.
Habitat. Haiti. Inhabits the mountains. The type, in my
collection, is unique, although the bird is probably not uncom-
mon in some of the mountains in the interior.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2 7

Myiadestes solitarius Baird.

Ptilogonys armillatus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 2S1 (1844). — Gosse, Bds.

Jam. p. 19S (1847).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 73.— Albrecht, J. f. O.

,1863, p. 196.
il/jv'rtt/e^/es a;'OTi7/rt/'«5 Bp. Consp. I, p. 335 (1S50). — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds.

p. 47 (1862).
Myiadestes solitarius Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 421 (1864). — Gray, Handl.

Bds. I, p. 366 (1S69). — ScL. «& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 4

(1S73).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885).
Myiadectes solitarius Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 369 (iSSi). — A.

«& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (18S1).
Myadestes solitarius Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 24 (1S82).
Myiadestes armillatus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294.

Sp. Char. — Upper surface slaty -plumbeous ; faint tinge of olivaceous on
the forehead; cheeks dull black; lower eyelid and a small spot at
the malar apex and extremity of chin white, rest of throat chestnut;
underparts slaty-plumbeous, becoming lighter on the belly and
crissum ; under tail-coverts chestnut; wings and tail as in other
species in character of marking.

Length, 7.45; wing, 3.6; tail, 3.6; tarsus, .80.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Myiadestes elizabeth (Lemb.).

Muscicafa elizabeth Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 39 (1850).

Myiadestes elizabeth Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 2. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc.

Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 425 (1S64).

—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1869).— Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, p.

42S; ib. Orn. Cuban Anales. 1873, p. 79. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.

5 (1S85).
Myiadestes elizabethce Newtox, Ibis, 1859, P- ^^o- — Albrecht, J. f. O.

1861, p. 209. — ScL. & Salv. Exot. Orn. 1867, p. 55, pi. 28; ib. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 4 (1S73).
Myiadectes elizabethce Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 372 (1881).
Myadestes elizabeth Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 26 (1882).

Sp. Char. — Upper surface pale brownish olive, ashy on the head and
rump; wings dull brown margined with pale ashy olive; tail brown
margined with olive brown; central feathers dull brown, outer
feathers tipped with white; throat and abdomen dull white; breast
and sides shading into ashy; a faint tinge of white at the base of the
forehead; lores and feathers at the eye showing pale buff; ear-
coverts dull olive brown, Avith narrow white shaft-lines; flanks
showing a tinge of olive brown ; axillaries ash colored, showing a
buff tinge ; under wing-coverts pale buff.

Length, 7.90; wing, 3.45; tail, 3.35; tarsus, .88.
Habitat. Cuba.

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Myiadestes armillatus (Vieill.).

Mnscicapa armillata Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. p. 69, pi. 42 (1S02) ; ib.

Nouv. Diet. XXL p. 44S (1S18).
Pfilogonvs armilldtiis Gr\y, Gen. Bds. I, p. 2S1 (1S44); ib. Ilandl. Bds.

I, p. 366(1869).
il/>'/rtrfc.f/e5 «r;w///«/'«5 Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 422 (1S64). — Scl. P. Z.

S. 1871, p. 270. — Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1878, p. 149. — Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1SS5).
Myiadectes armillatus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 370 (iSSi).
Myadestes armillatus Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 25 (1SS2).

If this bird is not one of the known species poorly described,
its true habitat yet remains to be discovered. Professor Baird
gives the following translation (1. c.) of Vieillot's original
description.

"Bill blackish; a white spot on the sides of the throat, and at its origin
(the chin) immediately below the lower mandible (the two continuous) ;
the eye surrounded \>y the same color. Head, back, rump, two interme-
diate tail-feathers, and the breast of a gravish-slate, paler below. Wing
and tail feathers blackish, bo-dered externally by gray, the three lateral
on each side of the tail mor'e or less white. Belly and hinder parts
brownish rufous; a beautiful yellow in form of a bracelet on the feathers
of lower part of leg; feet brown ; length 6 inches, 3 lines." (Vieill. 1. c.)

Vieillot gives the habitat as ''Martinique."

Family MIMID^.

Genus Margarops Sclater.
Margarops Sclater, P. Z. S. 1S59, P- 335-

Margarops fuscatus (Vieill.).

Turdus fuscatus Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. i (1807). — Bp. Consp. I,

p. 276 (1S50).
Colluricincla fusca Gould, P. Z. S. 1S36, p. 6.
Mimus fuscatus 'B-p. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (185^).
Cichlalopia fuscatus Bp. Rev. Zool. 1857, P- -04-
Margarops fuscatus ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- iy:>- — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds.

p. 42 (1864). — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1869). — Scl. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 310;

ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 172 (1878).— Cory, Bds. Bahama

I. p. 47 (18S0;) ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 22 (1SS5) ; ib.

List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885).
Cichlhcrminia fuscata A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, p. 141. — Sharpe, Cat.

Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 329 (1S81).
Mcriila fuscata Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S60, p. 376.

Cory on the Bird.-i of the West hidtes.

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Margarops fusca Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259(1869).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above brown, the feathers slightly edged with ash;
throat and breast brown, feathers heavily edged with white, giving
a mottled appearance which shows faintly on the belly and almost
disappears at the vent; primaries brown, pale edged; upper tail-
coverts tipped with white ; tail brown, tipped with white; bill yel-
lowish, with an olive tinge; upper mandible shading into brown at
the base; legs pale olive ; iris pale yellow.
The sexes are apparently similar.

Length, 10.25; wing, 5.20; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .76.
Habitat. Inagtia, Bahamas; Porto Rico, San Domingo.? St.
Thomas, St. Croix.

Margarops densirostris (Vieill.).

Turdns densirostris \\e.\\a.. Nouv. Diet. XX, p. 233 (1816). — Lafr. Rev.
Zool. 1844, P- 167. — Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850).

Cichlherminia dc7tsirostris Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (1S54).

Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 330 (1881).

Margarops densirostris ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- Zlfi- — Gray, Handl. Bds. I,

p. 259 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73).

Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 233 (187S).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S79, P-
765.— Allen, Bull. Nutt, Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (iSSo).— Cory, List
Bds. W. I. p. 6 C1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above dark brown, feathers edged with pale brown;
primaries dark brown, margined w-ith reddish brown; inner secon-
daries tipped with white; throat heavily marked with white on the
upper portion, shading into dark brown on the breast, the feathers
edged with white ; centre of the belly dull white ; sides mottled with
white and brown; under tail-coverts white, banded with brown;
tail dark brown, tipped with white; bill and legs horn color; iris
pale yellow.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 10-75; wing, 5.30; tail, 4.30; tarsus, i. 25; bill, i.io.
Habitat. Dominica, Martinique, Montserrat, Santa Lucia
and Guadeloupe.

Margarops montanus (Lafr.).

Turdns monta.ius Lafr. Rev. Zool.
1S44, p. 107.

Margarops montanus ScL. P. Z. S.
1859. P- 33C'; 'J>- 1S71, p. 26S.—
Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259
(1S69). — ScL. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73). —
Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I,
p. 52 (1878). — Lister, Ibis,

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Cory 021 the Birds of the West Indies.

iSSo, p. 39.— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (iS8o).—
Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1SS5).

Cichlheriiiinia jnontana Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 330 (1S81).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper plumage dark olive brown; throat and breast
brown, the feathers edged with white ; feathers of the lower breast
dull white, banded with pale brown, the whole giving a mottled
white and brown appearance to the underparts; wings and tail
dark brown ; the inner secondaries and some of the coverts tipped
with white; tail-feathers tipped with white ; bill and feet dark brown.
The female is somewhat lighter brown than the male on the under
surface.

Length (skin), 9.20; wing, 4.55; tail, 3.75; tarsus, i; bill, .65.

Habitat. Martinique, St. Vincent, Dominica, Santa Lucia,

Guadeloupe and Grenada.

Genus Ramphocinclus Lafr.

Ra7nj)hocinclHS Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, P- 66.

Ramphocinclus brachyurus (Vieill.).

Turdus hrachyurus\YK\\A.. Nouv. Diet. XX, p. 255 (iSiS). — Gray, Gen.

Bds. L P- 219 (1844).
Pterodroma mexicanus Less. Ann. Soc. Nat. 2d ser. IX, p. 168 (1S38).
Ramphocinclus brachyurus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 66. — Taylor, Ibis,

1864, p. 166. — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 41 (1864). — Gray, Handl.

Bds. I, p. 254 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).

— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).— Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 6 (1S85).
Formicarius brachyurus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 211 (1844).
Legriocinclus mcxicatius Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 278 (1847).
Camfylorhynchus brachyurus Gray, Gen. Bds. Ill, App. p. 7 (1849).
Zoothcra cinclops Bp. Consp. I, p. 253 (1850).
Cincloccrihia brachyurus ScL. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 214.
Rkamphocinclus brachyurus Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, P- 33^; — Sharpe, Cat.

Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 325 (1S81).

Cory o)i the Birds of the West Indies. •2 \

Sp. Char. Male- — Top of the head dark brown, rest of upper surface dark
brown, showing a tinge of chocolate brown on the back; lores and
below the eye black, shading into brown on the ear-coverts;
throat and breast pure white; belly white; sides of the body
chocolate brown; wings and tail dark brown: bill dark brown,
almost black; legs dark olive brown ; iris reddish brown.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.80; tarsus, 1.35; bill, i.
Habitat. Martinique.

Genus Cinclocerthia Gray.

Ciitclocerthia Gray, List Gen. Bds. p. 17 (1840).

Cinclocerthia ruficauda (Gould).

Stenorhytichus rujicaudits Gould, P. Z. S. 1S35, p. 1S6.

Cinclocerthia ruficauda Gray, List Gen. Bds. p. 17 (1840). — ScL. Cat.

Am. Bds. p. 7 (1S62).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).

— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 320 (18S1).— Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 6 (1885).
Ramphocinclus tremulus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1S43, p. 67. — ScL. P. Z. S.

1855, p. 213.
IIermi?iierus guadeloupettsis Less. Rev. Zool. 1843, P- 3-5-
Herminterus infaustus Less. t. c. p. 325.
Thriothorus rhertninieri Less. /. c. p. 326.
Formicarius tremulus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 211 (1844).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above ashy brown, shading into rufous brown on the
back and rump; lores and ear-coverts dark brown; a patch in front
of the eye brownish black; chin and throat very pale brown, be-
coming reddish brown on the belly; tail rufous brown ; quills dark
brown, edged with rufous brown.
The sexes are apparently similar.

Length (skin), 9.30; wing, 4; tail, 3.70; tarsus, i; bill, 1.30,
Habitat. Guadeloupe and Dominica.

Cinclocerthia macrorhyncha Scl.

Cinclocerthia macrorhyncha ScL. P. Z. S. 1S66, p. 320; ib. 1S71, p. 268.—
Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 2 (1873).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (18S0).
-Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 325 (1881).— Cory, List
Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above ashy; forehead dark brown;
feathers in front of the eye, including lores and car-coverts dark
brown; throat dull white, shading into ashy on the breast, and

3 2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

showing a tinge of rufous on the sides and under tail-coverts; the
rufousslightly perceptible on the abdomen, varying in diflerent spec-
imens; wings dull brown, the coverts ashy; tail brown, an olive
tinge on the upper surface; legs greenish ; iris dull yellow.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 9.30; wing, 4.20; tail, 3.20; tarsus, 1.20; bill, 1.35.
Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Cinclocerthia gutturalis (Lafr.).

Ramphociticlus gutturalis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, P- ^7- — ^^^- Consp. I, p.

223 (1850).
Formicarius gutturalis Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 211 (1S44).
Catnpylor/iynchus gutturalis'GRAY, Gen. Bds. Ill, App. p. 7 (1849).
Cinclocerthia gutturalis ScL. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 214. — Gray, Handl. Bds.

I, p. 263 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). —

Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. II, p. 351 (1879). — Sharps, Cat. Bds.

Brit. Mus. VI, p. 324 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper parts brown, darkest on the head; underparts
dull brownish white, the white showing clearest on the throat and
belly, but never entirely free from a grayish tinge; wings and tail
brown ; bill and feet dark brown ; iris gray.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 9.25; wing, 4.50; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25.

It is possible that at some secisons the under surface may be
differently colored, but in all the specimens before me, the under-
parts are marked with a dull mixture of brown and white.

Habitat. Martinique.

Genus Galeoscoptes Caban.

Galeoscoptes Cabanis, Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850).

Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.).

Muscicapa carolinensis LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 328 (1766).

Turdus carolinensis Light. — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois.
p. 51 (1840).— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324 (Cuba).

Galeoscoptes carolinensis Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850). — Gundl. Re-
pert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 230 (1865); ib. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 407
(Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885).

Mimus carolinensis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60)
(Cuba).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 51 (1S80).

Mimus {Galeoscoptes) carolinensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI,
p. 69 (1867).
Occasional in the Bahama Islands and Cuba.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies, 33

Genus Mimus Boie.
Minius Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 972.

Mimus polyglottus (Linn.).

Turdus polyglotfus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 293 (1766).

Orpheus polyglottus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Mat. Cuba, Ois. p. 53

(1840).
Mimus polyglottusBRKWviR, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 307 (i860).—

GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 230 (1865) (Cuba); ib.

J. f. O. 1872, p. 40S (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (18S5).

Cuban specimens of this bird are very rare. A specimen in
my collection is labelled, in the handwriting of Dr. Gundlach,
Mimi/s polyglottus cnbensis. It is apparently M. elegans^ al-
though somewhat larger, and may represent a new race. Perhaps
both species are represented there, as I have seen specimens of
polyglottus labelled "Cuba."

Mimus orpheus (Linn.).

Turdus orpheus Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 293 (1766). — Vieill. Ois. Am.
Sept. II, p. 12, pi. 68 (1807).— GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 144 (1S47).

Mimus orpheus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 221 (1844). — ^p. Consp. I, p. 276
(1850).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p, 290.— Baird,
Rev. Am. Bds. p. 50 (1864).— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr.
P- 3 (1873)-— A. «& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). —
Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 340 (i88i).— Cory, List Bds.
W.I. p. 6 (1885).

Mimus polyglottus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 144 (1847). — Albrecht, J. f. O.
1862, pp. 194, 201. — Hill, Pr. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 304.—
GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 173 (1878).

Mimus polyglottus var. portoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
XI, p. 68 (1866).

Mitnus polyglottus var. cubanensis Bryant, t. c. p. 68.

Sp. Char. — Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; underparts
white, showing a tinge of ash on the breast; wings brown, prima-
ries heavily marked with white, the eighth and ninth almostentirely
white; tail dark brown, outer feather entirely white, second nearly
so, showing a brownish line, on outer web more or less distinct,
* third feather having outer web brown, inner web white; bill black;
legs brownish.

Length, 9.50; wing, 4.30; tail, 5; tarsus, 1.20.
Habitat. Jamaica and Grand Cayman.

24 Cory ofi the Birds of the West Indies.

Mimus elegans Sharpe.

Mimus polyglottus (var. bakamensisP) Y^KYXt^T, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist
XI, p. 68 (1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 261 (1869).

Mimus orpkcus \a.r. dominicics Covn, Bds. Bahama I, p. 48 (iSSo).

Mimus clcgans Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 339 (18S1). — Cory,
List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back;
underparts white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast ; wings
brown ; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth
and ninth almost entirely white; tail brown, having the first two
and entire inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs
brownish.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 8. 50; wing, 4; tail, 4.20; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64.
Habitat. Inagua, Bahama Islands.

Mimus dominicus (Linn.).

Tardus domitiicus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 295 (1766).

Tardus merle MiixL. Syst. Nat. Anhang, p. 139 (1766).

Mimus dominicus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 321 (1844). — Bp. Consp. I, p.

276 (1850).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 341.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p.

262 (1869).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 341 (iSSi).—

Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 21 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W.

L p. 6 (1885).
Mimus polyglottus var. dominicus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI,

p. 63 (1S66).
Mimus orpheus dominicus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (iSSi).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back;
underparts white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast; wings
brown; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth
and ninth almost entirely white; tail dark brown, having tlie first
two and inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs brown-
ish.

Sexes are similar.

Length, 8.50; wing, 4; tail, 4.18; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64.
Habitat, Haiti and San Domingo.

This species is very closely allied to M. orp/icus^ and perhaps
should not be separated from it.

Mimus gilvus (Vieill.).

Turdus gilz'us ViKiLL. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 15 (1807).

Mimus gilvus Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2nd scr. XX, p. 329 (1S47). — Bp.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. •? c

Consp. I, p. 276 (1850).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 342.— ScL. &

Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 3 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U, S. Nat.

Mus. 1, p. 1S7 (1S78).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn Club, V, p. 166

(18S0).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Biit. Mus. VI, p. 350 (18S1).— Ridgw.

Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6

(1S85).
Mimics melanoptertis Lawr. Ann. Lvc. N. Y. V, p. 31;, pi. 2 (1849). —

ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 9 (1S62).— Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 553.
Mimus columbianusQ\^. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850).
Mimus gracilis Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 83 (1850). — Baird, Rev. Am. Eds.

p. 54 (1864).— Lawr. Ann. Ljc. N. Y. IX, p. 91 (1868).

Sp. Char. — Above grajish brown, ashy on the rump and forehead;
underparts dull ashy white ; flanks streaked slightly with brownish,
wings brown, edged with dull white; under wing-coverts marked
with brown ; tail dark brown, all the feathers tipped with white,
central feathers very slightly, sometimes apparently not at all, the
white increasing to the outer feathers, which show a patch of white
on tip of inner web, about three quarters of an inch in length,
extending to a less extent to the outer web; bill and feet black.
Length (skin), 8.75; wing, 4.45; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25.
Common in St. Vincent, Grenada, Santa Lucia, and St.

Thomas.

Mimus gundlachi Caban.

Mimus gundlachi Qh^."]. f. O. 1855, p. 470. — ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- 34-- —

Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 59 (1864). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.

Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p.

230 (1865).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 344 (1S81).—

Cory, List Bds.W. L p. 6 (1885).
Mimus bakafnensis^KYAKT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 114 (1S59). —

Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 52 (1864). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 48

(1880); /d. List BdsW. I. p. 6 (1885).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit.

Mus. VI, p. 334 (1881).
Scotiomiinus bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 68

( 1 866). —Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869).
Mimus giindlachii Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869). — Gundl. J. f. O.

1 87 2, p. 409.

Sp. Char. Male: — Much larger than M. folyglottus, and the white tail-
feathers wanting. Above pale rufous brown, the rufous tint most
marked on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; below pale ash, streaked
with fine lines of brown, becoming broader upon the sides;
wings rufous brown, feathers slightly edged with pale rufous;
wing-coverts tipped with white, forming two narrow bars; tail

-25 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

dark brown, slightly tipped with dull white, wanting on the two
middle feathers ; legs bluish black; bill black; iris yellow.
The female resembles the male.

Length, about ii; wing, 5; tail, 5; tarsus, 1.60; bill, .90.
Habitat. Bahama Islands and Cuba.

After a careful examination and comparison of a series of
twenty-two of the so-called J/, bahaynensis and three specimens
of M. gundlachi., I can not find any difference sufficient to
characterize them as distinct species. One specimen from
Cuba has more white on the tail-feathers than any from the
Bahama Islands, but some of the latter show the white fully as
much as the other Cuban examples. A large series from Cuba
would determine the matter more satisfactorily.

Mimus hillii March.

Mimus hillii March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 291. — Baird,
Rev. Am. Bds. p. 52 (1S64). — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1S69). —
ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 3 (1S73). — Sharpe, Cat. Bds.
Brit. Mus. VI, p. 343 (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 6 (1S85).

Mimus orpheus HiLL, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 304.— Gray,
Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869).

Mimus hilli A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (iSSi).

Sp. Char. — General appearance the same as that of M. gundlachi, differing
from it by being slightly browner on the head, and somewhat paler
on the imderparts, with more white on the end of the tail-feathers.
Length (skin), 11.20; wing, 5; tail, 5.75; tarsus, 1.55.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Very closely allied to M. gundlac/ii, and perhaps ought not
to be separated from it.

Family SYLVIID^.

Genus Polioptila Scl.
Polioptila Sclater, P. Z. S. 1S55, p. 11.

Polioptila lembeyi (Gundl.).

Culicivora letnbyei Gundl. Ann. N. Y. Lye. 185S, p. 273. — Brewer, Pr.
Bost. Soc Nat. Hist. VH, p. 306 (i860).— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1861,
p. 211.

Cory on tJic Birds of the West Indies. 17

Polioptila lemi>ejii Bairu, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 68 (1864).

Polioptila lenibcyei Guni>l. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 231 (1S65) ;

lb.}, f. O. 1S72, p. 410. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 237 (1S69).
Polioptila Icmdeyi Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 78 (1S74).

—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1S85).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.

X, p. 444 (1&85).

Sp. Char. — A narrow black line commences at the top of the eye, ex-
tending backwards, bordering the ear-coverts; above bluish graj ;
underparts ashj white, the white clearest on the abdomen ; tail-
feathers narrow and long, having the shafts dark brown, outer
feather white, except the basal half of inner web, which is dark
brown, second having the terminal third white and outer web nar-
rowly tipped with white, third feather tipped with white, rest of
tail-feathers brownish black; wings brownish black, the feathers
edged with white, no white on the edges of the first two primaries.
Length (skin), 4.58; wing, 1.50; tail, 2; tarsus, .70; bill, .35.
Habitat. Cuba.

Polioptila cserulea (Linn.).

Motacilla ccenilca Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 337 (1766).

Culicivora ccerula D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 90

(1S40).— Brewer, Pr.Bost.Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306(1860) (Cuba).

— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 407 (Cuba).
Polioptila cceridea GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; ib. 1872, p. 409. — Cory,

Bds. Bahama I. p. 52 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1883) ; ib. Auk, p.

501, 1886 (Grand Cayman).

Common in the Bahama Islands ; breeds. Numerous records
from Cuba. Mr. Ridgway separates the resident Bahama bird
under the name of F. ccerulea ccesiogaster. They are somewhat
paler in coloration,*

Family TROGLODYTID^.
Genus Thryothorus Vieill.

Thryolhorus ViEiLLOT, Analyse, p. 45 (^iSi6).

Thryothorus martinicensis Scl.

Thryothorus martinicensis Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 321.— Scl. & Salv. Norn.
Avium Neotr. p. 7 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 352
(1878).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 228 (1881).— Cory, List
Bds. W.I. p. 7 (1885).

HylemothroHS martinicensis Gray, Ilandl. Bds. I, p. 191 (1869).

* Polioptila ccerulea ccesiogaster Ridgway, Manual N. A. Birds, p. 569 (1SS7).

•^8 Cory o>i the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper parts dark brown, very narrowly lined on the
back; feathers of the wings and tail banded with narrow lines;
under surface pale rufous brown. Resembles T. gretiadeyisis, but
is darker.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.15; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .So; bill, .10.
Habitat. Martinique.

Thryothorus rufescens Lawr.

Thryothorus rufescens Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 47 (1878) ; ib.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (187S).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.
VI, p. 228 (18S1).— Cory, List Bcis. W. I. p. 7 (1885).

'■'■Male. Entire plumage rufous, much deeper in color above, of a lighter
and brighter shade underneath ; tail dark rufous, regularly and
closely crossed with narrow bars of black; the coloring of the un-
derpart of the tail is duller, but is barred in a similar manner; in-
ner webs of quills blackish brown, outer webs and both webs of the
innermost secondaries dark rufous, with distinct narrow bars of
black; upper mandible dark brown, the under yellowish-white ; feet
pale brown.

Length, 4J in.; wing, 2J; tail, if; tarsus, 11-16; bill from front
9-16; from rictus |." (Lawr. orig. descr.)
Habitat. Dominica and Guadeloupe.

Thryothorus musicus Lawr.

Thrvoihorus musicus Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 148 (1S78) ; ib.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.
VI, p. 223 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885).

'■'■Male. Above of a dark ferruginous, somewhat darker on the crown and
brighter on the rump; lores, and a line running back from the eye,
white tinged with rufous; the exposed portions of the wings are
dark rufous, conspicuously barred with black; the inner webs of
the primaries are blackish-brown; under wing-coverts white; the
tail-feathers are dark rufous, barred with black ; the entire back and
upper tail-coverts are marked inconspicuously with narrow trans-
verse dusky lines; the feathers of the rump have concealed white
shaft-stripes, which become wider towards the ends of the feathers ;
the feathers of the back also have the basal portion of their shafts
marked with white; the throat, breast, and middle of the abdomen
are white, the latter tinged Avith rufous; the sides are light ferru-
ginous ; the under tail-coverts are rufous, each feather marked with
a subterminal round black spot; upper mandible, black; the under

Cory oji ihc Birds of the West Indies. -Jg

whitish, with the end duskj ; tarsi and toes light brownish flesh
color.

"Length (fresh), 5i in.; wing 2^ ; tail i 13-16; tarsus 5." (Lawr.,
orig. descr.)
Habitat. St. Vincent.

Thryothorus grenadensis Lawr.

Thryothortis grenadensis Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 161 (1878) ;
ib. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1S7S).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit.
Mus. VL p- 228 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885).

'"'■Female. Upper plumage of a rather bright ferruginous, a little inclin-
ing to brownish on the head and hind neck, and brighter on the
rump ; lores whitish tinged with rufous ; a light rufous stripe ex-
tends over the eye to the hind neck; tail dull rufous, barred with
black; the primary quills have their outer webs of a dull light
rufous, with broad black bars; the inner webs are brownish-black;
the wing-coverts and tertials are rufous with narrower black bars ;
under wing-coverts pale rufous ; the throat is very pale rufous, in-
clining to whitish ; the breast light rufous ; the middle of the abdo-
men is of a rather paler shade; the sides and under tail-coverts are
of a bright darker ferruginous; the upper mandible brownish-
black; the under pale yellow, dusky at the tip; tarsi and toes hazel
brown.

"Length (fresh), 4^ inches; wing 2\\ tail i^; tarsus |; bill from
front, 11-16." (Lawr. orig. descr.)
Habitat. Grenada.

Thryothorus mesoleucus Scl.

Thryothorus mesoleucus Scl. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 14. — Allen, Bull. Nutt.
Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1S80).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p.
223 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885).

Sp. Char. — Top of head brown, the feathers delicately edged with lighter
brown, giving a faint mottled appearance to the crown ; back rufous
brown, the rufous showing brightest on the rump; wings and tail
brown delicately banded with brownish black; sides of the head
and neck buff, shading. into buffy white on the throat and breast;
abdomen and crissum pale rufous; bill pale.

Length (skin), 4.05; wing, 1.95; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .70; bill, .80.

Habitat, Santa Lucia.

40 Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies.

Family MNIOTILTID^.

Genus Mniotilta Vieill.
Mniotilta ViElLLOT, Analyse, p. 45 (1S16).

Mniotilta varia (Linn.).

Motacilla varia Linn. Svst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766).

Mniotilta varia Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 134 (1847). — Lemb. Aves Cuba, p.
68(1850). — GuNDL. J. f. O.' 1855, p. 475; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat.
Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865) (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist.
VII, p. 306 (1S60) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 193 (Ja-
maica). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. ^43 (St. Croix). — Bry-
ant, Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no (1S59) (Bahamas). — ScL.
P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
1863, p. 293 (Jamaica).. — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII,
p. 177 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 54 (18S0) ;
/■^. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 23 (1S85). — A. & E. Newton,
Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1S81).

Sylvicola {Mniotilta') varia Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 91
(1S67) (San Domingo).

Bahama Islands and Greater Antilles. Recorded also from the
Lesser Antilles.

Genus Compsothlypis Cab.

Compsothlyfis Cabanis, Mus. Hein. I, p. 20 (1851).

Compsothlypis americana (Linn.).

Parus amertcamis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 190 (1766).

Sylvia americana D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 69
(1840). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- H3 (St. Croix).

Parula americana Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 154 (1847). — Cass. Proc. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 376 (St. Thomas).— Gundl. J. f. O. iS6r,
p. 326 (Cuba); ib. 1872, p. 411 (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62,
p. 192 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p.
293 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 176
(1S78) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 55 (1880) ; ib. Bull.
Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881) (San Domingo); ib. Bds. Haiti
& San Domingo, p. 24 (1885).

Bahamas and Greater Antilles ; recorded from some of the
Lesser Antilles.

Cory o// the Birds of tJie West India. a I

Genus Protonotaria Baird.
Protonotaria Baird, Bds. N. Am. p. 239 (1858).

Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.).

Motacilla citrea Bodd. Tab. pi. 704 (17S3).

Protonotaria citrea Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; ib. 1S63, p. 17S; ib. 1872,

p. 411; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 231 (1865) (Cuba).

— Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 173 (1864). — Cory, List Bds. W. I.

p. 7 (isss).

Accidental in Cuba.

Genus Helmitherus Raf.

Helmithcrus RAFiNEsquE, Journ de Phjs. LXXXVIII, p. 417 (1819).

Helmitherus vermivorus (Gmel.).

Motacilla vermivora Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 95 (1788).
Vertnivora peti7isylvaiiica Gosa^, Bds. Jam. p. 150 (1847). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1S62, pp. 194, 201 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.

Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Jamaica).
Helinaia vermivorus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 35 (1S50).
Helmitheros vermivorus Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 476; ib. 1861, pp. 326,

409 (Cuba).
Heli7uiia vermivora Bre\\t;r, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860),

(Cuba).
Helmitherus vermivorus Gcndl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232

(1S65) ; ib. J. f. O. 1872, p. 412 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7

(1885).
Helminthotherus vermivorus A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105

(1S81).

Recorded from Cuba and Jamiaca.

Helmitherus swainsoni Aud.

Sylvia su>aitiso7ii A.vv>. Orn. Biog. II, p. 563 (1834).

Helmitherus sivainsoni Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 180 (1864). — Gindl.

Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S72, p.

412 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 7 (1885).
HeloucBa szva ifisofi i 'Nkwtot^, P. Z. S. 1879, P- 5.S- (Jamaica).
Helminthotherus swainsoni A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105

(1881).
Helinaia sivainsoni Mkkrwm, Auk, II, p. 377 (18S5) (Jiuuaica).

Recorded from Cuba and Jamaica.

/J.2 Cory o>i the Birds of the West Indies.

Genus Helminthophila Ridgw.
Hclminthophila Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, p. 53 (18S2),

Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.).

Motacilla chrysoptera Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766).

Helinaia chrysoptera Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba).
Helminthophaga chrysoptera Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326; ib. 1S62, p. 177;

ib. 1872, p. 411; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865)

(Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 7 (1885).

Accidental in Cuba.

Helminthophila bachmani (Aud.).

Sylvia bachmani KvV). Orn. Biog. II, p. 483 (1834).
Helinaia backmatiii "LiS-MB. Aves Cuba, p. 36 (1S50).
Helmijithophaga bachmani ^'Cab." Gundl. J. f. O. 1885, p. 475; ib. 1861,

pp. 326, 409; lb. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p, 232 (1865) (Cuba).

—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885).
Helinaia bachmani Brbwkr, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba).

Accidental in Cuba.

Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.).

Sylvia peregrina Wils. Am. Orn. IV, p. 83 (181 1).

Helinaia peregrina Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60)

(Cuba).
Helminthophaga peregrina Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326; ib. 1862, p. 177;

ib. 1872, p. 412; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865)

(Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885).

Accidental in Cuba. Bahama Islands.^ A specimen in my
cabinet is labelled "Bahama I." ; the collector is unknown.

Genus Dendroica Gray.
Dendroica Gray, Gen. Bds. App. 8 (1842).

Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.).

Motacilla tigrina Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 985 (1788).

Sylvia maritima D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 70(1840).

Certhiola maritima GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 87 (1847).

Cory on the Birdie of the West Indies. A^

Rhimamphiis maritimits Gundl. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 474; ib. 1S61, p. 409

(Cuba).
Sylvicola marittma Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no (1S59)

(Bahamas). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60)

(Cuba).
Dendrozca tijrina A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- '44 (St- Croix). — Scl.

P. Z. S. 1861, p. 71 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 193

(Jamaica). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 63 (1S80) ; /'•. Bull. Nutt.

Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 {i'$&i)\ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 25

(1885).
Detidroica tyigrtjia Gvy^vii^.y f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba). — March, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 293 (Jamaica).
Po-issoglossa tigrina Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 233 (1865) ;

ib. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 412 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII,

p. 178 (187S) (Porto Rico).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1SS5).

Recorded from Bahama Islands, Greater Antilles, and St.
Croix.

Dendroica aestiva (Gmel.).

Motacilla cBstiva Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 996 (178S).

Rhimamphiis (BstivHS Bp. .'' GuNDL. J. f. O. 18S5, p. 472 (Cuba).' — Cab.

J. f. O. 1S60, p. 326 (Cuba).
Sylvicola cesiiva} Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba) .?— FiNSCH, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 564 (Trinidad).
Dendrceca cBstiva'i Twi^OK, Ibis, 1S64, p. Si (Trinidad). — Cory, Bds,

Bahama, I. p. 56 (1880).

Cuba? and the Bahama Islands.'*

It is doubtful if D. ccstiva occurs in the West Indies, as in
some plumages it is difficult to distinguish from the closely allied
forms which occur there.

Dendroica petechia (Linn.).

Motacilla petechia LiXN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 334 (1766).

Sylvia petechia Lath. Gen. Syn. II, p. 535 (1790). — Vieill. Ois. Am.
Sept. II, p. 32, (1807).

Sylvicola cestiva Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 157 (1S47).

Dcndrmca (Bstiva A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P* ^43*

Dendrceca petechia Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. t^i (1862). — Albrecht. J. f. O
1862, p. 193. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 240 (1869). — Scl. & Salv
Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 9 (1873). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist
Nat. VII, p. 1S2 (1S7S).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 57 (iSSo) ; /*
List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1S85). — A. & E. Newton, Ilandb. Jamaica, p

44 Cory on the Birds of ihe West Indies.

io6 (iSSi)-— RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Miis. VII, p. 172 (1S84).—

CouES, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (18S4).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit,

Mus. X, p. 277 (18S5).
Sylvicola petechia Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 67 (1S67).
Dendrivca petechia e. jamaicensis SuxD. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdih.

1S69, p. 607.
Detidroica petechia Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S60, pp. 192,

376. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 292. — Baird, Rev.

Am. Bds. p. 199 (1S64). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

I, p. 216 (1874).

Sp. Char. Male: — Underparts bright yellow, streaked with dull rufous on
the breast and sides; forehead yellowish, shading into olive green
on the top of the head ; a tinge of rufous on the concealed portions
of the feathers on the forehead; back olive green; wings and tail
brown, edged with yellowish; under surface of tail having the ap-
pearance of bright yellow, the feathers tipped with olive green ; the
upper surface of tail-feathers having the inner webs yellow.

Female: — Somewhat greener than the male ; more yellow on
the rump and tail-coverts ; no rufous on the head.

Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .74.
Habitat. Jamaica. Accidental in the Bahama Islands.

Dendroica petechia gundlachi.

(.?) Motacilla albicollis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 983 (1788).
Rhimamphus CBstiviis Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 472.

Sylvicola petechia Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).
Dendroica albicollis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. i860, p. 192. — Lawr

Ann. N. Y. Lye. i860, p. 18.— Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326.
Detidroica gundlachi Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 197 (1S64). — Gundl.

J. i. O. 1S72, p. 414.
Dendroica gundlachi GvT^ni.. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1S65)

— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869). — Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit.

Mus. X, p. 27S (1885).
Dendrceca petechia d. cubana Svnd. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869

p. 608.
Dendroica petechia var. gundlachi Jiji. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

I, p. 216 (1874).
Dendrceca petechia var. gundlachi Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 58 (1880).
Dendrceca petechia gundlachi Coues, Bds. Colo. Vail. p. 255 (1878). —

Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Lower part of throat streaked ; above yellowish green ;
crown showing no signs of rufous, or only a faint tinge ; feathers
yellowish, brighter towards the bill.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 45

Female: — Similar to the male, but somewhat paler, and showing
less jellow on the tail.

Length (skin), 4.8; wing, 2.45; tail, 2.15; tarsus, .83.
Habitat. Cuba. Accidental in tlie Bahama Islands.

Dendroica petechia ruficapilla.

Motacilla rnficafilla Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 971 (17S8).

Sylvicola ruficapill:: Bp. Consp. I, p. 307 (1850).

Dendroica rujicafilla Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 201 (1864).

Dendroeca ruficapilla Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 240 (1869). — Sharpe, Cat.

Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 275 (1885).
Dendroica petechia var. ruficapilla Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am.

Bds. I, p. 217 (1874).
Dendroeca petechia var. ruficapilla Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 4S6

(187S).
Dendroeca petechia ruficapilla Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).

Length, 4.75; w-ing, 2.6; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .82.

This form approaches very closely to D. petechia^ but lacks
the distinct rufous crown. Throat streaked heavily ; the under
tail-coverts are also streaked ; otherwise like D. petechia.

Habitat. Barbuda, Antigua, Porto Rico, and St. Thomas.

Dendroica petechia melanoptera.

Dendroeca petechia var. melanoptera Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. ISIus. I, p.

453 (1878).
Dendroeca petechia melanoptera Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).
Dendroeca melanoptera Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 279 (18S5).

Length, 4.50; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .69.

This form resembles petechia rtificapilla., as would be ex-
pected, but varies in having the vs'ing-coverts black, and it is
somewhat smaller in size ; the rufous streaks are narrower and
darker. The female lacks the rufous crown and stripes on the
under surface.

Habitat. Guadeloupe and Dominica.

Dendroica capitalis Lawr.

Dendroeca petechia c. barbadcnsis Slnd. Ocfv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh.

1869, p. 608.
Dendroeca capitalis Lawr. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i86S, p. 359.— Gray,

Handl. Bds. HI, Index, p. 202 (1871).— CouEs, Key N. Am. Bds. p.

/l6 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

297 (1SS4).— Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. S (1SS5).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds.
Brit. Mus. X, p. 280 (1885).
Dendroica capitalis Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 271

(1874).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head dark rufous brown, extending to the
nape, but not reaching the e je ; upperparts greenish yellow; wings
and tail brown, edged with yellow; inner webs of the tail-feathers
broadly edged with bright yellow ; underparts yellow, streaked with
rufous brown.

Female: — Entire upper surface olive green ; entire under surface
pale yellow; tail as in the male.

Length (skin), 4; wing, 2.45; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. Barbadoes.

Dendroica rufigula Baird.

Dendroica rufigula Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 204 (1864).

Dendrceca rufigula Gray, Handl. Bds I, p. 241 (1869). — Lawr. Pr. U. S.

Nat. Mus. I, p. 4S6 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—

Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 285 (1885).
Dendroica vieilloti var. rufigula Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

L p. 217 (1874).

Dendrceca vieilloti rufigula Coues, Bds. Colo. Vail. p. 256 (1878).
Detidrceca vieilloti (pt.) Salv. & Godm. Biol. Centr. Amer. Aves, I,
p. 125 (1880).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head and throat rufous brown ; upper parts greenish
yellow; wings and tail brown, broadly edged with yellow; under-
parts bright yellow, streaked with rufous on the breast and flanks ;
axillaries and under wing-coverts bright yellow.
Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.25; tail, 2; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. Martinique.

Dendroica eoa (Gosse).

Sylvicola coa Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 158 (1847).— Bp. Consp. I, p. 309

(1850). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201.
Dendrceca coa ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 71 (.') — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 240

(1S69).— SuND. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 609— A. &

E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881). — Coues, Key N. Am.

Bds. p. 297 (1884).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 8 (1885).— Sharpe,

Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 266 (1885).
Dendroica eoa Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 195 (1S64). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw.

Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 218 (1874).

Cory 07i tJie Birds of tJte West Indies. A>7

*^Male: — Upper parts olive, approaching to yellow on the rump; sides of
head marked with a band of orange, extending from the ear to the
beak, and meeting both on the forehead and on the chin. Wings
(quills and coverts) blackish, with yellowish edges. Tail blackish-
olive, with yellow edges ; the outermost two feathers on each side
have the greatest portion of the inner webs pale yellow. Un-
derparts pale yellow. The crown, rump, tertials, belly, and
under tail-coverts sparsely marked with undefined spots of pale
orange.

^'■Feinale: — Nearly as in the male, but the deep orange is spread
over the whole cheeks, chin, throat, and breast. The head and back
are dusky gray, tinged with olive, and patched with the fulvous much
more largely, but in-egularly, as if laid upon the darker hue.
Length, 5 inches; expanse, 760; wing, 2.70; tail, 1.90; rictus
nearly. 60; tarsus, .90; middle toe, .50. Iris dark hazel ; feet horn-
color; beak pale horn; culmen and tip darker." (_Gosse, 1. c).
Habitat. Jamaica.

Mr. Sharpe considers Z). eoa to be a hybrid between D. black'
burnicB and D. petechia or D. csstiva. The type specimens
are in tlie British Museum.

Dendroica caerulescens (Gmel.).

Motacilla ccerulescens Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 960 (17SS).

Sylvia ccerulescens D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 63

(1S40).
Sylvic ola pa7tnosa Goss'E, Bds. Jam. p. 162 (1S47).
Sylvicola canadensis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 162 (1S47). — Salle, P. Z. S.

1S57, P- 231 (San Domingo). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

VII, p. no (1859) (Bahamas). — Brewer, Pr. Bost Soc. Nat. Hist.

VII, p. 307 (1S60) (Cuba).
Rhimamfhus catiadensis GyKDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 473; 1S61, p. 40S (Cuba).
Dcndrceca pannosa Ai^BRKCHT, ]. f. O. 1862, p. 193 (Jamaica).
Dendroica canadensis Gundl. J. f. O. 1S61, p. 396 (Cuba). — March, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (1863) (Jamaica).
Dendrceca canadensis ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J.

f. O. 1S62, p. 193.
Dandroica ca;rulcscens Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 1S6 (1S64) (?). — Gundl.

Report. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 233 (1865) ; il>. J. f. O. 1872, p. 413

(Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 179 (1878) (Porto

Rico).
Sylvicola {^Dendrceca') canadt nsis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI,

p. 91 (1867).
Dendroeca ccerulesccns Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 58 (1S80) ; ib. Bull. Nutt.

Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (iSSi) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 26

48 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

(1885); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).— A. & E. Newton, Handb.
Jamaica, p. 106 (1881). — Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168.

Common in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles in winter.

Dendroica coronata (Linn.).

Motacilla coronata Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766).

Sylvia coronata U'Orb in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 60 (1840).

Rhimajnphus coronatus Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 473; ib. 1S61, p. 408

(Cuba).
Sylvicola coronata Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 155 (1847). — Salle, P. Z. S.

1857, p. 231 (San Domingo). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

Vn, p. no, (1859) (Bahamas). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

VII, p. 307 (1S60) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201

(Jamaica).
Dendroica coronatus GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba).
Dendroica coronata March, Pr. Acad Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 292

(Jamaica) .^ — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 233 (1S65)

(Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 180 (1878) (Porto

Rico).
Sylvicola {Detidrceca) coronata Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI,

p. 91 (1867).
Dendrccca coronata CoRY, Bds. Bahama I, p. 59 (1880) ; ib. Bull. Nutt.

Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,

p. 30 (1885); ib. List. Bds. W. L p. 8 (1885).— A. & E. Newton,

Handb. Jamaica, p. 109(1881).

Common in winter in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles.

Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.).

Motacilla maculosa Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 9S4 (1788).

Sylvia maculosa D'Orb in La Sagra's Hi«t. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 72 (1840).

Rhimampkus maculosus Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 474 (Cuba).

Sylvicola maculosa Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no (1859)

(Bahamas).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba).
Dendroica maculosa Gundl. J. f. O. 1S61, p. 326; ib. 1872, p. 415; ib.

Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1S65) (Cuba); ib. Anal. Soc.

Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 183 (187S) (Porto Rico).
Dendrceca maculosa Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 62 (1S80) ; ib. Bds. Haiti

& San Domingo, p. 29 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).

Occasional winter visitant in the Greater Antilles and the
Bahama Islands.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 49

Dendroica caerulea (Wils.)-

Sylvia ccerulea Wils. Am. Orn. II. p. 141 (iSio).

Dendroica cterulea Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326; ib. 1S72, p. 414; ib.

Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1S65) (Cuba). — Baird, Rev.

Am. Bds. p. 191 (1S64).
Rhimamphus ccenileus Gundl. J. f. O. 1S62, p. 177 (Cuba).
Dcndnvca ccerulea Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1SS5).

Cuba. No othei- West India Record.

Dendroica pennsylvanica (Linn.).

Motacilla pennsylva7iica Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766).

Sylvicola icterocephala Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 1 10

(1859) (Bahamas).
Dendroica pennsylvanica Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 191 (1864).
DendrcKca pennsylvanica Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 62 (iSSo) ; ib. List

Bds. W. L p. 8 (1885).

Bahama Islands in winter.

Dendroica striata (Forst.).

Muscicapa striata "Forster, Phil. Trans. LXII, 383."

Sylvia striata Lemb. Aves Cuba, p, 33 (1850).

Rhimamphus striatus GuNDL. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 475; ib. 1861, p. 409 (Cuba).

Sylvicola striata Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no (1859)

(Bahamas). — Brewer ib. p. 307 (Cuba).
Dendroica striatus Gundl, J. f. O. 1S61, p. 326 (Cuba).
Dendroica striata Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1865) ;

ib. J. f. O. 1872, p. 414 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII,

p. iSi (1S78) (Porto Rico).
Dendrwca striata Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 61 (iSSo) ; ib. List Bds. W. I.

p. 8 (1885).— A. &E. Newton, Ilandb. Jamaica, p. 106 (iSSi)-

Common in winter in the Bahama Islands. Recorded from
Cuba, Forto Rico, and Jamaica.

Dendroica pharetra (Gosse).

Sylvicola pharctra Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 163 (1S57). — Bp. Consp. I, p.

309 (1S50). — Osburn, Zool. 1S59, P* 6660.
De?tdra:ca pharetra Scl. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 71. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862,

p. 193. — Gray, Ilandl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869). — Scl. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 9 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Ilandb. Jamaica, p.

106(1881). — Coues, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1SS4). — Cory, List

Bds. W'. I. p. 8 (18S5).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 332

(1885).

^O Cory on the Birds of tJic West Indies.

Dcndroica pharctraliAiRi>,'R.e\. Am. Bds. p. 192 (1S64). — Bd. Bwr. &
RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 220 (1874).

Sp. Char. Male : — Entire plumage dull white and black, in general appear-
ance resembling Mniotilici varia at the first glance. Throat white,
the feathers narrowly tipped with black, giving a dotted appearance ;
the black marking becomes heavier on the breast and belly; top
of head heavily streaked with black and white ; rump and upper tail
coverts olive brown; wings and tail brown, showing a faint olive
tinge; under wing-coverts white.

Female: — Similar to the male, but duller in coloration ; less black
on the under surface; more brown on the lower back, rump and
tail.

Length (skin), 4.40; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.05; tarsus, .72.

Habitat. Jamaica.

Dendroicablackburniae (Gmel.).

Moiacilla blackburnice Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 977 (17S8).

Sylvicola blackburnice Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no

(1859) (Bahamas).
Dcndroica blackburnice 'Bmylu, Rev. Am. Bds. ji. 1S9 (1S64).
Dendrceca blackburnice Cory', Bds. Bahama I. p. 60 (1880) ; tb. List Bds.

W. L p. 8 (1885).

Accidental in the Bahama Islands in winter.
Dendroica dominica (Linn.).

Moiacilla dominica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 334 (1766).

Sylvia peftsilis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 6^^ (1840).

Sylvicola pensilis GossK, Bds. J.an. p. 156 (1S47). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857,

p. 231 (San Domingo). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.

307 (i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p, 201 (Jamaica).
Rhimamfhus fensilis Gundl. J. f. O. 18S5, p. 474; ib. 1861, p. 40S (Cuba).
De7idroica suferciliosa Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba). — March, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 293 (Jamaica).
Dendroica dominica Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 235 (1S65) ;

ib.]. f. O. 1872, p. 415 (Cuba).— Brace, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

XIX, p. 240 (1S77) (Bahamas). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist.

Nat. VII, p. 1S4 (1S7S) (Porto Rico).
Dendrceca dominica Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 65 (iSSo) ; ib. Bds. Haiti &

San Domingo, p. 27 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1SS5).— A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (iSSi).

Common in winter in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles ; j^oscJ-
bly resident in Jamaica.

Cory ori the Birds of the West Indies. c [

Dendroica adelaidae Baird.

Dendroica adelaida; 'B.\ivlt>, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 212 (1864).

Sylvicola (^Dc7idrccca) adelaidce Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X,
p. 251 (1S66).

Defidrceca adclaidcB Sund. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. Stockh. 1S69, p
615. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 241 (i8;o). — Scl. & Salv. Nom
Avium Neotr. p. 9 (1873). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII
p. 1S5 (1S7S).— RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, pp. 525, 526 (1S83)
— CouES, KejN. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1884). — Cory, List Bds. W. I
p. 8 (1885).— Sharps, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 306 (1885).

Dendroica gracice var. adelaidce 'Bi>. Brew. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.
I, p. 220 (1S74).

Sp. Char. Male: — "Entire upper parts, and sides of neck as far forward
as the eyes, uniform ash gray. Beneath, including edge of bend of
wing, bright yellow; lining of wings, axillari'es, and crissum,
white. A broad yellow line from bill to eye, with the eyelidsyellow;
forehead and sides of vertex black. A black loral line. Wings
with two conspicuous white bands; the quills and tail-feathers
blackish, edged externally with whitish, internally with purer
white. There lateral tail-feathers with a quadrate terminal white
patch on inner web. Bill black. Legs pale yellowish." (Baird, 1. c).
Length, 4.7; wing, 2.1 ; tail, 2.05; tarsus, .65.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Dendroica adelaidae delicata.

Detidrceca adclaidcB ScL. P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 269. — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn.

Club, V, p. 166 (iSSo).
Dcndrccca adclaidce delicata Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 521; (1882).

—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).
Dendroeca delicata SiiARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 306 (1SS5).

General appearance of D. adelaidce, but differs in having brighter
yellow on the superciliaries and underparts ; the yellow superciliary line
is broader, occupying the whole forehead except a narrow central line,
and the back more plumbeous; it is also slightly larger.
Length, 4.45; wing. 2.10; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .70.

Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Dendroica virens (Gmel.).

Motacilla virc?ts Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 9S5 (178S).
Rhimamphus virens Gundl. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 474 (Cuba).
Sylvicola virens Brewer Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60)
(Cuba).

5 2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Dendroica virens Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 182 (1S64). — Gundl. J. f. O.
1S61, p. 436; ib. 1S72, p. 413; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p.
233 (1865) (Cuba).
Dendrozca virens Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 54 (1S7S) (Dominica). —
A. «& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (18S1). — Cory, List Bds.
W. I. p. 8 (1885).
Recorded from Cuba, Jamaica, and Dominica.

Dendroica kirtlandi Baird.

Sylvicola A-irtlandi Baird, Ann. N. Y. Ljc. V, p. 217 (1S52).
Dendroica Airtlandii Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 206 (1S64).
Dendrxca kirtlandi Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 66 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W.
L p. 8 (1885).

Common in winter at New Providence and Andros, Bahama
Islands ; probably ranges as far south as Long Island ; no other
record. It is possible that it is resident and breeds in the
Bahama Islands.

Dendroica pityophila (Gundl.).

Sylvicola pityophila Gundl. Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1S55, p. 160. — Brewer, Pr.

post. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).
Rhimamphus pityophilus Gundl. J. f. O. 1857, p. 240.
Dendroica pityophila Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 208 (1864). — Bd. Bwr. &

RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 221 (1874).
Dendroeca pityophila Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1S65).

— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869). — Coues, Key N. Am. Bds. p.

297 (1884).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).— Sharpe. Cat. Bds.

Brit. Mus. X, p. 322 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — "Above, including sides of head and neck, uniform
pluinbeous gray ; the forehead, vertex and loral region olive green ;
chin and fore-neck bright yellow, extending on the middle of jugu-
lum, and bordered by black streaks towards lower part of neck, most
conspicuous on sides of breast. Beneath dull white, the insides of
wings more ashy, the flanks something like the back. Two dull
ashy white bands across the wing-coverts ; the quill- and tail-feathers
edged with paler ash than the ground color. Lateral tail-feather
with a whitish patch on the inner web, running forward to a point
along the shaft, including the whole web at the end ; second feather
with a more restricted patch of the same." (Baird, 1. c.)
Length, 4.50; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.20; tarsus, .56; bill, .45.
Habitat. Cuba.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. c i

Dendroica vigorsii (Aud.).

Sylvia pifius WiLS. Am. Orn. Ill, p. 25 (1811) ( Nee Latham, 1790).
Sylvicola {Dendrceca) pi9iiis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 67

(1S67).
Dcudrccca pinns CoRY, Bds. Bahama I. p. 69 (iSSo) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & St.

Domingo, p. 33 (1885) ; ib. List. Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).
Sylvia vigorsii K\iT). Orn. Biog. I, 153 (1835).
Dendroica vigorsii Stejn. Auk, II, 343 (1885).

Common in winter in the Bahama Islands and San Domingo ;
breeds in San Domingo.

Dendroica discolor (Vieill.).

Sylvia discolor Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 37 (1807). — Lemb. Aves
Cuba, p. 32 (1S50) (Cuba).

Sylvicola discolor Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 159(1847). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no (1859) (Bahamas); ib. X, p. 251 (1866)
• — Brewer, ib. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba).

Rhifnamfhus discolor Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 474 (Cuba).

Dendrceca discolor A. Si. E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- ^44 (St. Croix) ; ib.
Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (18S1). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 71 (Ja-
maica). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 64 (1S80) ; ib. Bull. Nutt. Orn.
Club, VI, p. 151 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 31
(18S5) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).

Dendroica discolor Gundl. J. f. O. 1S61, p. 326; ib. 1872, p. 416; ib. Re-
pert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 235 (1S65) (Cuba). — March, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp.
Hist. Nat. VII, p. 186 (1878) (Porto Rico).

Sylvicola {Dcndrosca) discolor Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.
91 (1S67).

Winters in the Bahamas, the Greater and some of the Lesser
Antilles.

Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.).

Motacilla palmarutn Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 951 (1788).

Sylvia palmarum D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 61 (1840).

Rhimamfhus ruficafillus Gundl. J. f. O. 1S55, P- 473; ^^- i^^^^' P- 4oS
(Cuba).

Sylvicola palmarum Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 231 (San. Domingo). — Bry-
ant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. no (1S59) (Bahamas).

Dendroica -palmarum Gundl. J. f. O. 1S61, p. 326; ib. 1872, p. 415; ib.
Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1S65) (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc.
Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 183 (1878) (Porto Rico)

CA Cory on tJie Birds of the West Indies.

Dendrccca fahnarum ScL. P. Z. S. iS6i, p. 71 (Jamaica). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1S62, p. 93 (Jamaica).— Cory, Eds. Bahama I. p. 68 (iSSo).
— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (iSSi).

Sylvicola {Dendroeca) palmarittn Bryant, Pr. Bost. See. Nat. Hist. XI,
p. 91 (1S67).

Common in winter in the Bahama Islands and Greater An-
tilles.

Dendroica plumbea Lawr.

Dendrxca fliimbea Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 47 (187S) ; ib. Pr.
U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 8 (1885).
— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 333 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above dark plumbeous ; a superciliary
stripe of white from the bill ; a spot of white on the lower eyelid ;
lores very dark brown, almost black; underparts mixed with ashy
and dull white; outer tail-feather tipped with white on the inner
web; next feather showing a smaller spot ; next two narrowly tip
ped with white; middle and greater wing-coverts tipped with white,
forming two wing-bands.

Female: — Above dark olive; underparts grayish, tinged with olive;
showing a pale yellowish wash on the throat, breast and middle of
the abdomen.

Length (skin), 5.20; wing, 2.45; tail, 2.25; tarsus, .72.
Habitat. Guadeloupe and Dominica.

Genus Leucopeza Scl.

Leticopeza Sclater, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 14.

Leucopeza semperi Scl.

Leucopeza semperi Scl. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 14. — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn.
Club, V, p. 166 (1880).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).— Sharpe,
Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 228 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above dark bluish gray; slightly
brownish on lower back and rump ; sides of head and ear-coverts
slightly paler ; throat and breast grayish white, shading into brown-
ish on the belly; crissum, axillaries and under wing-coverts ashy
gray, edged with dull white.

Length, 5.70; wing, 2.60; tail, 2.20; tarsus, 88; bill, .68.
Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. c r

Genus Catharopeza Scl.

Catharopeza Sclater, Ibis, iSSo, p. 73.

Catharopeza bishopi (Lawr.).

Leucofcza bishopi Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 151 (1S7S) ; ib. Pr.

U. S. Nat. Mus. I. p. 4S6 (1878).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X,

p. 22S (1S85).
Catharopeza bishopi Scl. Ibis, iSSo, p. 73. — Lister, Ibis, 18S0, p. 40. —

Cory, List Bds. W. I, p. S (1SS5).
Habitat. St. Vincent.

Sp. Char. Male: — "The general plumage is smokj black; rather darker
on the head; the sides are blackish cinereous ; a circle of pure white
surrounds the eye ; a large roundish spot on the middle of the throat ;
the upper part of the breast, and the middle of the abdomen, are dull
white, somewhat mixed with blackish on the throat and with cinere-
ous on the abdomen ; a very small spot on the chin, and the tips of
the feathers on the upper part of the throat are dull white; the black
on the upper part of the breast has the appearance of a broad band,
separating the white of the throat from that of the lower part of the
breast; the under tail-coverts are cinereous-black at base, ending
largely with dull white; wings and tail black, the outer two tail-
feathers have a small white spot, triangular in shape, on the inner
webs at the end ; bill black ; tarsi and toes very pale yellowish-brown,
perhaps much lighter colored in the living bird, nails also pale.

Length (fresh), s\ in- > wing, 25; tail, 2.^; tarsus, J. Two speci-
mens marked as females do not differ in plumage from the males."
(Lawr. 1. c.)
Habitat. St. Vincent.

Genus Seiurus Swains.
Seiurus Swainson, Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 171 (1827).

5 6 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.).

Motacilla aurocafilla Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 334 (1766).

Seiurus aurocapillus D'Orb. in La Sajjia's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 55

(1S40).
Seiurus aurocapillus GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 152 (1847). — Salle, P. Z. S.

1S57, p. 321 (San Domingo). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila-

1S63, p. 294 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 325

(1865) (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VH, p. 175 (1S78)

(Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama \. p. 70 (1880) ; ib. Bull. Nutt.

Orn. Club, VII, p. 151 (i88i) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,

p. 34 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).
Henicocichla aurocapilla Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 471; ib. 1S61, pp. 326,

407 (Cuba). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f.

O. 1S62, p. 192 (Jamaica).
Siurus aurocapillus A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- ^4- (^t- Croix) ; ib.

Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881).
Enicocichla aurocapillus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306

(i860) (Cuba).

Ranges in winter throughout the West Indies.

Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.).

Motacilla noveboracensis Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 958 (17S8).

Siurus ncevius Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 233 (Antigua), p. 453
(Guadeloupe), p. 54 (Dominica) (1S7S).

Seiurus sulfurascens D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 57
(1S40) (Cuba).

Seiurus noveboraccfisis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 151 (1847). — March, Pr.
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-
Nat. Cuba, I, p. 235 (1S65) ; ib. J. f. O. 1872, p. 416 (Cuba) ; ib.
Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 175 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory,
Bds. Bahama I. p. 71 (1880) ; ib. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151
(1881) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).

Seiurus gossii^F. Consp. I, p. 306 (1850) (Jamaica).

Henicocichla sulphurascens Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 471; ib. 1861, p. 407
(Cuba).

Henicocichla noveboracensis Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 471 ; ib. 1861, pp. 326,
407 (Cuba). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f.
O. 1862, p. 192 (Jamaica).

Siurus noveboracensis K. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- ^45 C^t- Croix) ; ib.
Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (i88t).

Enicocichla noveboracensis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306
(i860) (Cuba).

The present species ranges in winter throughout the West
Indies.

Cory 07t the Birds of the Wzst Indies. r-

5/

Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.).

Tiirdus motacilla Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 9 (1S07).

Henicocichla motacilla Cab. J. f. O. 1S57, p. 240 (Cuba^. — Gundl. J. f. O.
1S61, p. 326 (Cuba).

Henicocichla major Cab. J. f. O. 1S57, P- 240 (Cuba).

Enicocichla major Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i86o'i
(Cuba).

Henicocichla ludoviciana ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 70 (Jamaica). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1S62, p. 192 (Jamaica).

Seiurus ludovicianus Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p'. 236 (1865) ;
ib. J. f. O. 1872, p. 417 (Cuba),

Siurus jnotacilla Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 233, 4S6 (1878) (An-
tigua).

Seiurus motacilla Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 35 (18S5) ; ib.
List Bds. W. I. p. S (1S85).

Winters in the Greater Antilles ; probably occurs throughout
the West Indies.

Genus Geothlypis Caban.

Geothlypis Cabanis, Arch, fiir Naturg. I, pp. 316, 449 (1S47).

Geothlypis formosa (Wils.).

Sylvia formosa Wils. Am. Orn. Ill, p. 85 (iSii).

Myiodioctes formosus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 37 (1850) (Cuba). — Gundl.

J. f. O. 1S61, p. 326 (Cuba).
Myiototnusformosus Gv^ni.. ]. f. O. 1S55, p. 472 (Cuba).
Setophaga formosa Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p, 307 (1S60)

(Cuba).
Oporornis formosus Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 236 (1865) ;
ib. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 417 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. \V. L p. 8 (1SS5).
Geothlypis formosa Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, p. 354 (18S5).
Accidental in Cuba.

Geothlypis rostrata Bryant.

Geothlypis rostratus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 67 (1S66). —
"^ Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 73 (1S80) ; ib. List Bds. VV. I. p. 9 (1S85).

Trichas rostrata Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 242 (1869).
Geothlypis trichas var. rostrata Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 1,

p. 396 (1874).
Geothlypis rostrata Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 355 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above bright olive green ; a l)road band of black pass-
ing from the sides of the neck, over the forehead, including the eje,

c,^ Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

and extending to the nostril, just touching the lower mandible,
the black bordered posteriorly with pearl gray, becoming deeper
gray upon the crown; underparts bright yellow, the flanks shaded
with olive; quills brown, with the outer webs olive green; third
primary longest.

Fcjnale: — The black band wanting; plumage slightly paler; a
pale ash-colored line from over the eye to sides of the neck; crown
showing a trace of brown ; otherwise resembling the male.

Length, 5.50; wing, 2.70; tail, 2.36; tarsus, .92; bill, .72.

Habitat. New Providence, Bahama Islands.
Geothlypis trichas (Linn.).

Turdus trichas Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 293 (1766).

Sylvia trichas D'Okb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 67 (1840)
(Cuba).

Trichas marylandica Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 14S (1S47). — Bryant, Pr. Best.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 110 (1S59) (Bahamas).

Trichas niarilandica Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII. p. 307 (1S60)
(Cuba).

Geothlypis trichas Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 472; ib. 1861, p. 326; ib. 1S72,
p. 417; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 236 (1S65) (Cuba). — ScL.
P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 70 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 192
(Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Ja-
maica).— Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 187 (1S78)
(Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 72 (iSSo); ib. Bull. Nutt.
Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 36
(1S85) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).- A. & E. Newton, Ilandb.
Jam. p. 106 (1S81).

Geothlypis restricta Mavnard, Am. Ex. and Mart. Dec. 15, 1886.

Common in winter in the Bahama Islands and Greater Antilles.
Genus Microligea Cory.

Microligea CoRY, Auk, I, p. 290 (1S84).

Microligea palustris Cory.

Ligea falustris Cory, Auk, I, p. i (1884) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,
p. 38 (18S5).— Siiarpe, Cat. Bds Brit. Mus. X, p. 349 (1885).

Microligea palustris Cory, Auk, I, p. 290 (1S84) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 9
(1885).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. -q

Sp. Char. Male : — Crown, nape and upper portion of back slaty plumbe-
ous ; rest of back and upper surface of wings and tail yellowish
green; throat, breast and sides grayish plumbeous, showing a dull
olive tinge on the sides, darkest on the flanks; the middle of the
throat showing a slight grayish tinge, and the middle of the belly
showing distinctly white; outer webs of primaries and most of the
secondaries yellowish green, giving the wing a general greenish
appearance; inner webs of primaries dark brown, apparently slate
color in some lights; under surface of tail dull green; eyelids
white.

Female :— In general appearance like the male, but differs from it
by underparts being tinged with olive, mixing with the gray, and
top of the head green, showing the slate color faintly.

Length, 5.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75; bill, .50; mid-
dle toe, .40.
Habitat. San Domingo.

Genus Teretistris Caban.
Teretistris Cabanis, "J. f. O. 1S55, p. 475."

Teretistris fernandinse (Lemb.).

Anabafes fernandincB Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 66 (1S50). — Gundl. Journ.
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 317 (1S52).

Helmitherus blanda Bp. Consp. I, p. 314 (1850).

Teretistris feiniandince Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 475. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc.
Nat. Hist. Vn, p. 307 (1S60).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I,
p. 236 (1S65) ; ib. J. f. O. 1872, p. 41S.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 384
(1869).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds.
Brit, Mus. X, p. 368 (1885).

Teretristis fernandince Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 234 (1864). — ScL. &
Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 11 (1873).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head bright olive green, this color extend-
ing to the upper back; rest of upper parts ash-gray; throat and
sides of the head bright yellow, tinged with olive on the cheeks
and ear-coverts ; ej'elids bright yellow; rest of underparts ash-grav,
whitish on the middle of the belly, and tinged with olive on the
flanks and sides ; a slight tinge of olive on the carpus ; under Aving-
coverts white, slightly tinged with yellow.

Length, 4.85; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.95; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. Western j^art of Cuba.

Teretistris fornsi Gundl.

Teretistris fornsi Gv^m^. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 274 (1S5S). —
Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — Albrecht,

5o Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

J. f. O. iS6i, p. 211 ; ih. J. f. O. 1S62, p. 177; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat.

Cuba. I, p. 236 (1S65) ; I'b.J.f. O. 1872, p. 418. — Cory, List Bds. W.

I. p. 9 (1SS5).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 368 (18S5).
Teretristis yornsti Haird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 235 (1S64).
Teyetistris /ornsii Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 3S4 (1869).
Teretristis /or»si Sch. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 11 (1873).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head and upper parts pale ash-graj ; a faint
indication of jellow on the extreme forehead ; sides of the head
(including the eye), throat, and underparts yellow, becoming pale
on the belly and ashy white on the flanks and crissum ; wings and
tail pale brown, the feathers pale edged; a tinge of yellow on the
carpus and under wing-coverts.

Female: — Similar to the male, but less yellow on the underparts;
ashy white on the belly.

Length, 4.60; wing, 2.15; tail, 1.95; tarsus, .72.
Habitat. Eastern portion of Cuba.

Genus Sylvania Nuttall.

Sylvania "NuTT. Man. Orn. 1832."

Sylvania mitrata (Gmel.).

Motacilla mitrata Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 977 (178S).

Setophaga mitrata DOrb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 89
(1840) (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 307
(1S60) (Cuba).

Myioctomus mitrafus Gundl. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 472; ib. 1861, p. 407
(Cuba) ; ib. 1S72, ]>. 419 (Cuba).

Myiodioctes mitratiis Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326; ib. 1872, p. 419; ib.
Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 237 (1865) (Cuba). — A. &. E. New-
ton, Handb. Jam. p. 106 (iSSi).

Sylvania mitratiis Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).
Accidental in Cuba and Jamaica.

Genus Setophaga Swains.

Setophaga Swainson, Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 360 (1827).

Setophaga niticilla (Linn.).

Muscicapa ruticilla LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 326 (1766). — D'Orb. in La
Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 87 (1840) (Cuba).

5e/£i/^c^rt r«/'/f ///« Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 164 (1874) (Jamaica). — Gundl.
J. f. O. 1S55, p. 472; ib. 1861, p. 326: ib. 1872, p. 419; ib. Repert.
Fisico-Nat. Cuba, L p. 237 (1865) (Cuba).— Salle, P. Z. S. 1857,

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. gi

p. 231 (San Domingo).— A. & E. Newtox, Ibis, 1859, P- M4 (St.
Croix).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. m (1S59)
(Baliamas).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (iS6o)
(Cuba).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 72 (Jamaica).— Albrecht, J. f. O.
iS62,p. 194 (Jamaica).,— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p.
293 (Jamaica).— Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VIII, p. 97 (1864) (Sombre-
ro Is.) ; ib. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (187S) (Lesser Antilles).—
ScL. P. Z. S. 1S76, p. 14 (Sta. Lucia).— GuNDL. Anal Soc. Esp.
Hist. Nat. VII, p. 1S7 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I.
p. 75 (iSSo) ; ib. Bull. Nutt. Orn Club, VI, p. 151 (iSSi) (Haiti);
ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 40 (1SS5). — A. & E. Newton,
Handb. Jam. p. 106 (1S81).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 16S (San
Domingo).

The present species probably occurs in most of tlie West India
Islands. It is recorded from the Bahamas, all of the Greater,
and some of the Lesser Antilles.

Family CCEREBID^.
Genus Certhiola Sundev.

Ccrthiola Sundev. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockholm, p. 99 (1S35).

Certhiola bahamensis Reich.

Partes bahamensis Seligin, Samml. ausl. Vogel. Ill, p. t. xviii (1753).

Certhia bahamensis Briss. Orn. Ill, p. 620 (1760).

Certhiajiaveola var. p. Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 1S7 (1766).

Certhiajiaveola var. -y. Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, ]). 479 (178S).

Certhia Jlavcola var. -y. Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 297 (1790). — Bechst. Lath.
Uebers. IV, p. iSS.

Certhiola Jlaveola Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 102 (1S44). — Bp- Consp. I, p.
403 (1850). — Baird, Bds. N. Am. p. 924 (1S5S).

Certhiola bahamensis Reich. Handb. I, p. 253 (1853). — Cassin, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 271. — Cab. J. f. O. 1865, p. 412. — Bryant,
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 66 (1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I,
p. 120 (1869). — FiNSCH, Verhandl. Zool. Botan. Gesells. Wien.
XXI, p. 752 (1871). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 16
(1S73).— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 428
(1874).— Cory, Bds. Bahama L p. 76 (1880); ib. List Bds. W. L
p. 9 (1885).— CouES, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 317 (1SS4).— RiuGw. Pr.
U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, pp. 27, 29 (1885).

Certhiola bairdii Cab. J. f. O. 1865, p. 412.

(;2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. Male: — Above black, with a sliglit grayish tinge ; a superciliary
line of white, from bill to nape; throat ashy white; breast bright
yellow, extending upon the sides of the abdomen, and shading into
gray upon the flanks ; crissum white, wing-feathers slightly edged
with dull white ; a white patch at the base of the primaries, forming
a bar on the wings ; edge of the carpus bright yellow; tail, color
of the back, tipped with white, wanting upon tne middle, and largest
upon the two outer feathers.

Female: — Slightly paler than the male, but otherwise resem-
bling it.

Length, 4.50; wing, 2.60; tail, 1.90; tarsus; 70; bill, .54.
Habitat. Bahamas.

Certhiola portoricensis (Bryant).

Caereba flaveola Vieill. Ency. Meth. 1820, p. 611.

Nectariniajiavcola Moritz. Wiegm. Arch. fiir. Naturg. II, p. 3S7 (1S36).

Certhiola Jlaveola ScL. Cat. Am, Bds. p. 54 (1862) (St. Thomas). —

Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 166. — Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.

1864, p. 271. '
Certhiola Jlaveola var. J)ortoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

X, p. 252 (1866).
Certhiola sti. thomce Sund. Consp. 1S69, p. 621 (?).
Certhiola portoricensis Sund. Consp. 1S69, p. 622. — Finsch, Verhandl.

Zool. Botan. Gesells. Wien, XXI, p. 760 (1S71). — ScL. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 16 (1S73). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N.

Am. Bds. I, p. 427 (1S74).— GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII,

p. 216 (1878).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884) ; ib.

VIII, pp. 28, 29 (1885).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).

Sp. Char. — Back dark slate color, showing an olive tint in some specimens ;
in others the back almost black ; rump olive yellow; breast color of
rump, showing more olive on the abdomen; throat gray; second,
third, fourth, and fifth primaries banded at base with white, sixth
primary nearly so, rest of primaries showing white on the webs at
the base.

Length (skin), 4.25; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.45; tarsus, .72; bill, .50.
Habitat. Porto Rico and St. Thomas.

Certhiola sancti-thomae Ridgw.

Certhiola portoricensis FiNscii, Verhandl. Zcol. Botan. Gesells. Wien,
XXI, p. 760 (1871).— Baird, Am. Nat. VII, p. 672 (1S73) and
authors from St. Thomas and St. John.

Certhiola sancti-thomce Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, pp. 28, 29
(1885).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1S85).

Cory oh the Birds of the V/est Indies. A -»

Sp. Char. — Very close to C. fortoricensis, but separated from it by having
the back lighter slate color, and throat lighter gray.

Measurements practically the same as those of C j>ortoriccnsis.

Habitat. St. Thomas, and St. John, W. I.

This is a somewhat doubtful species, and requires fiuthcr
Investigation. Specimens in my collection from St. John and
St. Thomas show the dark back of C. po7-iorice7zsls, while
Mhers show the gray tinge, representing sancti-tJw77ice. I hav'c
also a specimen of C. portoricensis which has the back nearly
as gray as any from St. Thomas. A specimen from St. Thomas
also agrees with one from Port Rico, in the color of the throat,
although other specimens have the throat lighter. It is possible
that some of the specimens in question may be incorrectly labelled,
as several of them were obtained by piu'chase.

Certhiola bananivora (Gmel.).

Motacilla bananivora Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. p. 951 (17SS).

Certhiola— {':) Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 233.

Certhiola bananivora Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95 (1865).

— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 427 (1S74).—

Cory, Bds. Haiti, and San Domingo, p. 41 (1SS5) ; ib. List Bds.

W. I. p. 9 (18S5).
Cer/^/o/a c/««^ "Herz Von WuRTLEMB. Hartl. Naumannia, II, Heft.

2, p. 56 (1852) (sine descr.)." — Finsch, Verhandl. Zool. Botan.

Gesells. Wien, XXI, p. 771 (1871). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium

Neotr. p. 17 (1873).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151

(1881).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper surface, including head, cheeks, wings, and tail,
dull black; a superciliary white stripe, extending from the base
of the upper mandible to the nape ; throat dark slaty color; imder-
parts bright yellow, becoming grayish olive upon the sides and
thighs; rump and carpus bright yellow; an edging of white upon the
basal portion of primaries on the outer webs, very narrow upon
the first, the whole nearly concealed by the coverts, forming a
narrow white wing-band ; bill and feet black; tail slightly tipped
with dull white on the outer feathers.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 4.40; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .60; bill, .50.
Habitat. San Domingo.

Young birds of tliis species have the superciliary stripe yellow,
and the back more gray. Specimens in my collection show all

(fA Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies.

intermediate stages, from the yellow one, some having it half
•white, half yellow, while others show but a faint spot of yellow
in front of the eye. The color of the throat also varies slightly
at different seasons and ages.

Certhiola bartholemica (Sparrm.).

Certhia bartholemica Sparrm. Mus. Carls, fasc. Ill, No. 57 (17SS). —

Bechst. Lath. Uebers. I, p. 611. (1793).
Cacrcba Jlaveola ViEiLL. Encj. Mdth. p. 611 (1S20).
Certhiola bartholemica Reich. Handb. Scans, p. 253 (1853). — Sundev.

Kutisk. Framstall. in K. Vet. Akad. Handl. II, No. 3, p. 10 (1S57) 5

ib. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 622. — Finsch, Verhandl. Zool. Botan.

Gesells.Wien.XXI, p. 763 (1872). — Scl. &Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr.

p. Ib 1.1873). — Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 428 (1874).

—Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.

VIII, pp. 28,30(1885).

Sp. Char. — Forehead dull gray; throat dark plumbeous; superciliary
stripe extending backward, commencing above the eye ; white mark-
ing near base of primaries very small; lower part of rump dull
yellowish green.

Length (skin), 395; wing, 2.35; tail, 1.70.
Habitat. St. Bartholemew.

Certhiola saccharina Lawr.

Certhiola saccharina Lawr. Am. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 151 (1878) ; ib.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 4S7 (1878).— Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 9
Q1885).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, pp. 28, 30. (1885).

Sp. Char. — Throat very dark slate color, much darker than in C. forto-
ricensis., and extending lower; underparts brighter yellow; the white
marking on the primaries somewhat heavier; rump yellowish green;
back very dark slate color, not quite as dark as in C. fortoricensis.
Length (skin), 4; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .58.
Habitat. St. Vincent, and Grenada.

Certhiola flaveola (Linn.).

Certhia Jlaveola Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 187 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat.

I, p. 497 (1788). — Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 6n (1820). — Denny, P. Z.

S. 1S47, P- 39-
Certhiola jlaveola GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 84 (1847). — ScL.' Cat. Am. Bds. p.

54 (1862). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 196. — March, Pr. Acad-

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 296. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 120 (1869).

Cory on the Birds of the ll'ist Indies. ^r

— FiNSCH, Verhandl. Zool. Botan. Gesells. Wien, XXI, p. 756 (1871).
— SCL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 16 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. &
RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 427 (1S74). — A. & E. Newton,
Handb. Jamaica, p. 103 (1881).— Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).
— RiDGW. Pr. U.- S. Nat. Mus. VIII, pp. 28-30 (1885).

Sp. Char. — General appearance of C. portoricensis, but having the throat
much darker gray. Upper parts of breast showing an olive tinge ;
the yellow of the breast is duller than in C. fortoricensis, and some-
what ochraceus ; outer webs of primaries heavily marked with white,
extending fully half their length, inner webs showing much white
at the base, and narrowly edged with the same ; secondaries broadly
marked with white on the inner webs; rump jellow, as bright as
the belly.

Length (skin), 4; wing, 2.32; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .58.

Habitat. Jamaica.

Certhiola newtoni Baird.

Certhiola Jlaveola h.. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 67.— Scl. Cat. Am.

Bds. p. 54 (1862) (St. Croix).— SuNDEV. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1869,

p. 623 (St. Croix).
Certhiola bartholemica Fixsch, Verhandl. Zool. Botan. Gesells. Wien.

XXI, p. 763 (187 1) (St. Croix).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr.

p. 16 (1873) (St. Croix).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (18S4).
Certhiola nezvtoni Baird, Am. Nat. VII, p. 611 (1873)- Bd. Bwr. &

RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 427 (1884).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat,

Mus. VIII, pp. 28-30 (1885).

Sp. Char.— Similar to C. Jlaveola. "White patch of wing more quadrate
on each quill; transverse; not tapering off gradually and uniformly
behind ; not reaching the shaft on outer primary. Breast without
ochraceous; rump olivaceous yellow; the color different from that
of the belly." (Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.)

Habitat. St. Croix.

Certhiola dominicana Taylor.

Certhiola dominicana Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 167.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I.
p. 120 (1869).— FiNSCH, Verhandl. Zool. Botan. Gesells. Wien, XXI,
p. 787 (1871).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 17 (1873).—
Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 428 (1S74).— Lawr.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (1878).— Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 9
(1885).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. p. 30 (1SS5).

certhiola frontalis Baird, MSS. Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.«I,
p. 428 (1874).

^5 Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. — Superciliary stripe lacking, or extremely indistinct in front
of the eye ; frontal region dull grayish black ; back smoky black,
sometimes showing a slight olive tinge when held in the light;
throat dark slate color; lower part of rump showing olive green;
a delicate penciling of white on the outer webs of primaries.
Length (skin), 4.S5; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .65.

Habitat. Dominica^ Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, St. Eusta-
tius, Guadeloupe, and Saba.

C. sundevalli Ridgw. is probably a phase of plumage of this
species, the yellow superciliary stripe changing with age, as in
C bananivora.

Certhiola barbadensis Baird.

Certhiola martinicana ScL. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 174.

Certhiola barbadensis Baird, Am. Nat. VII, p. 612 (1873). — Bb. Bwr. &
Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 428 (1874).— Cory, List Bds. W. L
p. 9 (1885).— Ridgw. ?•"• U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, pp. 28, 30 (18S6).

Sp. Char. — "Upper part of throat slate black, bordered laterally by a gray
rictal patch, and below by a yellowish white patch ; separating the
black from the 3'ellow of the jugulum. Upper parts as in C. domin-
icana, but superciliary stripe broadest and most sharply defined an-
teriorly." (Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, p. 28 (i8'85.)
Length, 3.75; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.75.
Habitat. Barbadoes.

Certhiola martinicana Reich.

Certhia martinicana s. saccharivora Briss. Orn. Ill, p. 611 (1S60).
Certhia flaveola var. p. Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 1S7 (1766). — Gmel. Syst.

Nat. I, p. 479(1788).
Certhiola martinicana Reich. Handb. I, p. 252 (1853). — Cassin, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 271.— Cab. J. f. O. 1865, p. 412.—

Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 120 (1869). — Finsch, Verhandl. Zool.

Botan. Gesells. Wien, XXI, p. 788 (1871).— Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p.

269. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 17 (1S73). — Bd. Bwn.

& Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 428 (1S74).— Lawr. Pr. U. S.

Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (1878).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V,

p. 166 (1880).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S.

Nat. Mus. VIII, pp. 28-30(1885).
Certhiola albigula Bp. Compt. Rend. 1854, P- 259- — Tayor, Ibis, 1864, p.

167. — Newton, Zool. Record, 186-1, p. 76.

Sp. Char. — Sides of the throat grayish black; a patch of white on the
middle of the throat to bi-east; underparts bright yellow, a tinge cf

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 67

olive on the abdomen ; lower rump narrowly banded with olive
green; upper parts dull slate color; wing-coverts sometimes
slightly tipped with white.

Length (skin), 4.15 ; wing, 2.28; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .64. Another
specimen: Length (skin), 4.35; wing, 2.33; tail, 1.70; tarsus, 68.
Habitat. Santa Lucia and Martinique.

C.Jinschi Ridgw. is probably a phase of plumage of this spe-
cies. Some specimens from Martinique in my collection have the
superciliary stripe yellow, and also show yellow on the throat.
The locality given where the type specimen of C.Jinsckl was
taken is, as Mr. Ridgway suggests, undoubtedly incorrect. The
same variation in coloring on account of age and season is shown
in the San Domingo species C bananivora.

Certhiola atrata Lawr.

Certhiola atrata Lawr. Am. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 150 (1878) ; ib. Pr.
U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (1S78).— Lister, Ibis, 1S80, p. 40.—
Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1S85).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.
VIII*pp. 28, 30 (1S85).

Sp. Char. — Entire plumage dull black; a tinge of olive is perceptible on
the underparts, and on the rump.

Length (skin), 4.05; wing, 2.35; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .56.
Habitat. St. Vincent and Grenada.

Mr. Ridgway expresses the opinion that this is perhaps a me-
lanotic variety of C. saccharina.

Genus Ccereba Vieill.
Cccreha Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 1S07.

Coereba cyanea (Linn.).

Certhia cyanea Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 188 (1766).

Certhiu cyanogastra Lath. Ind. Orn. L P- 295 (1790)-

Ccereba cyanea Vieill. Ois. Dos. pis. 41, 42, 43, etGal. Ois. pi. 176 (1820-
26).— Max. Beitr. Ill, p. 761 (1831).— Bp. Consp. I, p. 399 (1850).—
Thienem. J. f. O. 1857, p. 152.— BuRM. Syst. Ueb. Ill, p. 150.— ScL.
Cat. Am. Bds. p. 52 (1862).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 116 (1S69).—
ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 16 (1873).— Bd. Bwr. &
RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 425 (1S74).— Cory, List Bds. W. I.

p. 9 (188.S).
Ccereba cyanea D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 124 (1840).
— Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 131 (1850).

*Dic(Eum aterrimum. Lesson Trait^ d'Orn. I, p. 303 (1831).— PUCH ERA N, Rev.
Zool. 1846, p. 134.— Salv. andOoDM. C. A. Ave. I, p. 251 ?
Certhiola atrata ScLATER, Cat. Bds. Brit. ' lus. Vol. XI, p. 47.

^g Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Arbclorhina cyanca Cab. in Schomb. Guian. Ill, p. 675 (1S4S) ; ib. J. f. O.
1856, p. 98; ib. 1874, p. 139.-— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba,
I, p. 291 (1S65). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VIII, p. 306
(i860).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head bright pale blue ; a stripe of black passing
from the upper mandible and encircling the eye; sides of the head,
lower back, and entire underparts dark purplish blue, wings and
upper back black; inner webs of primaries and secondaries bright
yellow; sides and flanks greenish.

Female: — Entire upper parts bright green ; underparts green, the sliafts
of the feathers showing dull white, giving a finely pencilled appear-
ance to the throat and breast; central portion of belly showing a
pale yellowish tinge.

Length (skin); 4; wing, 2.60; tail, 1.30; tarsus, .50; bill, 50.

Dr. Gundlach writes me that this species is abundant in many
portions of the Island of Cuba.

Genus Glossiptila Scl.

Glossiptila Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 269.

Glossiptila ruficollis (Gmel.).

Motacilla campestris Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 329 (1766).

Tatiagra ruficollis "Gmel Syst. Nat. IL"

Tachyphonus rufigularis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 320.

Tanagrella ruficollis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 236 (1S47). — Gray, Gen. Bds.
Ill, App. p. 17 (1849).— Bp. Consp. I, p. 236 (1850).

Pyrrhulagra rificollis Bp. Consp. I, p. 493 (1850) (excl. syn.).

Neornis carulea Hartl. Nachtr. z. Verz. Mus. Brem. p. 8 (descr. nulla).

Glossiptila ruficollis Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 269. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862,
p. 196. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 296. — Baird,
Rev. Am. Bds. I, p. 163 (18S4).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 120 (1S69).
— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 17 (1873). — A. &. E. New-
ton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1S81). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9
(18S5).

Cory on the Birch of the West Indies. 6q

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage dull blue; a stripe of dull black from
the bill to the eje, showing slightly on the forehead ; a large patch
of rufous on the throat; quills and tail dark brown, feathers edged
with blue; bill black; feet horn color.

Female: — Top of head bluish gray, shading into grayish olive on
the back; wings edged with pale brown; underparts gray, faintly
streaked; tail brown.

Length (skin), 5; wing, 3; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .58.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Genus Chlorophanes Reich.

Chlorophanes " Reich. Handb. p. 234 (1853). '

Chlorophanes spiza (Linn.).

Certhia spiza LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 186 (1766).

Certhia spiza var. ? Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 476 (17SS).

Coereba atricapilla Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XIV, p. 50. (1817).

Ccereba spiza Max. Beitr. Ill, p. 771 (1831).

Ceereba atricapilla Bp. Consp. I, p. 400 (1850). •

Dacttis atricapilla ScL. Contr. Orn. p. 108 (1851).

Chlorophanes atricapilla "Reich. Handb. p. 234 (1853)." — ScL. Cat. Am.
Bds. p. 52 (1862). — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 163 (1864). — Gray,
Handl. Bds. I, p. 118 (1S69). — ScL. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p.
1(5 (1S73) (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 9 (1885).

Dacnis spiza Cab. Mas. Hein. I, p. 95 (1850). — BuRM. Syst. Ueb. Ill, p.

Neciarina mitrata Light. Doubl. p. 15.

Sp. Char. Male: — Head and cheeks black, rest of plumage, including
throat, bright bluish green; quills and tail dark brown, edged with
greenish ; under surface of wing steel gray.

Female :-*~Entire plumage light green, brightest on the back, and
palest on the underparts; under surface of wing dull white.

Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.75; tail, 2; tarsus, .75.

A male bird of this species in my cabinet is labelled Cuba, and
Messrs. Sclater and Salvin (1. c.) record it from there. It is prob-
able that if the localities given are correct, the specimens in ques-
tion were escaped cage birds.

Family HIRUNDINID^.

Genus Progne Boie.
Progne Boie, Isis, 1S26, p. 971.

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Cory oh f/ie Birds of the West Indies.

Progne dominicensis (Gmel.).

Hit-undo dominicensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 1025 (1788). — Vieill. Ois-

Am. Sept. p. 59 (1807).
Hirundo albiventris Vieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. XIV, p. 533 (1817).
Progne dominicensis Boie, Isis, 1S26, p. 971. — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 69

C1S47).— Bp. Consp. I, p. 337 (1S50).— Albreciit, J. f. O. 1862,

p. 194.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 295.— Taylor,

Ibis, 1864, p. 166. — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 279 (1S64).— Gundl.

J. f. O. 1872, p. 419; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 196 (1878).

— SCL. &SALV. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 14 (1S73).— Lawr. Pr. U. S.

Nat. Mus. I, p. 4S7 (187S).— Lister, Ibis, 18S0, p. 40.— A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (1S81). — Cory, Bds. Haiti cS: San

Dominigo,p. 44 (1S85) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885).— Sharpe,

Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 176 (1885).
Hirundo {Progne) dominicensis Bryant, Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.

94 (1866).
Progne subis. var. dominicensis Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I,

p. 328 (1S74J.

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire upper surface, throat, and sides steel blue, show-
ing purplish reflections in some lights; rest of underparts white;
quills and tail dark brown, the feathers having a faint bluish tinge
on the outer webs ; crissum dull white ; bill and feet black.

Female: — Upper surface as in the male ; throat and sides ashy
brown ; otherwise resembling the male.

Length, 7; wing, 5.60; tail, 3.10; tarsus, .50; bill, .50.
Habitat. San Domingo and Antilles. ,

Progne subis (Linn.).

Hirundo subis 'Lii<it^. Syst. Nat. p. 192 (1758).

Hirundo purpurea LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 344 (1766).

Progne purpurea D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat Cuba, Ois. p. 94 (1S40). —

GuNDL. J. f. O. 1856, p. 3; ib. 1861, p. 32S (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr.

Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60) (Cuba).
Progne cryptoleuca Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 277 (1864). — Gundl. J. f. O.

1872, p. 431.— Cory, List Bds. \V. I. p. 10 (1885).
Progne subis var. cryptoleuca Bd. Bwr. & Ridgvv. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p.

322 (1874).

Cuba.

Genus Petrochelidon Caban.
Petrochelidon Cabaxis, Mus Hein. I, 1850-51, p. 47.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ^ ,

Petrochelidon fulva (Vieill.).

Hiruudo fulva Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 62 (1S07).— March, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 295.
Cecaof sis fulva BoiE, Isis, 1S28, p. 315.
Ilirundo mclanogaster Denny, P. Z. S. 1S47, p. 3S.
Hinindo ftxciloma GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 64 (1847). — Osborn, P. Z. S.

1S65, p. 63.
Hinmdo coronata Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 45 (1S50). — Gundl. Journ. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 318 (1S52).
Herse fulva Bp. Consp. I, p. 341 (1850).
Petrochelidon fulva Cab. Mus. Ilein. I, p. 47 (1S50). — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60).— Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 40

(1S62).— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 194.— Baird, Rev. Am. Bds.

p. 291 (1864).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 71 (1869).— Scl. & Salv.

Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 14 (1873).— Guxdl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 133;

ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 198 (1878).— A. & E. Newton,

Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (1881).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p.

152 (18S1); /(5. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 47 (1885); ib. List

Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1S85).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 195

(1885).
Petrochelidon fccciloma Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 292 (1864). — Gray,

Handl. Bds. I, p. 71 (1869).— Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 311.
Hirmido {Petrochelidon) fulva Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X,

p. 252 (1866).

Sp. Char. Male: — Throat and sides of the breast pale rufous brown, the
color passing around the neck in a narrow line at the nape; belly
and crissum dull white, the latter showing a rufous tinge; top of the
head bluish black, the color nearly encircling the eye; forehead
and rump dark rufous brown ; back bluish black, streaked with
white ; wings and tail dark brown ; bill and feet black.
The sexes are apparently similar.

Length, 4.70; wing, 4; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .40; bill, .37.
Habitat. Antilles.

Genus Tachycineta Cab an.

Tachycincta Cabanis^ Mus. Hein. I, p. 48 (1S50).

Tachycineta bicolor (^ Vieill.).

Hirundo bicolor Vieili.. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 61 (1S07). — Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 10 (18S5).
Tachycineta bicolor Gvavi^. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 4; ib. 1S61, p. 330 (Cuba);

ib. 1874, p. 113 (Cuba).— CouY, Bds. Bahama I. p. So (iSSo).

Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 117 (1S85).

y2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Petrochelidon bicolor'BKTS.w. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60)
(Cuba).

Accidental in Cuba and Bahama Islands.

Tachycineta euchrysea (Gosse).

Hirundo cuchrysen GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 68 (1847). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat.

Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 295. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. A.vium Neotr. p. 14

(1873).— Cory, List Eds. W. I. p. 10 (1885).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds.

Brit. Mus. X, p. 170 (1S85).
Herse euchrysea Bp. Bonsp. I, p. 34 (1S50).
Petrochelidon euchrysea Scl. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 72 ; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 39

(1S62). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 194.
Callichelidon euchrysea Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 304 (1864). — Gray,

Handl. Bds. I, p. 72 (1S69). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p.

107 (18S1).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire upper surface including head bright golden
green; a slight bluish tinge perceptible on the forehead, when held
in the light; underparts white; wings and tail brown, showing a
tinge of bronzy green on the upper surface.
Female similar to male.

Length (skin), 4.50, wing, 4.25; tail, 2.25.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Tachycineta sclateri (Cory).

Hirundo euchrysea (var. dominiceusisP) Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
XI, p. 95 (1866).

Callichelidon euchrysea var. dominicensis Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 72
(1869).

Hirundo sclateri CoRY, Auk, I, p. 2 (1884) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Do-
mingo, p. 45 (1S55); ^^- List. Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1855). — Sharpe,
Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 171 (18S5).

Sp. Ckar. — Above bright bluish green, showing a golden color in some
lights, becoming decidedly blue on the forehead; upper surface of
wings and tail showing a tinge of dull blue, brightest on the tail;
underparts pure white; primaries brown; bill and legs very dark
brown.

The sexes are similar.
Length, 5; wing, 4.60; tail, 2.
Habitat. San Domingo.

Genus Chelidon Forst.

(Chclidon FoRSTER, Syn. Cat. Brit. Bds. p. 55 (1S17).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ^ -

Chelidon erythrogastra (Bodd.).

Hirundo erythrogastra "Bodd. Tabl. P. E. 45 (1873)." — Cory, List. Bds.
W. I. p. 10 (1SS5).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 137 (1SS5).

Hirundo americana Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 44 (1850).

Hirundo rufa GuNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 3; ib. 1861, p. 328 (Cuba). — Brew.
Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII. p. 306 (i860).

Hirundo horreorum A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- ^ (St. Croix) ; ib.
Handb. Jam. p. 107 (1S81). — Sundv. Oefv. K. Vet. Alcad. p. 584
(1S69) (St. Bartholemew). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 431 (Cuba). —
Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 455 (1878) (Guadeloupe).— Cory,
Bds. Bahama I. p. 78 (18S0).

Recorded from Bahama Islands, Greater Antilles, St. Croix
and Guadeloupe, and St. Bartholemew.

Genus Callichelidon Bryant.

Callichclidon (Bryant, MSS.) Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 303 (1864).

Callichelidon cyaneoviridis (Bryant).

Hirundo cyaneoviridisBKY AST, Pr.Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. iii (1859).
— Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 303 (1864). — Salv. Ibis, 1874, p, 307. —
Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 79 (1S80) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1SS5).

Callic/ieidoncya/ieoviridisGKAY, Handl. Bds. I, p. 72 (1869). — Bd. Bwr. &
Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 327 (1S74).

Tachycineta cyatteoviridis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 121 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male : — Above velvet green, shading into steel blue, with purple
reflections upon the rump and wings ; a black stripe from the nostrils
to the eve ; underparts pure white ; tail forked, the inner webs of the
outer feathers edged with dull white.

Female: — Resembles the male, but the plumage much duller, and
showing traces of dusky; bill and feet black.

Length, 6.40; wing, 4.40; tail, 3.10; tarsus, .42; bill, .15.
Habitat. Bahamas.

Genus Clivicola Forst.

Clivicola Forst, Syn. Cat. Brit. Bds. 55 (1817).

Clivicola riparia (Forst.).

Hirundo riparia Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 192 (175S).— Lemb. Aves Cuba,

p. 47 (1850).
Cotyle riparia Gundl. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 5; ib. i86i, p. 330; ib. 1S74, p. 114

(Cuba).— Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (iS6o) (Cuba)

A. &E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (18S1).— Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 10 (1885).
Cuba ; Jamaica ; probably wanders throughout the Antilles.

74 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Family VIREONID^.

Genus Vireo Vieill.

Vireo Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 83 (1S07).

Vireo modestus Scl.

Vireo noveboracensis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 192 (1S47).

Vireo modestus Scl. P. Z. S. i860, p. 462. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p.
194. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294. — Baird, Rev.
Am. Bds. p. 362 (1864). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 12
(1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881). —
Gadow Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VIII, p. 303 (1883).— Cory, List Bds.
W. I. p. 10 (1885).

Vireonella modestus Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 382 (1869).

Sp. Char. Male: — Uppei plumage dull olive green; throat pale; belly
dull yellowish brown ; primaries and secondaries brown, edged with
dull greenish on the outer webs ; coverts edged with dull yellowish
white, forming an imperfect wing-band ; tail-feathers narrowly edged
with olive green.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.40; tail, 2; tarsus, .65.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Vireo iatimeri Baird.

Vireo Iatimeri Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 364 (1864). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 252 (1866). — ScL. & Salv. Nom Avium Neotr.

p. 12 (1873).— Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII. p. 135 (1878);

lb. J. f. O. 1S78; p. 158.— Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VIII, p. 304

(1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885).
Vireonella Iatimeri Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 382 (1869).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head grayish brown; back olive green; under-
parts showing throat dull white, shading into bright yellow on the
breast and belly ; wings and tail brown, feathers edged with pale
greenish.

Length (skin), 4.25; wing, 2.25; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 75

Vireo alleni Cory.

Vireo alleni CoRY, Auk, iii. pp. 500, 501 (i!

Sp. Char.— Above dull olive, showing a dull yellow tinge on the forehead; a
stripe of yellow from the upper mandible to the eye, the yellow showing
on the upper and lower eyelids; entire under surface dull yellow, tinged
with olive on the flanks and sides; two distinct yellowish-white wing
bands; quills dark brown, most of the. feathers edged with yellowish-green
on the outer webs; tail brown, showing faint olive edgings on the outer
webs; bill horn color; legs dark brown or slaty brown.
Length, 4.10; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .75; bill, .45.
Habitat. Grand Cayman.

Vireo crassirostris (Bryant).

Lanivireo crassirostris Bryant, Pr. Best. See. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 112

(1859)-— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 83 (iSSo).
Vireo crassirostris Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 36S (1S64).— ScL. & Sal v.

Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 12 (1S73).— Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.

VIII, p. 300 (1S83).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1SS5).
Vireonella crassirostris Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 3S2 (1S69).

Sp. Char, il/a/e;— Above jellowish olive; a streak of olive from the nos-
tril, encircling the eje ; underparts yellowish ; wings and tail brown,
the feathers edged with greenish, the former showing two white
bands.

Length, 5; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.90; tarsus, .84; bill, .40.
Habitat. Bahamas.

This species is nearly allied to V. noveboracensis, but differs
from it in being slightly larger, and in having the entire mider-
parts an almost uniform color — pale yellow, or yellowish white.*

Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.).

Muscicapa noveboracensis Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 947 (1788).
Vireo noveboracensis Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 469 (Cuba) ; ib. 1861, p. 404
(Cuba) ; ib. 1872, p. 484 (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).— Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VII, p.
300 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 10, (1885).

Vireo {Lanivireo') noveboracensis GuNDL. J. f. O. 1S61, p. 324 (Cuba).

Accidental in Cuba.

Vireo gundlachi Lemb.

Vireo ^tndlac/ii Lkmb. Aves Cuba, p. 29 (1S50). — Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p.
468.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60).—
Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 228 (1865). — Scl. ^^ Salv.
Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 12 (1873). — Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.

VIII, p. 304 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1S85).
Vireonella ^undlac/ii B MRU, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 369 (1S64). — Gray, Handl.

Bds. I, p. 382 (1869).— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p.
382 (1874)-

* Vireo crassirostris ^aveseens, anew sub-species described by Ridgway, Man.
N. A. Bds. p. 476, 1887, " Yellow l)cneath, and olive green above." It occurs on
Rum Cay and Conception I., Bahamas. It is very clostiy allied to J', alhni.

y5 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. — Wings short and rounded ; upper plumage grayish olive ; lores
and circle around the eye yellowish; underparts dull yellow; two
narrow wing-bands; wings and tail brown edged with grayish olive,
pale on the secondaries ; quills narrowly edged on inner webs with
dull white; bill dull horn color.

Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.15; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .78; bill. .43.
Habitat. Cuba.

Vireo flavifrons ViEiLii.

Vireo JiavifronsYiEiY.1.. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 85 (1807). — Gundl. J. f. O.
1S55, p. 46S (Cuba) ; ib. 1861, p. 404 (Cuba) ; ib. 1872, p. 403 (Cuba)
—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat, Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).—
Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885).
Accidental in Cuba.

Vireo calidris (Linn.).

Motacilla calidris Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 329 (1766).

Vireosylvia olivacea GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 194 (1847).

Vireo altiloquus Gamb. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1848, p. 127. — Baird,
Bds. N. Am. p. 354 (1858).

Vireosylvia altiloqua Cassin, Pr. Acad Nat. Sci. Phila. 1851, p. 152; ib.
Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 375. — Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- i45-
— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 195. — ScL. & Salv, p. Z. S. 1864, p.

348.

Vireo altiloqua Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p- 231.

Vireosylvia calidris Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 329(1864). — ScL. & Salv.
P. Z. S. 1875, p. 234.— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 233 (1878).—
A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (18S1).

Vireo calidris Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 93 (1866). — Salv.
& Godm. Biol. Centr. Amer. Aves, p. 186 (1881). — Gadow, Cat.
Bds. Brit. Mus. VIII, p. 293 (1883).— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Do-
mingo, p. 49 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885).

Pkyllomanes calidris Gundl. Anal. vSoc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 168 (1878) ;
ib.]. £ O. 1878. p. 158.

Vireosylvia calidris var. dotninicana Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 55
(1878).

Sp. Char. Male: — Crown grayish, but showing a slight olive tinge ; upper
parts dull olive green ; a buff superciliary line and a dusky stripe
through the eye; a narrow dusky maxillary line halfway down the
sides of the throat; sides pale yellowish-olive; lining of wings and
under tail-coverts pale yellow; tail olive.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 5.80; wing, 3.20; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .68; bill, .60.
Habitat. Jamaica, San Domingo, and Antilles.

Cory on the Birds of the West Itidi'es. 77

Vireo calidris barbatula.

Vireo gilvus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 43 (1840) (?)
Phyllomancs barbatulus Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 467 (Cuba) ; ib. Gundl.

i86r, p. 324 (Cuba); ib. 1S72, p. 401 (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60) (Cuba).
Vireo olivaceus Thienem. J. f. O. 1857, p. 147 (Cuba) .''
Vireosylvia altiloqua Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 113 (1859)

(Bahamas). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1861, p. 206 (Cuba).
Vireo calidris var. barbatulus Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I,

p. 36 (1874).
Vireo altiloquus var. barbatulus Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 82 (iS8o).
Vireo calidris barbatula Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (18S5).

The North American variety of V. calidris occurs in the
Bahama Islands, and is recorded from Cuba.

Vireo olivaceus (Lixx.).

Muscicapa olivacea Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 327 (1766).

Vireo olivaceus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 3S7 (i860)

(Cuba).
Pkyllomanes olivaceus Gv^ni.. J. f. O. 1872, p. 403 (Cuba) ; /i5. 1S7S, p.

15S (Porto Rico) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 169 (1S7S)

(Porto Rico).
Vireo olivacea Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (18S5).

V. olivaceus is claimed to have occurred in Cuba and Porto
Rico.

Vireo solitarius (Wils.).

Muscicapa solifaria WiLS. Am. Orn. II. p. 43 (iSio).

Vireo solitarius GuNDL. J. f. O. 1854, p. 46S (Cuba) ; ib. 1S72, p. 403

(Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60)

(Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885).
Vireo (^Lanivireo) solitarius Gunul. J. f. O. iS6i, p. 324 (Cuba).

Accidental in Cuba.

Genus Laletes Scl.

Lalctcs Sclater, P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 72.

Laletes osburni Sci..

Lalctcs osburni ^c-L. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 72, pi. 14.— Albrkcht,J. f. O. 1S62,
p. 195. — Scl. (Si Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 12 (1873). — A. & E.

78 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (18S1). — Gadow, Cat. Bds. Biit.
Mus. VIII, p. 313 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885).
Laletes osburnii Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 3S3 (1S64). — Gray, Handl.
Bds. I, p. 384 (1869.)

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head grayish olive, becoming olive green on the
back; underparts dull greenish jellow; wings and tail pale brown,
narrowly edged with olive ; under wing-coverts yellowish white.
Length (skin), 5.25; wing, 3; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Family AMPELID^^.

Genus Dulus Vieill.
Z>«/«5 ViEiLLOT, Analyse, p. 42, No. 131, 1816.

Dulus dominicus (Linn.).

Tanagra domitiica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 316 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat.

I, p. 894 (178S).
Dulus falmarum "Vieill. Nouv. Diet. X, p. 438 (1817)." — Bp. Consp.

I, p. 331 (1850).

Dulus dominicus SrRiCKh. Contr. Orn. p. 103 (1S51). — Salle, P. Z. S.
1S57, p. 231. — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 403 (1864). — Bryant, Pif.
Bost Sec. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 92 (1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p.
365 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 13 (1873). —
Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (iSSi); il>. Bds. Haiti &
San Domingo, p. 51 (18S5) ; id. List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885). —
Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 218 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above dull olive brown ; throat dull white; feathers
of the throat and underparts dark brown in the centre, broadly
edged with dull rufous white, giving the bird a heavily streaked ap-
pearance ; rump green; primaries and secondaries dark brown, the
outer webs edged with green, the inner webs becoming very pale
on the edges ; tail dark brown, the feathers very narrrowly edged
with green; iris orange.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 6.20; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.10; tarsus, .80; bill, .55.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Dulus nuchalis Swains.

Dulus nuchalis Swains. Anim. in Menag. p. 345 (1S37) '■> ^^- Classif. Bds.

II, p. 238 (1837). — Strickl. Contr. Orn. p. 104 (1851). — Baird,

Cory 07t the Birds of the West Indies. 'JQ

Rev. Am. Bds. I, p. 403 (1864).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 13 (1873).— Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 224 (1876).— Cory,
List Bds. W. I. p. It (1885).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p.

219 (1885).

This species.? is described as somewhat smaller than Dichis
do7ni7iiciis ., and showing a white patch on the najje ; it is other-
wise similar. The exact habitat is unknown.

Habitat. "Antilles."

Genus Ampelis Linn.
Ampelis Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 297 (1766).

Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.).

Am-pelis garrulus var. (3. LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 297 (1766).

Bombycilla cedrorum Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 88 (1807). — Cab. J. f.

O. 1856, p. 3 (Cuba) ; ib. 1859, P- 35°; Gundl. J. f. O. i86i, p. 328

(Cuba).
Ampelis carolineiisis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 197 (1847). — Albrecht, J. f. O.

1862, p. 202 (Jamaica).
Bombycilla carolineiisis Brewer, Pr Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307

(i860) (Cuba).
Ampelis cedrorum March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294 (Jamai-
ca). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 240 (1865); ib.].i.

O. 1872, p. 430 (Cuba).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107

(1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885).
Recorded from Cuba and Jamaica.

Family TANAGRID^^.
Genus Euphonia Desm.

Eufhonia Desmarest, Hist. Nat. des Tanagras, etc. p. 19 (1S05).

Euphonia musica (Gmel.).

ISOrganiste de S. Dominqe. ''Buff. PI. Enl. 809, fig. r."

Pipra musica Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 1004 (1788).

Tanagra musica "ViEiLL. Enc. Meth. p. 787"

Euphonia musica Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 367 (1846). — Bp. Consp. I. p. 232
(1850).— Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 231.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. XI, p. 92 (1866). — Sol. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 17
(1873).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (iSSi); ib. Bds.

8o Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Haiti & San Domingo, p. 6i (18S5) ; tb. List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885).

— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168.
Euphone miisica Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 42 (1850) ?
Etiphona tnusica Gundl. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 476.

Sp. Char. Male: — Crown light blue, the color extending upon the nape,
and slightly upon the sides of the neck; forehead, underparts, and
rump brownish-orange; throat, cheeks, back, and tail bluish black,
showing purple reflections, the purple very prominent on the back;
a line of purplish black separating the blue and orange of the head
and forehead ; primaries dark brown, becoming pale on the edges of
the inner webs ; bill and feet black.

Female: — Underparts yellowish green, becoming yellowish on the
throat ; cheeks and line above the forehead dull black; head and
nape, extending upon the sides of the neck, light blue; forehead
orange brown; back, rump, and wing-coverts olive green; tail dull
black, showing a tinge of green upon the feathers; primaries as in
the male, except showing an almost indistinct greenish edging upon
the outer webs.

Immature Male: — Forehead pale orange; top of the head grayish
blue; back olive green, blotched with dark blue; rump brownish
orange ; wings and tail black, some of the tertiaries and coverts edged
■with olive green; underparts olive green, marked with brownish on
the throat; dark orange, shaded with greenish, on the belly and cris-
sum ; bill and feet black.

Length, 4.40; wing, 2.60; tail, 1.80; tarsus .50; bill, .25.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. No species of Euphotiia
lias as yet been taken in Cuba.

Euphonia flavifrons (Sparrm.).

Emberiza flavifro7is Sparrm. Mus. Carls. IV, No. 92 (?).

Taftagra yiavifrons "Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. 47 ($). — Vieill. Enc.

Meth. p. 775.
Euphone orga?iistc'DE.?,m. Hist. Nat. Tan. pis. 19,20 (1805). — Vieill.

Gal. Ois. Suppl. pi. s. n. (J & ?).
Cyanophonia musica Bp. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 13S.
Euphonia Jlavifrons ScL. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 271 ; Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet.

Akad. Fdrh. 1869, p. 583. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 17

(1873). — LAVi^R/. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 56, 190, 269, 354, 455
> (1878).— Allen, Bull. N-utt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1S80.)— Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. II (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head bright blue, extending to the nape;
forehead bright yellow, separated from the blue by a bluish black
line; back green, shading into yellow on the rump; underparts

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 8 1

yellowish green; cheeks bluish black; outer webs of primaries
narrowly edged with green, wanting on the first; bill dark.

Female: — Similar to the male but paler in coloration, cheek-
marking dark olive and much less distinct.
Length, 4.20; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.40.
Habitat. St. Bartholeincw, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Do-
r.iinica, St. Vincent, Grenada, and St. Lucia.

Euphonia Jamaica (Linn.).

Fringilla Jamaica LiNN. Sj'st. Nat. I, p. 323 (1766).

Euphonia Jamaica Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 238 (1S47). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 233
(1850). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 196. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds.
p. 60 (1862). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 296. —
ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 18 (iS73).--A. & E. Newton,
Flandb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1S81). — Cory, List Bds. W. L p. ii

(18S5).
Pyrrhuphoniajainaica Bp. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 157. — Gray, Handl. Bds.

II, p. 79 (1S70).
Euphonia jamaicensis ScL. P. Z. S. 1S56, p. 2S0; ib. 1S61, p. 73.

Sp. Char. Male: — Above slaty blue ; throat and breast gray ; belly,
abdomen, and flanks showing bright yellow; crissum. dull white ;
lining of wing whitish, showing yellow on the axillaries.

Female: — Head and neck bluish gray; back yellowish green;
wings showing yellowish green on the outer webs ; under surface
dull gray ; a faint greenish tinge on the flanks.
Length, 4.30; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.45.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Euphonia sclateri Bp.

Euphonia sclatcrii ''■'BP. Mus. Par."

Euphonia sclateri Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1869, p. 596. —
Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 77 (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 17 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 240 (1876). — Guxdl. J.
f. O. 1874, p. 311 ; ib. 1878, p. 159; ib. Anal. Soc Esp. Hist. Nat. VII,
p. 191 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead dull orange yellow, bordered by a narrow
band of dark blue, succeeded by light blue, which color covers the
entire top of the head to the nape ; checks and ear-coverts very dark
blue, almost black; wings and tail black with bluish reflections;
back bluish black, distinctly blue when held in the light; rump yel-
low, showing a faint brownish tinge; throat yellow; breast and rest
of underparts dull orange yellow, showing a slight brownish tinge
on the crissum.

Length (skin), 4; wing, 2.35; tail, 1.65; tarsus, 58; bill, .25.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

82 Cory o/i the Birds of (he West Indies.

Genus Calliste Boie.

Calliste BoiE, Isis, 1826, p. 978.

Calliste versicolor Lawr.

Calliste verncolor Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 153 (1878); ib. Proc. U. S.

Nat. Mus. I, pp. 190, 487 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885);

ib. Ibis, p. 472 (1886).— SCLATER, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XI. p. 113 (1886).
Calliste cucullata ScLATER & Salvin, Ibis, p. 357 (1879). — Cory, Auk, III, p.

195 (i^

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head deep chestnu); red; upper plumage
golden fawn color ; lores black; sides of the head and ear-coverts
dark green ; tail black, except the two middle-feathers, which are
bluish green, the rest of tail-feathers and quills black, edged with
bluish green ; upper tail-coverts bluish green ; underparts pale bluish
lilac when held in the light; feathers of the upper throat tipped
with gray; under tail-coverts cinnamon.

Female: — Top of the head lighter chestnut than in the male; rest
of upper parts pale green ; underparts as in the male, but paler;
under tail-coverts, abdomen, and flanks pale cinnamon.
Length, 6; wang, 3.30; tail, 2.50
Habitat, St. Vincent.

Genus Spindalis Jard.
Sfindalis "Jard & Selby. 111. Orn. U. S. 1S36."

Spindalis zena (Linn.).

Fringilla bahamensis Briss. Orn. Ill, p. 168.

Fringilla zena LixN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 320 (1766).

Tatiagra zena Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. iii (1859).

Spindalis zena ^c-L. P. Z. S. 1S56, p. 321.— ScL. & Salv Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 21 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1S76). — Cory, Bds.
Bahama I. p. 92 (18S0) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 11 (1S85).

•'Spindalis pretrei Gkp^y, Handl. Bds. II, p. 63 (1S70)."

»

Sp. Char. Male: — Above black ; rump, and a broad band over the nape
from side of the neck rufous brown, shading into an orange tinge;
a superciliary stripe, and a stripe on the sides of the throat from
lower mandible and chin white; cheeks black ; throat black, shad-
ing into brown upon the breast, with a yellow stripe passing from
the chin nearly to the brown of the breast; breast deep yellow,

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 8 X

shading into brown as it nears the throat; hellj white, with an
olive tint upon the flanks; wings and tail black, edged with white;
the tertials, coverts, and base of primaries heavily marked with
white; bill black, under mandible bluish; legs black.

Female: — -Above olive green ; below paler, shading into white on
the belly; the sides and flanks pale olive green; the stripe over
the eye but faintly indicated, and of an ashy color; wings and tail
dark brown, with an olive tinge on the feathers, showing markings
of dull white as in the male, but much narrower,

Length, 5.95; wing, 3; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .80; bill, .50.
Habitat. Bahamas.

Spindalis pretrei (Less.).

Tanagra fretreil^'ESs. Rev. Zool. 1S39, P- ^o-- — Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p.

365 (1S46).
Tanagra multicolor et Tanagra zena D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat.

Cuba, Ois. p. 74 (1S40).
^'^ Spindalis zena et pretrei Bp Consp. I, p. 248 (1S50.)
Sj>indalis pretrei Cab. ]. f. O. 1855, p. 476. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.

Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — GuNDL. Report. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p.

237 (1865) ; lb. J. f. O. 1872, p. 419.
Spindalis zena Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 63 (1870).
Spindalis pretrii ScL. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1873). — Bouc.

Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1876).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1S85) ; id.

Revised List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1S86).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head black; a superciliary stripe reaching to the
nape, and a stripe reaching from the base of the under mandible
down the sides of the throat white ; a narrow patch of white on the
chin; throat yellow, separated from the white stripe by black;
chest and cape chestnut, joining on the sides ; back yellowish olive ;
rump chestnut ; underparts grayish white, showing a yellow line
down the middle of the belly; wings and tail black, the feathers
marked with white; wing-coverts heavily marked with white; a
broad patch of chestnut on the carpus; bill and feet dark.

Female: — The black on the head of the male, replaced by dull
green ; sides of the throat grayish ; rump slightly tinged with yellow-
ish ; underparts olive gray, palest on the belly.

Length i (skin), 5.60; wing, 3; tail, 2.25.
Habitat. Cuba.

Spindalis multicolor (Vieill.).

Tanagra multicolor ViEn.l.. Enc. Meth. p. 776.

Spindalis multicolor Bp. Consp. I, p. 240(1850). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57,
p. 231.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 63 (1S70).— ScL. & Salv. Norn.

g I Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1S76). —
Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (1S81); ib. Bds. Haiti &
San Domingo, p. 54 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 1 1 (18S5).
Tanagra {Shizampelis) dominicetisis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
XI, p. 92 (1866).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head black; a superciliary stripe from the forehead to
the nape; a broad stripe of black from the bill, through the eye, to
the neck ; chin white, the white extending in a stripe below the
black of the cheek to the neck; rest of throat black, with a yellow
stripe in the centre, reaching the white of the chin; breast chestnut,
shading into yellow upon the underparts and sides; a collar of
bright orange yellow upon the nape, joining the white stripe of
the throat; back olive; rump chestnut; abdomen and crissum white ;
tail brownish black, the inner webs of the two outer tail-feathers
broadly marked with white; wings dark brown, with white edgings
to the coverts and secondaries; lesser wing-coverts chestnut ; bill
and feet bluish black.

The female is dull colored ; olive on the back and yellowish on
the rump; underparts grayish, whitening at the vent.
Length, 6.40; wing, 3.35; tail, 330; tarsus, .75; bill, .40.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingro.

Spindalis portoricensis (Bryant).

Tanagra {Spindalis) portoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X,
p. 252 (1866).— SuNDEv. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 596.

Spizampelis portoricensis Gkay, Handl. Bds. H, p. 63 (1870).

Spindalis portoricensis ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1S73). — •
Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1876). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist.
Nat. Vn, p. 188 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885).

Pyrrhulagra portorice7isis Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, P- 3^--

Sp. Char. Male: — Head black; a white superciliary stripe from the nos-
tril to the nape ; a white stripe passing down the sides of the throat ;
a yellow stripe from the chin to the breast, where it becomes orange
chestnut, separated from the white of the cheek by a black patch,
. which nearly reaches the bill ; a narrow cape of orange chestnut;
breast yellow, becoming dull white on the abdomen; back green;
wing-coverts showing a patch of chestnut at the carpus; rump and
flanks yellowish green.

Female: — Top of head dull olive green, shading i>;to yellowish
green on the back, brightest on the nape and rump; underparts
ashy, showing dull yellow on the breast; whole under surface indis-
tinctly striped with pale brown.

Length, 6.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.50.
Habitat. Porto Rico^

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 85

Spindalis nigricephala (Jameson).

Tiuiagra nigricephala Jameson, Ed. N. Phil. Journ. XIX, p. 213. — GossE,

111. Bds. Jam. pi. 56.
Spindalis bilineatus ]\KO. & Selb. 111. Orn. s. n. pi. 9.
Taiiagra zena GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 231 (1847).
Tanagra zenoides Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 40.
Spindalis nigricephala Bp. Consp. I, p. 240 (1850). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1856,

p. 230; ib. 1861, p. 74; if'. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 77 (1862). — Albrecht,

J. f. O. 1862, p. 196.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p.

296. — Gray, Handl. Bd.s. II, p. 63 (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1876). —

A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881). — Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. II (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head black ; a superciliary stripe reaching from the
bill to the nape, white; a stripe of white passes down the sides of
the throat; chin white, not reaching the orange of the breast; back
yellowish green ; the central portion of the breast bright orange;
rest of underparts greenish yellow, sometimes orange yellow, quills
and tail black; most of the primaries, secondaries, and coverts
edged with white.

Female: — Top of the head dark olive ; light olive green on the
back; yellowish green on the rump and upper tail-coverts; throat
and cheeks gray ; underparts washed with orange yellow, commen-
cing at the upper breast and brightest on the breast and belly; sides
and flanks olive green.

Length, 7 ; wing, 4; tail, 3.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Genus Piranga Vieill.
Piranga Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. iv (1807) ; ib. Analyse, p. 32 (1816).

Piranga rubra (Linn.).

Fringilla rubra Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 181 (1758).

Muscicapa rubra LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 326 (1766).

Tanagra cestiva Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 889 (17S8).

Pyranga cestiva D'Orb. La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 76 (1S40). —
Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).—
GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 237 (1S65) ; ib. J. f. O. 1872,
p. 421 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (18S5).

Phoznicosoma cestiva Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 477.

Accidental in Cuba and the Bahama Islands.

86 Cory oti the Birds of the West Indies.

Piranga erythromelas Vieill.

Tanagra rubra Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 314 (1766).

Piranga erythromelas Vikill. Nouv. Diet. XXVIII, p. 293 (1819).

Pyranga rubra D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 78 (1840).
— GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 235 (1847). — Brewer, Pr. Dost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 197
(Jamaica).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 296
(Jamaica).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 23S (1S65). —
A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1S81). — Cory, List Bds.
W. I. p. II (1S85).

Pfiaa/icosoma rubra Gundl. J. f. O. 1S55, P- 477 (Cuba).

Cuba and Jamaica ; it lias also been taken in the Barbadoes,
a specimen so labelled being in the U. S. National Museum.

Genus Nesospingus Scl.

Nesospingus Sclater, Ibis, 18S5, p. 273.

Nesospingus speculiferus (Lawr.).

Chlorosfingus speculiferus Lawr. Ibis, 1S75, p. 3S3, pi. 9. — Bouc. Cat.

Avium, p. 246 (1S76).— Gundl. J. f. O. 1878, p. 159; ih. 1SS2, p.

161 : ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 190 (1878).— Cory, List

Bds. W. I. p. II (1SS5).
Nesospingus speculiferus ScL. Ibis, 18S5, p. 273.

Sp. Char. Male: — "Entire upper plumage and sides of the head olive
brown; the feathers of the crown have their centres dark brown
with their margins grayish ; the two central tail-feathers are
coloured like the back, the others are light reddish brown and are
closely crossed with nearly obsolete darker bars; quill-feathers dark
brown, first, edged with gray on the outer primaries, the outer webs
of the fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries are marked near their bases
with white, partly concealed by the wing-coverts, the portion
beyond the coverts appearing as a small triangular spot; the under
plumage is grayish white, and has a somewhat mottled appearance,
owing to the darker bases of the feathers showing a little; the sides
are dusky, with a tinge of rufous ; under tail-coverts light rufous,
with dusky centres; upper mandible dark brown, the under, pale
brownish white; tarsi and toes brownish black. Length, 6i inches;
wing, 3i; tail, 2^ ; bill, 1; tarsus, 5." (Lawr. 1. c, orig. descr.^
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Genus PhcEnicophilus Strickl.
Phcenicophilus "Strickland, Contr. Orn. p. 104, 1S61."

Cory ou the Birds of the West Indies. 87

PhcEnicophilus palmarum (Lixn.).

Turdns palmarum Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 295 (1766).

Tachyphoiius falmarum "ViEiLL. N. D. d'll. N. XXXII, p. 359."

Arre»ion palmarum Gkay-, Gen. Bds. Suppl. p. 16. — Bryant, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 93 (1866).

Dulus palmarum "Bp. R. Z. 185 i, p. 78."

Dulus poliocephalus "Bp. R. Z. 185 1. p. 78."

PAcenicophilus palmarum Stkicki^. Cor\tr. Orn. p. 104 (1S51). — ScL. P.
Z. S. 1S56, p. 84.— Gray, Hand!. Bds. II, p. 72 (1S70).— ScL. &
Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 25 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn..
Club, VI, p. 152 (18S1); ib. Bds. Haiti & Sun Domingo, p. 56
(1885) ; /<5. List Bds. W. I. p. i3 (1885).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884,
p. 1 68.

Pkcenicophilus palmarutn Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 247 (1876).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head and cheeks black; a spot of white on
each side of the forehead ; a white stripe touching the upper evelid,
commencing at the centre of the eye, passing backward on the head ;
a patch of white on the lower ejelid; a gray collar on the nape,
extending upon, and joining the gray of the sides ; sides slaty grav ;
throat white, the white extending in a narrow line down the middle
of belly to the vent; the back, rump, tail, outer webs of secondaries
and coverts bright yellowish green ; quills brown ; bill and feet
bluish black.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 6.70; wing. 3.70; tail, 3 ; tarsus, .85 ; bill, .70.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Phoenicophilus poliocephalus (Bona?.).

Dtdus poliocephalus'^V. Rev. Zool. p. 78 (1851).

Phanicophilus poliocephalus Strickl. Contr. Orn. p. 194 (1851); Scl. Cat. Bds.

Brit. Mus. p. 234 (1886).
Phccnicophilus palmarum ScL. P. Z. .S. 1856, p. 84.
Phoenicophilus dominicensis CoRY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 129 (1881);

ib. Bds. Haiti and San Domingo, p. 58 (1S85); ib. List Bds. W. L p. 12

(1885); ?-J. Auk, III, p. 200 (1886).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and sides of the head black; a spot of white
above and below the eye, and on each side of the forehead; chin
white, extending in two stripes down the sides of the throat to the
breast, bordering the black of the head; the rest of the head, neck
and underparts grayish plumbeous; back, wing-coverts, tail and cov-
erts, and outer edges of wing-feathers bright yellowish green ; inner
webs of primaries and secondaries brown, pale on the edges ; legs
and lower mandible dark slate color; upper mandible black; iris red-
dish brown.

The .sexes are similar.

Length, 6.S0; wing, 3.50; toil, 2.30; tarsus, .82; bill, .63.
Habitat. San Dominfjo.

3S Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies.

Genus Calyptophilus Cory.

Calyptophiltis Cory, Auk, I, p. i (1S84).

Calyptophilus frugivorus Cory.

Phaetiicofhilusfnigiz^onis Cory, Journ. Bost. Zool. Soc. II, No. 4, p. 45

(1383).

Calyptophilus frugivorus Cory, Auk,
1, p. 3 (1SS4): ib. Bds. Haiti and
San cDomingj, p. 59 (1885); ib.
List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head
brown, shading into ashy on the
neck behind the eye; rest of upper
parts, including back and upper surface of wings and tail, brownish
olive ; throat white ; breast white, becoming ashy upon the sides;
flanks brownish olive, the olive mixing with white upon the crissum ;
primaries and secondaries olive brown, the inner webs edged with
very pale brown ; a patch of bright yellow under the base of the
wing, extending upon the carpus ; eye encircled by a very narrow
line of bright yellow, and a spot of yellow in front of the eye, at the
base of the mandible ; upper mandible dark brown ; lower mandible
yellowish brown, darkest at the base. Some specimens show a spot
of yellow upon the middle of the breast, but it is not constant. In a
series of fourteen specimens, it is wanting in all but five.

The female is perhaps somewhat duller, and some specimens
appear slightly smaller, but otherwise resembles the male.

Length, 7.50; wing, 3.70; tail, 3.70; tarsus, i; toe, .82; bill, .75.
Habitat. San Domingo.

Genus Saltator Vieill.

Saltator Vieillot, Analyse, p. 32 (i8i6).

Saltator guadeloupensis Lafr.

Saltator guadeloupensis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, P- 167 — Bp. Consp. I,
p. 489 (1850). — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 97 (1862). — Taylor, Ibis,
1864, p. 167. — Gray, llandl. Bds. II, p. 74(1870). — Scl. & Salv.
Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 26 (1873). — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I,
PP- 354. 457 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1885).

Saltator viartiniccnsis Bp. Consp. I, p. 489 (1850). — Gray, Handl. Bds.
11. P- 75 (1S70).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

89

Sp. Char. il/«/c;— Head and back bright olive green, shading into gray on
the rump ; wings showing the outer webs of the primaries and sec-
ondaries green, lacking on the first three primaries, or if showing at
all, appearing in a form of a narro^v pencilled line ; the wing-coverts
olive green; throat white, showing a dash of dark brown on either
side ; a whitish superciliary line ; cheeks and ear-coverts olive green ;
breast and underparts dull buffy white, tinged slightly with olive,
and showing faint pencilled lines of pale brown; tail blackish ; bill
black at the base, pale at the tip.

Female:— ^'uwW^r to the male; the dark brown streak on the sides
of the throat lacking in some specimens, brownish olive in others,
but apparently always paler than in the male.

Length (skin), 8; wing, 3.75; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .85; bill, .75.
Habitat. Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Family FRINGILLID^.
Genus Guiraca Swains.

Guiraca SwAiNSON, Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 350 (1S27).

Guiraca caerulea (Linn.).

Loxia c(Erulea Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 306 (1766).

Coccoborus ra?/'«/cv.5 Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 61 (iS5o).-Cab. J. f. O iS-6
p. 9 (Cuba). -^ '

Guiraca cc^rulea Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60)
(Cuba).-GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 2S5 (1S66) • ib
J. f. O. 1874, p. 126 (Cuba).— Cory, List. Bds. W. L p. 12 (1SS5').

Recorded from Cuba.

Genus Habia Reich.
Habia Reich. Av. Syst. Nat. 1850, pi. xxviii.

Habia ludoviciana (Linn.).

Loxia ludoviciana Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 306 (1766)

Guiraca ludoviciana Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 259 (1847) "-Brewer, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).-ALBRECHT, J. f. Q
1862 p. i96(Jamaica).-A.&E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. lo^

Coccoborus ludovicianus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 59 (1850).

QO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Hedymeles ludoviciana Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 9 (Cuba).

Goniaphea ludoviciana Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 286 (1866);

ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 126 (Cuba).
I labia ludoviciana Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (iJ

Accidental in Cuba and Jamaica.

Habia judariocephala (Swains ) is recorded from Cuba (^Hedymeles
melanocephala Cabanis, J, f. O. 1856, p. g). It has no other West
Indian record, and has not been cited by later authors.

Genus Loxigilla Less.
Loxigilla Lesson, Traite, p. 443 (1831).

LfOxigilla violacea (Linn.)o

Loxia violacea LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 306 (1766).

Pyrrhula violacea GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 254 (1847).

Pyrrhula robitisoiiii Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 359 (1S47). — Albrecht, J. f. O.

1S62, p. 196.
Pyrrhulagra violacea Bp. Consp. I, p. 493 (1850).

Loxigilla violacea Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 231.

— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196. — Scl.

Cat. Am. Bds. p. 102 (1862).— March, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297. — Gray,

HandL Bds. II, p. 104 (1870). — Scl. &

Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 27 (1S73). —

RiDcw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 250 (1878).

— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 85 (1S80) ; ib.

Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (18S1).—

A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881). — Tristram, Ibis,

1884, p. 168.— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 69 (18S5) ; ib.

ListBds.W. Lp. 12 (1885).

Spermofhila violacea Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119

(1859)-
Loxia {Pyrrkulagra) violacea Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.

93 (1866).
Loxigilla violacea p. bahametisis RiDGW. Pr. \J. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 250
(1S78).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage black, showing a slight brownish tinge
upon the quills ; throat, crissum and crescent over the eye reddish
brown ; bills and legs black.

Female: — Underparts gray, with a tinge of olive green upon the
back; below ash, lightest upon the belly, showing a tinge of olive
upon the breast and sides; quills with fine edgings of dull white;

Cory 07i the Birds of the West Indies. Q I

crissum, a crescent over the eve, and markings upon the chin pale
reddish brown, much lighter than in the male; under mandible pale.
Immature birds resemble the female.
Length, 5. So; ^ving, 3; tail, 2.70; tarsus, 90; bill, .50.
Habitat. Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo.
Specimens from different localities often vary in coloration and
size, those from Jamaica and San Domingo being somewhat
smaller than those from the Bahama Islands. The Jamaica bird
differs from the Bahama form, in being somewhat smaller; the
red of the throat is lighter, and the under wing-coverts are gray,
instead of dull white. It seems to represent a foirly good geo-
graphical race. Mr. Ridgway, who first separated them, describ-
ed the Bahama bird as Z. violacea 6a/ia?ncnsis, but as the tvpe
of Z. violacea came from the Bahamas, the name ba/iamens is he-
come?, a synonym, and the Jamaica form remains as yet unnamed,
should it be thought advisable to separate them.

Loxigilla noctis (Linn.).

,Fritigilla noctis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 320 (1766).

—Denny, P. Z. S. 1S47, P- SS.
Pyrrhulagra noctis Bp, Consp. I, p. 493 (^1850)

(excl. sjn.).
Zo.v/^.'7/rt ;/oc//5 ScL. Cat. Am.Bds. p. 102(1862).
\l^ —Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 167.— Gray, Ilandl

Bds. II, p. 104 (1870).— SCL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 27
(1873).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S74, p. 175.— Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 40.—
Grisdale, Ibis, 1882, p. 4S6.— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 12 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage black; superciliary stripe, and throat
chestnut-rufous; under tail-coverts rufous; bill and feet black.

Female: — Upper surfiice dull reddish brown, brightest on the
rump; underparts olive brown; wing-coverts heavily edged with
rufous; secondaries tinged with the same color; under mandible
brown.

Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.70; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. Lesser Antilles.

Loxigilla noctis sclateri.

Loxigilla noctis ScL. P. Z. S. 187 1, p. 270.

Loxigilla tioctis sclateri Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. p. 166 (1880).
—Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 12 (1885).

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Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. Male: — Differs from true noctis by having the superciliary line
much smaller, almost absent in some specimens, and in lacking the
rufous on the under tail-coverts ; but the characters are not constant.
Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Loxigilla anoxantha (Gosse).

Spermopkila anoxantha Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 247 (1847).

Loxigilla anoxantha ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 74; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 102

(1S66). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat.

Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 104 (1870). — Scl.

& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p.' 27 (1873). — A. & E. Newton,

Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head, throat, and underparts dull black; back, rump
and wing-coverts having the feathers edged with bright yellow
giving a yellowish appearance to the surface; under tail-coverts
chestnut; quills and tail dull brown, slightly edged with yellowish.
Female: — Entire upper plumage dull green; throat and breast
grayish, with a tinge of olive, becoming pale on the belly.
Length (skin), 4.25; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.40; tarsus, .90.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Loxigilla portoricensis (Daud.).

Loxia portoricensis Daud. Traite
D'Orn. II, pi. 29. — SuNDEV. Oefv.
K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 597.
Pyrrhula auranticollis Vieill. Enc.

M^th. p. 1028.
Pyrrhulaifra portot;icensis Bp. Consp.
I, p. 492 (1850). — GuNDL. Anal.
Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 30S
(187S).
I.oxia ( Pyrrhulagra^ portoricensis
Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
X, p. 254 (1866).
Loxigilla potoricensisG^K\,W7iX\iS\..'&di?,. II, p. 104 (1870). — Cory, List

Bds. W. L p. 12 (iSS.s).
Sp. Char. Male: — A narrow line of black on the forehead ; top of the
head chestnut rufous, separated at the nape by the black of the
back, the black color dividing it like a wedge; throat and under
tail-coverts chestnut rufous; rest of plumage black; under wing-
CQverts dull white ; bill and feet black.

Female: — Similar to the male, possibly somewhat duller in color-
ation.

Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 3; tarsus, .95.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Cory <?« ihc Birds of the West Indies. Q'2

Loxigilla portoricensis grandis.

Loxtgilla portoriccnsis \A\-. grandis L.vwr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IV, p.

204 (iSSi).
Loxigilla portoricensis grandis Qo^\, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Larger than Loxigilla fortoricensis, and having the
rufous chestnut coloring darker.

Length (skin), 8; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.25; tarsus, i.
Habitat. St. Christopher.

Dr. Gundlach records " Cardinalis virglnianus'' (Repert.
Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 397, 1SS6), as occurring in Cuba. It is
possible that the specimen in question was an escaped cage bird,
although there is no reason why it should not occasionally occur
there, being common in Florida.

Genus Melopyrrha Bp.
Melopyrrha Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. XXXVII, p. 924 (1853).

Melopyrrha nigra (Linn.).

Loxia nigra LiNX. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 306 (1776).

Pyrrhula crenirostris '■'YlE.iL.i.. Ois. Chant, pi. 77 (1S05)."

Pyrrhula nigra \iGOVi.s,Zoo\.]o\xrn. 1827, p. 440. — Vieill. Gal. Ois. I,
p. 65, pi. 57 (1834). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p.
108 (1840). — GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 317 (1S51).

Melopyrrha nigra Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 8. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Mist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 103 (1S62).—
GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, L p. 2S5 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S74,
p. 125.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 104 (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. 28 (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper surface dull black, showing a tinge of bluish
when held in the light, brightest on the head; under surface black-
ish, becoming dusky on the bellj; primaries broadly edged with
white on the basal half of the inner webs, some of the pi-imaries
delicately edged with white, showing distinctly on the fourth and
fifth ; wing-coverts broadly marked with white; carpus and under
wing-coverts white ; tail brownish black.

The female is similar to the male but slightly duller in plumage.

Length (skin), 5.75; wing, 2; tail, 2.25; tarsus, .68.
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Loximitris Bryant.
Loximitris Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 93 (1866).

QA Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Loximitris dominicensis (Bryant),

Chrysottiitris {Loxitnitris^ dominieensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

XI, p. 93 (1866).
Chrysomitris dotninicensis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 81 (1870). — Cory,

Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (iSSi).
Loximitris dominicensis Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 67 (1885) ;

ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male: — "Bill light brown color, with the top duskj ; whole
head and throat black; back and scapulars olive; the centre of each
feather dusky; upper tail-coverts bright olive yellow; wings with
the quills and coverts blackish brown; the smaller coverts with
' so much of the tips olive as to appear almost wholly of this color ;
the greater coverts and all the quill-feathers, except the first, bor-
dered externally with the same color, very narrowly on the prima-
ries, and suddenly wider on the secondaries, but only on the
posterior half, so that the closed wing presents a distinct blackish
bar, running nearly across its centre; tail with the centre feather,
outer web of first, and tips of all, blackish brown, the rest bright
chrome yellow; beneath yellow, washed with olive on the flanks,
and brightest on the crissum." (Bryant, 1. c, orig. descr.).

Immature birds are dull olive, mottled with brownish on the
back, and the underparts yellowish white, streaked with pale
brown.

Length, 4.10; wing, 2.60; tail, 1.55; tarsus, .53; bill, .38.
Habitat. San Domingo.

Genus Pyrrhomitris Bonap.

I^jrrho/nitris Bo:siAP. Consp. I, p. 517 (1850).

Pyrrhomitris cucuUata (Swains.).

Carduelis cucullata Swains. Zool. Illust. 1820, pi. 7.

Fringilla cubte GKR.VAIS, Mag. Zool. 1S35, pi. 44. — Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p.

10 (Cuba) ; ib. 1S57, p. 241 (Cuba) ; ib. Gundl. 1859, P- -95 (Cuba) ;

ib. 1861, p. 412 (Cuba) ; ib. 1S71, p. 2S2 (Cuba).
Pyrrhomitris cucullata Bp. Consp. I, p. 517 (1S50) (Antilles). — Gundl.

Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 397 (1766) (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc.

Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 207 (1878) (Porto Rico) ; ib. J. f.O. 1S7S, p.

160 (Porto Rico).
Pyrrhomitris cubce Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 82 (1870) (Antilles)?

Sp. Char. Afale: — Entire head and throat black ; back dull reddish orange;
rump bright orange red ; underparts orange red, whitening at the
vent; under tail-coverts pale orange; primaries having the basal
half of the outer web pale orange ; wings and tail dark brown.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. g r

Female;— Entire upper parts grayish olive ; rump pale orange ;
underparts dull gray, whitening near the vent; a patch of orange on
the breast ; otherwise resembles the male.

Length (skin), 3.50; wdng, 2.37; tail, 1.15; tarsus, .50; bill, .40.
Introduced in Cuba and Porto Rico.

Both Spinus finus (Wils.) and Spimis mexicana (Swains.)
have been recorded from Cuba ; the references are as follows :

Chrysomitris pinus Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 9 ; ib Repert. Fisico-Nat.

Cuba, I, p. 397 (1S66).
Chrysomitris mexicana GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 307 (1S66)

(Cuba).

Gknus Euetheia Reich.
Buethcia Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. Knacker, pi. 79, "June ist, 1S50."

Euetheia olivacea (Gmel.).

Emberiza olivacea Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 309 (17SS).

Spermophila olivacea GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 249 (1S47).— Albrecht T f
O. iS62,p. 196.

Phonifara olivacea ScL. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 159; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 107
(1S62).— IVLutcii, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297.— ScL. &
Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 29 (1S73).— A. & E. Newton, Ilandb.
Jamaica, p. 104 (iS3i). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152
(iSSi) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 63 (1885).

Euethia lepida Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 7.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
Vn, p. 307 (i860).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I. p. 284
(1866).— SuNDEv. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1S69, p. 597— Gundl.
J. f. O. 1874, P- 1-23; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 204 (187S).

Fringilla {Phonipara) olivacea Bryant. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI
p. 93 (1866).

Euetheia olivacea Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — hhove dull olive; a superciliary stripe, and a patch
on the chin and upper throat orange yellow, rest of throat black;
a narrow line of black bordering the yellow of the throat, reaching
to the front of the eye ; lower eyelid dull yellow ; underparts oliva-
ceous gray ; carpus dull 3-ellow ; bill and feet dark brown.

i^c;««/e;— Lacking the black of head and throat in the male;
the yellow is much less conspicuous and paler; belly dull gray; the
olive of the back duller than in the male.
Length, 4; wing, 2; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .50; bill, .30.
Habitat. Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, San Domingo, and Porto
Rico.

oO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Euetheia canora (Gmel.).

Loxia canora Gmel. Svst. Nat. I, p. S5S (1788).

Phonipara canora Bp. Consp. I, p. 494 (1850J. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p.

98 (1870). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 29 (1S73). — Bd.

BwR. & RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II. p. 93 (1874).
Eucthia canora Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). —

GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 2S4 (i865) ; ib. J. f. O.

1874, p. 123.
Euetheia canora Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Throat and cheeks black, extending above theeje;.
a broad band of bright jellow extends across the lower throat to
the sides of the neck, and passes in a narrow line, edging the black,
to the eve; top of head slaty brown; rest of upper surface bright
olive green; breast brownish black, shading into pale gray on the
belly and under tail-coverts.

Female: — Throat dark chestnut brown, shading into gray on the
cheeks; j'ellow collar much paler than in the male; chest and under-
parts ashy; the rest as in the male.

Length (skin), 3.75; wing, 2; tail, 2.05; tarsus, .62.
Habitat. Cuba.

Euetheia bicolor (Linn.).

Fringilla zcna LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 183 (1758).

Fringilla bicolor Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 12th ed. p. 324 (1766).

Spcrmophila bicolor GossK, Bds. Jam. p. 252 (1847). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119 (159). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196.
Phonipara bicolor Bi'. Consp. I, p. 49^ (1850). — Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat.

Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 376. — Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 106 (1862).—

SuNDEV. Oef. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1869, p. 596. — ScL. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 29 (1873). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 91

(1880); ib. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (iSSi)-— Tristram,

Ibis, 1S84, P- 168.
Phonipara marchii Baird, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297. —

A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (18S1).
Fringilla {PhoniJ)ara') zcna var. portoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.

Hist. X, p. 254 (1866).
Fringilla zcna var. marchi Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 93

(1S67).
Phonipara zcna Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 93 (1874).

— RIDGW^ Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1SS4).— Cory, Bds.

Haiti and San Domingo, p. 63 (1S85).
Euethia bicolor GvTsmi.. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 205 (1878).
Euetheia bicolor Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1SS5).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 97

Sp. Char. ^7.?/^;— General plumage dull olive; whole of breast and
throat black; a blackish tinge sometimes perceptible on the fore-
head; bellj dull .Efraj, shading into olive on the flanks; surface
of wings and tail olive; primaries, secondaries, and tail-feathers
brown, showing olive on the outer webs; some males have only a
small patch on the chin black, others have nearly the entire under-
surface black, the extent of the color varying greatly, perhaps ac-
cording to the age of the bird.

i^c;«rt/e ; — Resembles the male, but lacks the black of the throat,
which is replaced by dull olivaceous gray.

Length, 4.10; wing, 2.05; tail, i.6o; tarsus, .54; bill, .40.
Habitat. Bahama Islands and Antilles.

After a careful examination of numerous specimens of the so
called B. marc/ii, from Jamaica, and comparing them with a
series of some seventy specimens of ^. blcolor, I fail to see any
differences sufficient to separate them. The underparts of E.
marchi are somewhat browner; the back is also darker; but
this stage of plumage occurs in the young and the female of
E. bicolor.

Euetheia adoxa (Gosse).

Spermophila adoxa GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 253 (1S47).— Albrecht, J. f. O.
1S62, p. 196.

Phonipara adoxa " March. P. A. P. 1863, p. 297."— A. & E. Newton,
Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1S81).— Cory, Revised List Bds. W. I n
12 (1886). ^'

Sp. Char.—" Irides dark brown; feet purplish; beak horn-colour, nearly
black above ; whole upper parts olive brown ; under parts grayish
white; sides and vent fawn color. Length, 4^; expanse, 6]; flex-
ture, 2; tail, i 6-10 (nearly); rictus, 7-20; tarsus, 7-10; n'nddle
toe, 7-10." (Gosse, 1. c, orig. descr.)
Habitat. Jamaica.

I have never seen a specimen of this so-called species ; judging
from the description, it would seem possible that it miglit prove
to be the female of E. bicolor.

Genus Passerina Vieill.

Passerina Vieillot, Analyse (1816).

Passerina ciris (Linn.).

Ember iza ciris Linn. Kong. Sv. Vet. Akad. Hand. 1750, p. 27S, tab. vii,
f I ; ib. Syst. Nat. I, p. 313 (1766).

q3 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Passerina ciris D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 102 (1840).
— CoRV, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1SS5).

fLinaria caniccps D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 107
(1840). — GuNDL. J. f. O. 1S71, p. 276 (voung male) (Cuba).

Spiza ciris Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 8 (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist Vn,p. 307 (1S60) (Cuba).

Cyanospiza ciris Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 285 (1866). —
Moore, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XIX, p. 247 (1877) (New Provi-
dence). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 89 (1880).

Accidental in Cuba and Bahamas.

Passerina cyanea (Linn.).

Tanagra cyanea LiNN. Sjst. Nat. L P- 315 (1766).

Passerina cyanea D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 100

(1840).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1S85).
Spiza cyanea Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 8 (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc.

Nat. Hist. Vn, p. 307 (1S60) (Cuba).
Cyanospiza cyanea Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 2S5 (1866);

ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 125 (Cuba). —Brace, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

XIX, p. 242 (1877) (New Providence). — 'Cory, Bds. Bahama I.

p. 90 (18S0).

Accidental in Cuba and Bahamas.

Genus Passer Biiiss.

Passer Brissox, Orn. 1760.

Passer domesticus (Linn.).

Fringilla domestica Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 323 (1766).

Passer do}nesticusBKhCK,Y'Y. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XIX, p. 240 (1S77)

(New Providence). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 88 (18S0) ; ib. List

Bds. W. I. p. 13 (18S5).

An introduced species, resident in some of the Bahama
Islands. Cuba }

Genus Ammodramus Swains.

Amniodramus Swaixson, Zool. Journ. Ill, 1S27.

Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.).

Fringilla savanna Wils. Am. Orn. Ill, p. 55 (iSii).
Emberiza savanna Le.\ib. Aves Cuba, p 55 (1850).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. qq

Passerculus savanna Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 6 (Cuba) .-Brewer, Pr Bost Soc
Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).-GUNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba
I, p. 283 (1866); ih. J. f. O. 1874, p. 121 (Cuba).-CoRY, Eds. Bahama l'
p. 88 (1880) ; ih. List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).

Ammodrainus sandwichensis savanna Ridgw. Proc. U. S N Mus VIII n -c^
(1885). ■ • '^•■'54

Recorded from the Bahamas and Cuba.

Ammodramus savannarum (Gmel.).

Fringilla savannarum Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 921 (1788).

Coturniculus tixicrus GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 242 (i847).-ScL. P. Z. S. 1861 p 72
(Jamaica). -Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196 (Jamaica) .-ScL. &'salv
Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 32 (1873) (Jamaica).

Emberiza passerina Lemb. Aves. Cuba, p. 56 (1850) ?

Coturniculus passerinus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 6 (Cuba).-BREWER,Pr. Bost Soc
Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Phila. 1863, p. 298 (Jamaica).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 284
(1866); ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 121 (Cuba); ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. His't. Nat
VII, p. 203 (1878) (Porto Rico).-CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885)

Fringilla {Coturniculus-) passerina Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p 254
(1866) (Porto Rico).-SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. i860! p .07
(Porto Rico). ^ ^^'

Coturniculus savannarum A. & E. Nevvton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881).
Ammodramus australis Maynard Am. Ex. & Mart. Jan. 15, 1887.

Habitat. Jamaica, Cuba, and Porto Rico.

The North American form, A. savannarum passerines, has been
taken in the Bahama Islands, specimens of which are in my
collection.

Ammodramus maritimus (Wils.).

Fringilla maritima Wils. Am. Orn. IV, p. 68 (181 1).

Ammodramus maritimtis Swains. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 328 (1827) — Cah T f O
1856, p. 7 (Cuba). ■ •-»•••

Recorded from Cuba.

Genus Spizella Bonap.

Spizclla Bt)NAi'ARTE, Geog. & Comp. List, p. it, (1838).

Spizella socialis (Wils.).

Fringilla socialis Wils. Am. Orn. II, p. 127 (1810).

Emberiza pallida Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 54 (1850) .-Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc Nat
Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).

I OO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Spinites pallidus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 7 (Cuba).

Spizella socialis GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 284 (1866); ib. J. f. O.
1874, p. 121 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).

Accidental in Cuba.

Genus Sicalis Boie.
Sicalis Boie, 1828.

Sicalis flaveola (Linn.). •

Fringilla flaveola Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 321 (1766).

Fringilla flava MiJLL. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 164 (1766).

Embcriza brasiliensisGjAKi.. Sjst. Nat. L P- 872 (178S).— Lafr. et D'Orb.

Sjn. Av. 1837, p. 73.
Fringilla brasilicnsis Spix, Av. Bras. I, p. 47, pi. 61.— Max. Beitr. IH, p.

614(1831).
Sicalis brasilicnsis TscH. Faun. Per. p. 215 (1844). — Cab. in Schomb.

Guian. Ill, p. 679 (1848).— Burm. Svst. Ueb. Ill, p. 253.— Scl. P.

Z. S. 1861, p. 74. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 197. — Taylor, Ibis,

1864, p. 83. — Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 328.
Crithagra brasiliensis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 245 (1847).— Bp. Consp. I,

p. 521 (1820). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1863, p. 298.
Sycalis auripcctus Bp. Compt. Rend. 37, p. 917.— Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p.

159; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 126 (1S62).
Sicalis fava Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 84 (1870).— A. & E. Newton,

Ilandb. Jamaica, p. 117 (i88i).
Sycalis flaveola Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 231 (1871).— Scl. Ibis, 1S72, p. 41.—

Scl. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 34 (1S73). — Cory, List. Bds.

W. I. p. 13 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above olive green, slightly marked on the back M-ilh
pale streaks; forehead orange; underparts yellow; Avings and tail
pale brown, the outer webs of primaries and outer and inner webs of
secondaries edged with yellow; tail-feathers edged with yellow.

Female: — Resembles the male, but much paler; underparts being
grayish, tinged with yellow, and under surface becoming white on
the belly; orange on the forehead showing very slightly if at all.
Length (skin), 5.50; wing, 2.75; tail, 2; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. Jiimaica.

The specimens described are from Brazil, as I possess none
from Jamaica.

Carduelis elcgans (Linn.) is recorded from Cuba by Dr.
Gundlach (Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 396, 1866). It was
proliablv an escaped cage bird.

Cory on the. Birds of the West T/tdtcs.

lOI

Genus Habropyga Caban.

Habropyga Cabanis, Wiegm. Archiv, 1S47, XIII, p. 331; Mus. Hein. I,
p. 169.

Habropyga melpoda (Vieill.).

Frhigilla melpoda Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XII, p. 177 (i Si 7).
Habropyga melpoda Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 206 (187S)
(Porto Rico).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head drab gray; sides of the head and cheeks,
including the eye, reddish orange ; back and wings light brown ;
lower rump and upper tail-coverts crimson; throat dull white, shad-
ing into gray on the sides of the neck, separating the orange of the
cheeks from the brown of the upper parts; rest of underparts dull
grayish, showing a purplish tinge on the flanks; a spot of pale red-
dish orange near the vent; wings and tail brown.

Female: — Top of head drab gray, paler than in the male; rest of
upper parts like the male ; no orange on side of the head ; underparts
showing a pale orange yellow tinge.

Length (skin), 4.10; wing, 1.85; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .56.

An introduced species, common in Porto Rico.

Family PLOCEID^E.

Genus Spermestes Swains.
Spermestes Swainson, Class. Birds, p. 2S0 (1837).

Spermestes cucullatus (Swains.).

Loxia cuctillata SwAlNS. Zool.
Illust. 1820, pi. 7.

Spermestes cuctillata S W A i N s.
Reich. Singv. t. 12, pp. 114, 115.
— Bp. Consp. I, p. 454 (1S50). —
SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad.
Forh. 1869, p. 597. — Gray, Hand!.
Bds. II, p. 54 (1870).

Loxia (Spermestes) cuctillata Bry-
ant, Pr. B ost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X.
p. 254 (1S66).
Spermestes cucullattis Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 206
(1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1S85).

I02 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head dark green, rest of upper surface pale
brown ; feathers on the rump alternately banded with dark brown
and white ; throat and breast dark green, showing purple in some
lights; belly white, having a patch of metallic green on the sides;
flanks and thighs banded with white and brown; wings pale brown,
a patch of metallic green on the coverts; tail dark brown.

Female: — Above pale brown, darkest on the head; underparts
pale rufous ; wings and tail brdwn.

Length (skin), 4; wing, 2; tail, i ; tarsus, .40.

An introduced species, resident in Porto Rico.

Family ICTERID^.

Genus Icterus Briss.
/c/er«5BRlssoN, Orn. II, p. 85 (1760).

Icterus bonana (Linn.).

Oriolus bonana Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 162 (1766).

Icterus bonana D.\UD. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 332 (1800). — ScL. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neoti". p. 36 (1S73). — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 355
(1878).— ScL. Ibis, 1883, p. 358.— Cory, ListBds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).

Pendulinus bonana Vieill. Nouv. Diet. V, p. 316. — Bp. Consp. I, p. 432
(1850).— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S67, p. 54.

Xanthornus bonana Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 183.

Icterus bonance ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 131 (1S62).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head, throat, and upper breast dark reddish brown ;
upper half of back, wings and tail black; lower l^alf of back, includ-
ing rump, dull orange ; lesser wing-coverts dull brownish orange;
under wing-coverts orange, somewhat brighter than the color of the
belly.

Length (skin), 8.25; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.15; tarsus, .78.
Habitat. Martinique.

Icterus hypomelas (Bonap.).

Icterus dominicensisViGORS, Zool. Journ. 182S, p. 441. — "Albrecht, J. f. O.

186) , p, 212."
Icterus virescens Vigors, Zool. Journ. 182S, p. 441.
Psarocolius melanofis Wagl. Isis, 1S29, p. 759.
Xanthornus dominiccnsis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p.

115 (1840). — GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 318 (1S52).

—Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 10.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc Nat. Hist. VII,

p. 307 (i860).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. IO3

Pendulinus hyfomelas Bp. Consp. I, p. 433 (1S50). — Cassin, Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S67, p. 59.
Xanthornus hyfomelas Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 287 (i866) ;

ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 12S.
Melanofsar hypomelas Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1870).
Icterus hypomelas ScL. & Salv. Nom Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1873). — ScL.

Ibis, 1S83, p. 360.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).
Icterus dotninicensis var. hypomelas Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am.

Bds. II, p. 182 (1874).

Sp. Char. Male; — Entire plumage glossy black; lower half of back,
thighs and under tail-coverts, and a tinge on the lower belly, bright
yellow; wing-coverts, carpus, and under wing-coverts bright yel-
low; quills and tail brownish black.

The young birds of both sexes go through the varied plumages of
the young oi Icterus dominicensis.

Length (skin), 7.75; wing, 3.62; tail, 3.70; tarsus, .90; bill, .60.
Habitat. Cuba.

Icterus dominicensis (Linn.).

Oriolus dominicensis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 163 (1766).

Icterus dominicensis Daud. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 335 (iSoo). — Salle, P. Z. S.
1857. p. 232.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1866).—
ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt.
Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 71
(1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (18S5).— Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 361.—
Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, p. 168.

PendulitiusJiavigasterNYE.WA^.Yi.oviY. Diet. V, p. 317.

Melanopsar dominicensis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1S70).

Ictertcs dominice7isis var. dominicensis Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am.
Bds. II, p. 182 (1874).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black; upper wing-coverts, edge of
carpus, underwing-co verts, lower half of back, rump, flanks, crissum,
and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; outer surface of wings black ;
under surface of wings showing the inner webs of the feathers pale,
becoming dull white at the base ; bill and legs black.

Toung: — Throat, cheeks, and a narrow superciliary stripe black;
crown, sides of the head and breast showing a brownish tinge ; rest
of underparts greenish yellow; back ashy green, becoming decidedly
greenish on the rump ; tail olive, brightest on the edges of the feath-
ers ; primaries and secondaries brown with pale edgings.
The sexes are apparently similar.

Length, 7.10; wing, 3.60; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .So; bill, .70.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

I04

Cory on ihe Birds of the West Indies.

Icterus portoricensis (Bkyant),

Icterus dominicensis Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 167.

Icterus doininicejisis var. fortoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

X, p. 254 (1S66).— SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 597.

— Bd. Bvvr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 182 (1874).
Petididinus portoricensis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 58.
Icterus xcuithomiis Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrli. 1S69, p. 598.
Melanofsar portoriceusis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1870).
Icterus portoricensis ?>ci.. Si Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1S73).—

ScL. Ibis, 18S3, p. 361.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (18S5).
XantJiornus portoricettsis Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. VII, p. 210

(1S78).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black; abdomen, crissum, rump, and
under wing-coverts yellow; wing-coverts bright yellow, forming a
broad shoulder patch ; some of the feathers on the bellj' faintly
edged with yellowish ; primaries edged with dull white on the basal
portion of the inner webs; wings and tail dark brown.

Immature males and females resemble those of/, dominicensis, and
go through the same varied stages of plumage. A greenish brown
specimen in my collection is labelled "adult female," but this is
probably incorrect.

Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .95; bill, .67.
Habitat. Forto Rico.

Icterus laudabilis Scl.

Icterus laudabilis Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 270.— Scl. Si Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 36 (1S73). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166
(1880).— Scl. Ibis, 1S83, p. 361.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).

Sp. Char. Mule: — General plumage glossy black; rump, thighs, lower
belly and lower half of back yellow, with a tinge of orange; under
wing-coverts, carpus, and lesser-coverts pale yellow; greater wing-
coverts edged with white on the inner webs; lower mandible bluish
at the base ; upper mandible and legs brownish black.
Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.85; tail, 3.75; tarsus, .90.
Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Icterus cucuUatus Swains.

Icterus cucuUatus Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827. p. 436.— Gundl. Repert.

Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 286 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 127 (Cuba).

—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1S85).
Hvphantes costototl Gvndl. ]. f. O. 1856, p. 11; ib. 1861, p. 413 (Cuba).
Yph antes bullockii Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba).

Recorded from Cuba.

Cory on ihe Birds of the West Indies. I05

Icterus leucopteryx (Wagl.).

Psarocolius leucopteryx Wagl. Syst. Av. Sp. 16.

Icterus personatus Temm. PI. Coi. sub tab. p. 4S2 (1S20-39). — Bp. Consp.

I. P- 435 (1850).
Icterus leucopteryx GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 226 (1847). — ^^- Consp. I, p.

436 (1850). — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 34 (1S62). — Albrecht, J. f. O.

1S62, p. 197. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 299. — Scl.

& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1S73). — A. Si. E. Newton,

Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (iSSi). — Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 374. — Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).
Pendulinus leucopteryx Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 59.
Melanopsar leucopteryx Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1S70).

Sp. Char. Male: — Throat, forehead, and in front of the eyes black ; upper
phimage yellowish green ; underparts yellow; wings and tail black;
wing-coverts pure white ; showing a broad patch of white on the
wing.

Female: — Black markings replaced by brownish black ; tail pale
greenish yellow instead of black ; otherwise resembles the male.
Length (skin), 7.75; wing, 4.20; tail, 3.25 ; tarsus, .90; bill, .78.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Icterus spurius (Linn.).

Oriolus spurius Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 162 (1766).

Icterus spurius GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 286 (1S66) ;
ib.']. f. O. 1874, p. 127 (Cuba).— Cory, ListBds. W. L p. 13 (1885).

Accidental in Cuba.

Icterus oberi Lawr.

Icterus oberi Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. Ill, p. 351 (1880). — Grisdale,
Ibis, 18S2, p. 487. pi. XIII.— Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 362.— Cory, List
Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).

'■^Alale: — Head, neck, upper part of breast, back, wings and tail
black; lower part of breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts and rump
light brownish chestnut, with the concealed bases of the feathers of
a clear light yelloAv ; the thighs are yellow with a wash of chestnut;
edge of wing and under wing-coverts yellow; bill black, Avith the
sides of the under mandible bluish for half its length from the base;
tarsi and toes black.

"Length (skin), 8i inches; wing, 3!; tail, 4; tarsus, \\ bill, \.

"The female has the upper plumage of a dull greenish olive, with
a yellowish tinge, the front and rump inclining more to yellow; the

1 06 Cory 071 the Birds of the West Indies.

tail-feathers are yellowish green ; quills brownish black; the prima-
ries and secondaries are edged narrowly with dull yellowish gray;
tertials are margined with fulvous; wing-coverts dark brown, mar-
gined with fulvous ; edge of wing yellow ; the under plumage
is of a rather dull dark yellow; the breast and under tail-coverts
are of a deeper or warmer color; the sides are greenish olive;
bill and legs as in the male.

"The young male resembles the female in plumage, but has the
back somewhat darker." (Lawr. 1. c, orig. descr.)
Habitat. Montsenat.

Icterus icterus (Linn.).

Oriolus icterus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 161 (1766).

Icterus vulgaris Davv). Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 340 (1800). — Bp. Consp. I, p
434 (^850). — Baird, Bds. N. Am. p. 542 (1858). — ScL. Cat. Am
Bds. p. 133 (1862).— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 46
— FiNSCH, p. Z. S. 1870, p. 578. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr
p. 36 (1873).— GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 209 (1878)
— Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 1879, p. 200. — A. & E. Newton, Handb
Jamaica, p. 104 (18S1). — Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 369. — Cory. List Bds
W. I. p. 13 (1885).

Icterus longirostris Vieill. Nouv. Diet. 34, p. 547.-— Bp. Consp. I, p. 435
(1850).— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 46.

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire head, throat, and a broad patch on the back
black; wings and tail very dark brown, almost black, the former
having some of the coverts white, forming a wing-band ; outer webs
of secondaries edged with white; rest of plumage bright orange yel-
low; the orange of the rump and nape being separated by the black
back-patch before mentioned: feathers of the throat narrow and
sharply pointed; bill black, the base of lower mandible bluish
white.

The sexes are described a& similar.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 4.50; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25; bill, 1.15.
Porto Rico, Jamaica, and St. Thomas (intioduced).

Icterus galbula (Linn.).

Coracias galbula LiNN. Syst. Nat. loth ed. (1758).

Icterus baltimore Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 63 (1S50) — Gundl Report. Fisico-

Nat. Cuba, I, p. 286 (1866) ; ib. J f. O. 1874. p. 127 (Cuba).
Ilyphantes baltimore Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 10 (Cuba).
Tphantes baltimore Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII. p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba).
Icterus galbula CouES, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 98 (1880).— Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885).

Accidental in Cuba.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. \0']\

Genus Dolichonyx Swains.

DolicJiotiyx SwAiNSON, Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 351 (1827).

Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.).

Emberiza oryzivora Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 311 (1766).

Dolichonyx oryzivorus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 229 (1847). — Cab. J. f. O.
1856, p. II (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307
(i860) (Cuba). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 74 (Jamaica). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1S62, p. 197 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba,
I, p. 287 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 129 (Cuba).— Cory, Bds. Baha-
ma I. p. 97 (18S0). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104
(1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (18S5).

Dolichonix oryzivora Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 57 (1850).

Dolichonyx orizyvora Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119 (1S59)
(Bahamas).

Dolichonyx orizivorus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 299
(Jamaica).

Recorded from the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and Grenada.

Molothrjis bonariensls (Cab.) is recorded from Bisque, Vir-
gin Islands {Molofhr?is sericetis (Licht.) Newton, Ibis, 1S60, p.
308). It is a South American species.

Genus Agelaius Vieill.
^^c/a/«5 ViEiLLOT, Analyse, p. 33 (1S16).

Agelaius humeralis (Vig.).

Leistes humeralis Vig. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 442 (1827).

Icterus humeralis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 114, pi.

5' (1 840).
AgelcEus humeralis Bp. Consp. I, p. 430 (1S50). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p.

13. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 136 (1862). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium

Neotr. p. 37 (1873).— ScL. Ibis, 1884, p. II.— Cory, List Bds. W. L

p. 14(1885).
Agelaius humeralis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p, 307 (i860).

—Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 288 (1S66) ; ib. J. f. O.

1S74, p. 130.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 33 (1870).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage uniform lustrous black, showing a
slight brownish tinge on the thighs and quills when held in the
light ; shoulders and lesser coverts dull orange brown, shading into
pale buffon the middle coverts; bill and feet black.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 4; tail, 3.15; tarsus, .95; bill, .60.
Habitat. Cuba.

Io8 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Agelaius xanthomus Scl.

Agclaius chyysof terns Vieill. Nouv. Diet. 34, p. 539. — GuNDL. Anal. Soc.

Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 211 (1878) ; ib. J. f. O. 1878, p. 177.
Icterus xantho7nus ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 131 (1862). — Taylor, Ibis, 1864,

p. 16S.— Bryant, Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 254 (1866).
Hyphantes xattthomtis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 63.
Agelceiis chrysoptcrus Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 597. —

Scl. &. Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 37 (1873).
Agelceus xanthomus Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 12. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14

(1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage lustrous black ; shoulders and coverts
bright golden yellow; quills and tail showing a faint brownish tinge,
apparently wanting in some specimens.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 8; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .95; bill, .60.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.).

Oriolus phceniceus Linn. Sj'st. Nat. I, p. 161 (1766).

Agelceus phoeniceus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 11 (Cuba). — Cory, Bds. Baha-
ma I. p. 98 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1885).

./4^f/a/«.';///dB^//cc«5 Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119(1859)
(Bahamas).

Not uncommon in the Bahama Islands where it probably breeds.
Cuba.?

Agelaius assimilis Gundl.

Agelaius assimilis GuNDL. in Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 64 (1850) ; ib. J. f. O.

1856, p. 12; ib. 1861, pp. 332,413; ib. 1874, p. 131. — Brewer, Pr.

Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p.

33 (1S70).
Agelaius phceniceus var. assimilis Coues, Bds. N. W. p. 186 (1S74). — Bd.

BwR. & RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 159 (1874).
Agelceus assimilis Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 10. — Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 14

(18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Similar to Agelceus phoeniceus, but somewhat smaller.
Female: — Entirely black; showing a brownish tinge on the head,
back, and breast.

Length (skin), 7-75; wing, 3.75; tail. 3; tarsus, i; bill, .75.
Habitat. Cuba.

Cory oji the Birds of the West Indies. lOQ

Genus Xanthocephalus Bonap.

JCaiiikocephahis Bonaparte, Consp. I, p. 431 (1850).

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap.).

Icterus icterocef Julius Bp. Am. Orn. I, p. 27 (1825).

Xanthocephalus icterocefhalus Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 178 (Cuba) ; ib.

Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 288 (1866) ; ib. J. f, O. 1874, p. 133

(Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1885).

Dr. Gundlach writes me that he purchased a bird of this spe-
cies in tliiC market in Havana.

Genus Sturnella Vieill.

Sturnella Vieillot, Analyse, p. 34 (1816).

Sturnella hippocrepis Wagl.

Sturnella hippocrepis Wagl. Isis, 1833, p. 2S1. — Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 14.

— Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. VII, p. 266 (i860). — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

See. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1861, p. 206. —

ScL. Ibis, 1861, p. 179; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 139 (1862). — Guxdl. J.

f. O. 1861, pp. ^2, 413; ib. 1871, p. 276; ib. 1874, p. 133. — Cassix,

Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S66, p. 24.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14

(1885).
Sturnella ludoviciatia ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1873)

(Cuba).
Sturnella ludoviciana var. hippocrepis Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am.

Bds. II, p. 172 (1874). — ScL. Ibis, 1SS4, p. 25.

Sp. Char. Male: — Above mottled with buft", black and brown ; the feathers
of the back being dark brown, bordered and blotched with buff and
light brown ; a narrow imperfect stripe of whitish on the middle 01
the crown; a stripe of vellow from the nostril, over the eve, contin-
uing in a stripe of dull bufly white to the sides of the neck; checks
brownish ; throat and middle underparts yellow, interrupted by a
band of black on the upper breast; sides of the body, lower belly,
and under tail-coverts dull buff, the feathers heavily streaked with
dark brown ; a patch of yellow on the carpus ; legs and feet pale
brown.

The sexes are similar.

Length (okin), 8.45; wing, 3.95; tail, 2.75; tarsus, 1.50; bill, i.io.
Has a general resemblance to Florida specimens of Sturnella
inagna^ but differing from it in having tiic legs and chiws
largc-r, and tlie underparts much more streaked.
Habitat. Cuba.

I lO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Genus Nesopsar Scl.
Nesopsar Sclater, Ibis, 1S59, P- 457-

Nesopsar nigerrimus (Osburn).

Icterus Jiigerriinus, Osburn, Zoologist, pp. 6661, 6714 (1859).

Nesopsar nigerrimus "^ci^. Ibis, 1059, p. 457; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 139

(1S62). — Albreciit, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 197. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat.

Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 299. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 34 (1870). — Scl.

& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1873). — A. & E. Newton,

Handl. Bds. p. 103 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (18S5).
Agclains nigerrimus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, p. 12. —

Pelz. Ibis, 1S73, p. 28.
Agelaeus 7iigerrimus Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 14.

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage glossy blue black ; dull black on the

.bellj; wings and tail very dark brown, almost black; under-sur-

face of wings and tail showing a brownish tinge when held in the

light; bill black, a faint pale mark at the base of the lower mandible.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 6.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .90; bill, .75.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Genus Quiscalus Vieill.

^uiscalus ViELLOT, Analyse, p. 37 (1S16).

Quiscalus fortirostris Lawr.

Quiscalus rccfirostris Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S66, p. 409.'
Quiscalus fortirostris Lawr. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 186S, p. 360. —

Scl. Ibis, 1S73, p. 324; ib, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175. — Scl. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1873). — Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 161. — Coryi

List Bds. W.I. p. 14 (1885).
Holoquiscalus rectirostris Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870) }
Holoquiscalus fortirostris Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head and back purplish black; a faint greenish tinge
on the thighs and under tail-coverts ; wings and tail black, showing
greenish reflections ; bill and feet black.

Female: — Similar to the male, but is somewhat duller in colora-
tion, and is apparently smaller.

Length (skin), 8.60; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.75; tarsus, 1.25; bill, i.
Habitat. Bavbadoes.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. Ill

Quiscalus inflexirostris Swains.

^uiscalus inflexirostris Swains. An. in Men. p. 309 (1S3S). — Bp. Consp.

I, p. 424 (1S50).— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phihi. 1866, p. 407.—

Semper, P. Z. S. 1S72, p. 651.— Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, P- 175.— Bd.

BwR. «& RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 214 (1S74).— Lawr. Pr.

U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 355, 4S7 (187S).— Scl. Ibis. 1884, p. 160.—

Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (18S5).
Quiscalus barita Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 16S.
Holoquiscalus inflexirostris Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870).
Quiscalus Itiminosns Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire pluma<?e lustrous black, showing a purplish
tinge on the head, back, and breast, when held in the light; wings
and tail bluish black; bill and feet black.

Female? — Top of head grayish brown, becoming darker brown
on the back; throat dull white; underparts huffy brown; a streak
of pale buff from the eye to the nape, bordered below by a narrow
streak of pale brown; quills and tail dark brown, showing a slight
tinge of bluish.

Immature males are intermediate between the female.? and adult
male, being light brown and black in patches.

Length (skin), 9;-wing, 4.75; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25; bill, i.
Habitat. Santa Lucia and Martinique.

Quiscalus brachypterus Cassin.

Quiscalus brachypterus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, p. 406.—

Scl. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1873).— Scl. Ibis, 18S4, p.

160.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1S85).
Quiscalus crassirostris Gundl. J. f. O. 1866, p. 188. — Bryant, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 255 (18S6). Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad.

Forh. 1869, p. 598.
Chalcophanes lugubris Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 59S.
Holoquiscalus brachypterus Gray. Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1S70).
Chalcophanes brachypterus GvTiVil^. '^. f. O. 1S74, p. 312; ib. 1878, p. 177;

ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 213 (1S78).
Quiscalus baritus var. brachypterus Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am.

Bds. II, p. 213 (1S74).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage black, showing a purplish tinge when
held in the light; the wings and tail have a greenish gloss; inner
surface of wings showing a brownish tinge when held in the light.
The sexes appear to be similar.

Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.75; tarsus, i.io; bill, 90.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

112 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Quiscalus crassirostris Swains.

Gracula barita Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 165 (1766) .'
Stiirnus j'amaicensis DAVVt. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 317 (iSoo) .'
.Quiscalus crassirostris Swains. An. in Men. p. 355 (183S). — GossE,
Bds. Jam. p. 217 (1847). — ^p. Consp. I, p. 425 (1850). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1862, p. 197.— Mabch, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63,
p. 298. — ScL. & Salv. Nom Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1S73). — A. & E.
Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 103 (1881). — ScL. Ibis, 1S84, p.
159.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1S85).
Quiscalus bai'itus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Piiila. 1866, p. 405.
Holoquiscalus baritus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870).
Quiscalus baritus var. baritus Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds
II, p. 213 (1874).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper plumage lustrous blue-black, showing a tinge
of purple when held in the light; underparts black, brownish black
on the bell J ; quills and tail brownish black.
The sexes are described as similar.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 5 ; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 125; bill, 90.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Quiscalus luminosus Lawr.

Quiscalus sp. Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 191 (1S78).

Quiscalus luminosus Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 162 (1S78) ; ib.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 265, 487 (1S78).— Ober, Camps in the
Caribbees, p. 247 (18S0). — ScL. Ibis, 18S4, p. 161. — Cory, List Bds.
W. L p. 14 (18S5).

"Male: — The general plumage is of a lustrous dark bluish violet;
the upper and under tail-coverts are dull dark green; tail dark glossy
green ; tertials, outer webs of larger quills, and the middle and larger
wing-coverts, glossy green like the tail ; the inner Avebs of the
larger quills are black; smaller wing-coverts the color of the back;
under wing-coverts black; the bill and feet are black; 'iris j-ellow.'

^ Female: — L'pper plumage of a fine dark brown, light on the crown,
the feathers of which are margined with dull pale rust color; the tail
is blackish-brown, with a wash of greenish ; quills dark brown ; the
under plumage is dark brownish-ash, lighter on the throat and
breast, and fuliginous on the flanks, lower part of abdomen, and un-
der tail-coverts ; on the lower part of the neck is a wash of dull rust-
color; bill and feet black; 'iris yellow.'" (Lawr., orig. descr.)
Length (skin), 10.50; wing, 4.90; tail, 4.25 ; tarsus, i 25; bill, 1.25.
Habitat. Grenada.

Specimens wliich I have compared appear to difler very sliglit-
ly from Santa Lucia specimens of J^. iiijicxirostris. Tlie color-

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

113

ation of Grenada specimens is possibly somewhat brighter, but
their specific distinctness is questionable.

Quiscalus guadeloupensis Lawr.

^uiscalus guadeloupensis Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 457, 487
(1S78).— ScL. Ibis, 18S4, p. 160.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14(1885).

"il/«/e;— The general plumage is of a deep purplish-violet; the
wing-coverts have a decided green lustre; tail black, glossed with
green; quills black, with a greenish tinge; bill and feet black."
(LAWR.,orig. descr.)

Female: — Top of head dull brown, becoming darker brown on the
back and wings ; throat white ; a faint moustache-like streak extend-
ing from the lower mandible on the sides of the throat; a dull line of
buify-white passing from the upper mandible through the eje ; ear-
coverts brownish; breast buffy-white ; belly dull white, tinged with
brownish-olive on the sides ; wings and tail dark brown.

Length (skin), 9.75; wing, 5; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.25: bill. i.
Habitat. Guadeloupe.

Quiscalus gundlachii Cassin.

Quiscalus barytus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 1^0

(1840).— Thienem. J. f. O. 1857, P- 145-
Chalcopkanes barytus Cxa.^lns. Hein. I, p. 197 (1851).— Gundl. T. f

O. 1S56, p. 15.
Calcophanes baritus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 307 (1S60).
Quiscalus gundlachii Qk^^y^, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S66, p. 406.
Holoquiscalus gundlachii Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870).
Chalcophanes gundlachii GvSD-L. J. f. O. 1874, p. 135.
Quiscalus baritus var. gundlachii Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N Am Bds

II, p. 213 (1874).

Quiscalus gundlachiSci..lh{s,iSSj^, p. 159.-C0RY, List Bds. W. I. p
14(1885). ^

Sp. Char. ^/«/..._General plumage black, with purplish and bluish re-
flections; wings and tail showing greenish or bluish reflections when
held in the light.

Length (skin), 11.50; wings, 6; tail, 5 ; tarsus, 1.55; bill, 1.25.
Habitat. Cuba.

Quiscalus niger (Bodd.).

Oriolus niger Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 31 (17S3).

Quiscalus barita Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P- 232. '

Quiscalus ninrcy Cassin, Pr. Acad." Nat. .Sci. Phila. 1886, ,,. 407.-.SCL.
Ibis, 1884, P- 1.^9— Cory, Bds. Haiti cS; San Domingo, p. 7Wi880-
ib. List Bds. W. L p. 14 (1885). * ' 1 7i ^'^^5; .

I I A Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

^uiscalus ater Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1866). — Cory,
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881).— Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, p.
168.

Holoquiscalus niger Gray, Ilandl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870).

^uiscalus baritiis var. niger Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p.
213 (1874).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage lustrous black, showing purple when
held in the light; wings and tail black, with bluish reflections; bill
and feet black.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 10.25; wing, 5.40; tail, 5; tarsus, 1.30; bill, i.io.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Quiscalus atroviolaceus D'Orb.

^uiscalus atroviolaceus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba Ois. p.

121 (^1840).— Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1SS5).
Scaphidurus atroviolaceus Gray & Mitch. Gen. Bds. II, p. 341. — Bp.

Consp. I, p. 426 (1850).
Scolecophagus atroviolaceus Cab. Mus. Hein. I. p. 196 (1S51) ; ib. J. f. O.

1856, p. 15.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).—

Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, p. 415.— Gundl. J. f. O.

1874, p. 134.
? Chiilcophanes quiscalus Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 16; ib. 1871, p. 288.
Dives atroviolaceus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 39 (1870). — ScL. Ibis, 1884,

p. 152.

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage lustrous black; purplish on the head,
back, and breast; bluish on the wings and tail; thighs slightly
brownish in some specimens ; bill and feet black.

Length (skin), 9.25; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.05; bill, .75.

Habitat. Cuba.

Family CORVID^.

Genus Corvus Linn.

Corvus LlNN.«us, Sjst. Nat. I, p. 155 (1766).

Corvus leucognaphalus Daud.

Corvus leucognaphalus Daud. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 231 (iSoo).— Salle, P.
Z. S. 1857, p. 232.— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 168.— Bryant, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1S66).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad.
Forh. 1869, p. 598. — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. i j c

II, p. 234 (1S74). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 40(1873). —
GuxDL. Anal. See. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 214 (1S78).— Cory, Bull.
Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domin-
go, p. 74 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1885).

Frugilegtis leucognafhalns Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 13 (1870).

Microcorax leucognaphalus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 49 (1S77).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black, with faint bluish and purple
reflections in the light ; feathers of the throat having the ends sep-
arated in hair-like filaments ; basal portion of the bodj-feathers
white; bill and legs black.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 18; wing, 12; tail, 8; tarsus, 2.20; bill, 2.20.
Habitat. San Domingo and Porto Rico.

Specimens from Porto Rico difFer somewhat from those
from San Domingo, but I am of the opinion it would not
be wise to separate them specifically. It is possible they repre-
sent good geographical races. The San Domingo bird is
blacker, and shows brighter bluish and purplish reflections when
held in the light. If it should be thought best to separate them,
I would propose the name doniinicensis for the San Domingo
form.

Corvus jamaicensis Gmel.

Corvtis jamaicensis Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 367 (1788). — Gosse, Bds. Jam.

p. 209 (1S47). — Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 38. — Albrecht, J. f. O.

1862, p. 202. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 146 (1862). — March, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 300. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium

Neotr. p. 40 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p.

234 (1874). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 103 (i8Si). —

Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 14 (1885).
Frugilegus jamaicensis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 13 (1870).
Microcorax Jamaicensis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 48 (1877).

Sp. Char. Male: — General color very dark brown, blackish brown on
head and tliroat; basal portions of most of the feathers gray; wings
and tail dark brown, showing slight purplish reflections when held
in the light; l)ill and legs black.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 15.75; ^^'i'^oi 8.S0; tail, 6.20; tarsus, 1.90; bill,
I-S5.
Habitat. Jamaica.

I I 5 Cory oh the Birds, of the Wat Indies.

Corvus solitarius Wurt.

Corvtis solitarius Wurt. Naumannia, II, p. 55. — Bp. Compt. Rend. 37, p.

S29. — Cory, Bds. Haiti &: San Domingo, p. 75 (1885) ; ib. List Bds.

W. I. p. 14 (iSSs).
Corinis palmarum "WiJRT. Reis. p. 73."
Corvus ja?naicensis Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, P- 232. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc.

Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1SS6).
Frugilegus solitarius Gray, Handb. Bds. II, p. 13 (1870).
Microcorax solitarius Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 49 (1877).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black, with a purple gloss to the
feathers ; coverts and primaries black ; tail black, outer surface
showing a tinge of purple; bill and legs black.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 15; wing, to; tail, 6; tarsus, 1.75; bill, 1.75.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Corvus nasicus Temm.

Corvus nasicus T^MM. PI. Col. II, p. 413 (1820-39). — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat.

Cuba, I, p. 290 (i86j); ib. ]. f. O. 1S74, p. 137.— Bd. Bwr. &

RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 234 (1S74).— Cory. List Bds. VV.

L p. 14 (1885).
Corvus americanus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 65 (1S50)
Corvus jamaicensis Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 16. — Thiexem. J. f. O. 1S57,

p. 152. — Gundl. J. f O. 1S59, P- -^9^; ^b. 1861, p. 414.
Frugilegus nasicus Gray, Handl. Dds. II, p. 13 (1870).
Microcorax uasicus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 49 (1877).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage glossy black, showing a purplish
tinge; basal portion of feathers grayish; nasal bristles short.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 17; wing, 10.75; tail, 7.60; tarsus, 1.90; bill, 2.35.
Habitat. Cuba.

Corvus minutus Guxdi,.

Corvus minutus Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 315 (1S52). —
Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 97.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII,
p. 307 (i860). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 290 (1S66);
ib. J. f O. 1874, p. 139. — Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. II, p. 297.
— Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 23-] (1S74) — Cory,
List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1885).

Frugilegus minutus Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 13 (1870).

Colueus minutus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p 29 (1877).

Cory on the Bh-ds of the West Indies. 117

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage glossy black, showing purple reflec-
tions on the back and wings; underparts glossy black, the purple
reflections slightly perceptible when held in the light; basal portion
of feathers on the body smoky gray; bill and feet black.

Length (skin), 15; wing, 10.35; tail, 6; tarsus, 2; bill, i.So.
Habitat. Cuba.

^'' Cyanocorax pileattis^^^ recorded from Jamaica, "probably
a caged bird escaped," is a South American species. First
given by Gosse (Bds. Jam. p. 308, 1847), and cited by later
authors.

Corvzis ossifragjis has been recorded from Cuba, but I find no
record of its actual capture. Dr. Gundlach writes me that the bird
does not occur there.

Family TYRANNID^.

Genus Elainia Sundev.
Elainia Sundevall, Ornithol. System, p. 89 (1836).

Elainia martinica (Linn.).

Muscicapa martinica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 325 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat.

I, p. 930 (17SS). — Lath. Ind. Orn. II, p. 4S3 (1790).
? Muscicapa albicapilla Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 66 (1807).
Myiobiics martiuicus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 249, Sp. 27 (1S46).
Tyrantmla martinica Bp. Consp. I, p. 190 (1850). — Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat.

Sci. Phila. i860, p. 375.
Elainea riisii ScL. P. Z. S. 1S60, p. 313. — Newton, Ibis, i860, p. 307. —

Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 352 (1869).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad.

Forh. 1S69, p. 584.— ScL. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 834.
Elainea martinica Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 169. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p.

352 (1S69). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 271; ib. 1S74, p. 175. — Pelz.

Ibis, 1873. p. 113. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 48 (1S73).

— Lawk. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 59, 191, 270, 257, 458, 487 (187S).

Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (18S0).— Lister, Ibis, 18S0,

p. 41. — Grisdale, Ibis, 18S2, p. 489. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15

(1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above brownish olive; feathers on
the head having the basal portions white, forming a concealed white
patch on the crcwn ; throat gray; breast gray, slightly tinged with
olive; sides, flanks, and crissum pale olive, mi.xed with whitish on
the middle of the belly ; under wing-coverts pale yellowish ; wings

I 1 8 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

and tail dark brown, some of the primaries delicately edged with
yellowish white on the outer web, more broadly so on the basal por-
tion of the inner webs, secondaries tipped with the same color;
wing-coverts tipped with yellowish white, forming two imperfect
wing-bands.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 6.50; wing, 3.25; tail, 3; tarsus, .87; bill, .35.
Habitat. Lesser Antilles.

Elainia fallax Scl.

Elainea fallax Scl. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 76; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 217 (1862).
— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 352
(1869).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 48 (1873).— A. & E.
Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (1881). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.
15 (1885).

Sp. Char. — "Dusky olive green; wings and tail fuscous, edged exter-
nallv with olivaceus. The coverts and the secondaries widely
margined externally with greenish white; pileum subcrested, inte-
riorly white ; beneath yellowish ; the throat washed with olivaceus ;
bill dusky horn color, whitish at base ; feet black.

"Length, 5.2; wing, 2.7; tail, 2.5; tarsus, .75." (Sclater, orig.
descr. transl.)
Habitat. Jamaica.

Elainia cotta Gosse.

Elainea cotta Gosse, Ann. N. H. 2d ser. Ill, p. 257 (1849).— Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1862, p. 198.— Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 218 (1862).— March,
Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S9.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p.
352 (1869). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 48 (1873). — ^- ^
E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (1S81). — Cory, List Bds. W.
L p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above grayish olive; top of head
brown ; a partially concealed patch of bright yellow on the crown ;
throat grayish ; underparts pale yellowish white; pale yellow on the
belly; wings and tail olive brown; secondaries narrowly edged
with yellowish.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 5.25; wing, 2.65; tail, 2.40; tarsus, .55; bill, .38.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Genus Pitangus Swains.

Pitangus SwAiNSON, Zool. Journ. HI, p. 165 (1828).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j j ^

Pitangus caudifasciatus (D'Orb.).

Tyrannus caudifasciatus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 82
(i84o).-GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 177 (i847)— Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc.
Nat. Hist. VI, p. 318 (i852).-Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 478— Brewer,
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 307 (i860). -March, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 288.— GuxNdl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 424.

Pitangus caudifasciatus ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 76; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p.
222 (i862).-Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199.-GRAY, Hand!. Bds. I,
P- 357 (1869).— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. co (1S73).—
A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (i88i).-Cory, List Bds.
W. L p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male:—To^ and sides of the head, including the ear-coverts,
darlc broAvn; a concealed patch of bright orange yellow; back
brownish gray; some specimens showing a slight tinge of rufous on
the upper tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts very pale yellow; under-
parts white, slightly tinged with ash on the breast and sides; under
tail-coverts white ; tail-feathers having the basal half of the inner
webs of all except the two central feathers pale yellowish white, and
all the feathers narrowly tipped with white ; outer tail-feather edged
with white on the outer web.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 8; wing, 4; tail, 3.45; tarsus, .88; bill, .90.
Habitat. Cuba and Jamaica.

Pitangus taylori Scl.
Pitangus taylori Scl. Ibis, 1864, p. 169.— Gray, Hand!. Bds. I, p. 357

(1869).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 50 (187^) —Cory

Li.stBds. W. Lp. 15 (1885).
Tyrannus {Pitangus) taylori Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X n 240

(1866). ^ "*^

Tyrannus taylori Svi^HKY. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 599.— Gundl.

Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 193 (1878).

Sp. Char. Male:— U^T^er surface dark olive brown, darkest on the head ;
concealed portions of the feathers on the crown yelloAv in front',
succeeded by white, forming a crown patch half yellow and half
white, variable in different specimens ; underparts grayish ; throat
white; quills and tail dark brown; the primaries showing a foint
rufous edging on the basal portion of the outer web, generally lack-
ing on the first, second, and third ; inner webs of primaries and sec-
ondaries edged with pale yellowish white; under tail-coverts white;
tail olive brown ; the outer web of the outer primary showing a faint
edging of dull white.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .75; bill, 90.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

J 2.0 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Pitangus bahamensis Bryant.

Tyrannies caiidifasciatus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. io8

(1859)-
Pitangus bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IX, p. 279 (1864).
Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 357 (1869).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 102
(iSSo) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above gray, with a tinge of olive on the'back ; top of
the head, including the eyes, dark slate color, concealing a patch of
bright orange yellow upon the crown; underparts ashy white, shad-
ing into an olive tinge upon the flanks, and pale yellow upon the ab-
domen and crissum ; wings dark brown, edged with yellowish white,
the coverts with pale brown; under wing-coverts pale yellow; tail
dark brown ; outer webs of first two and tips of rest brownish white ;
upper tail-coverts edged with rufous ; bill and feet black.

The female is similar to the male.

Length, 8.10; wing, 4.20; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .80; bill, .96.
Habitat. Bahamas.

Pitangus gabbii Lawr.

Pitangus gabbii Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 2S8 (1S76). —
Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881); ib. Bds. Haiti &
San Domingo, p. 76 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head and cheeks dark brown, the feathers
concealing a patch of bright orange yellow; back brown, lighter
than the head, and becoming still lighter towards the rump; wings
and tail brown ; the primaries heavily edged with rufous on the outer
edge; some of the secondaries showing pale white on the edges ;
wing-coverts and tail-feathers showing rufous edgings ; inner webs of
primaries and secondaries, and some of the under wing-coverts
edged with yellowish white, giving the under surface of the closed
wing a pale yellowish white color ; entire under surface white ; bill
and legs black.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 7.50; wing, 4; tail, 3.35; tarsus, .85; bill, .85. \

Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Genus Lawrencia Ridgw.

Lawrencia Ridgway, Auk, III, p. 282 (1886).

Lawrencia nanus Lawr,

Empidonax nanus Lawr. Ibis, 1875, p. 386.— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,

p. 82 (1885); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).
Lawrencia nanus Ridgw. Auk, III, p. 282 (1886).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. \2\

Sp. Char. — "Above dull greenish olive, darker on the crown, and brighter
on the ruinp; tail dark brown, the outer web of the lateral feather
pale fulvous; smaller wing-coverts the color of the back; the
middle and larger coverts are brownish black, ending with white,
forming two bars across the wings ; the quill-feathers are dark
brown, the third and fourth primaries are narrowly edged with
greyish white, the inner quills, just perceptibly edged with light
rufous; under lining of wings very pale yellow; throat greyish
white ; breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts pale whitish fulvous ;
thighs light brown ; upper mandible brown, the under, whitish
horn color, dusky on the sides ; tarsi and toes brownish black.

"The first primary is abnormally short, measuring but i 5-16
inches; third quill longest; tail emarginate, length, 4! inches;
wing, 23-16; tail, 2; bill, S; tarsus, n-i6." (Lawr. 1. c, orig.
descr.)
Habitat. San Domingo.

Genus Empidonax Caban.

Empidonax Cabanis, Journ. fiir Ornith. Ill, p. 280 (1855).

Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.).

Muscicafa acadica Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 947 (1788).

Muscicapa ftisilla Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 40 (1850).

Myiarchns pusilla Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba) .?
Empidonax acadicus GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 240 (1865) ;

ib.]. i.O. 1872, p. 427 (Cuba).— Cory, ListBds.W. I. p. 15(1885).

Recorded from Cuba.

Genus Contopus Caban.
Cojitopus Cabanis, "Journ. fiir Ornith. Ill, p. 479 (Nov. 1855).

Contopus pallidus (Gosse).

Myiobins pallidas Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 166 (1847).

Blacicus pallidus ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77. — AlbrecHT, J. f. O. 1862, p.

199. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 363 (1869).
Contopus pallidus ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 231 (1862). — M.A.RCH, Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 290. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p.

52 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (18S1). —

Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).
Contopus caribcEus var. pallidus Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

II, p. 351 (T874).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above olive brown, darkest on the
head; rump tinged with rufous; wing-coverts edged with rufous,
forming two wing-bands; underparts dull grayish olive, slightly.

12 2 Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies.

tinged with rufous; throat pale; wings and tail dark brown ; upper
mandible dark brown; lower mandible pale.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.6.:; tail, 2.20; tarsus, .60; bill, .45.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Contopus latirostris (Verr.).

Myiobins latirostris Verr. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Bull. II. p. 22 (1866). —

ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p, 271.
Contopus latirostris ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 52 (1873). —

Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (iSSo).— Cory. List Bds.

W. L p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above dark olive; chestnut on the
rump and upper tail-coverts ; underparts rufous chestnut, palest
on the throat; wings and tail dark brown, the latter faintly
tipped with buffy white ; upper mandible brown ; lower mandible
yellowish.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin) 5.25; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.45; tarsus, .38; bill, .40.
Habitat. Santa Lticia.

Contopus bahamensis (Bryant).

Empidonax bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 109

(1859).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 361 (1869).
Contopus caribcBus var. bahamensis Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am.

Bds. II, p. 352 (1874)-
Contopus bahamensis Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. loi (1880) ; ib. List Bds.

W. I. p. 15 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male (winter) : — Above brownish olive, becoming darker
upon the crown; a nearly complete circle of white around the eye,
broken above; lores ashy; below pale yellow, with a faint tinge of
olive; wings dark brown; under coverts pale orange yellow;
coverts, secondaries, and tertiaries brownish white, the coverts
forming two distinct bands upon the wing; tail dark brown, lighter
on the outer feathers ; legs and upper mandible black; lower man-
dible pale, becoming darker at tip. One specimen taken had the
yellow of the breast much brighter and deeper, the crissum much
brighter, the olive markings heavier, and the under wing-coverts
pijikish.

Female resembles the male.

Length, 5.35; wing, 2.80; tail, 2.60; tarsus, .58; bill, .60.
Habitat, Bahamas.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Contopus hispaniolensis (Bryant),

123

Tyrannula carrihcea var. hispaniolensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

XI, p. 91 (1866).
Blacicus cariboeus var. hispaniolensis Gray, Ilandl. Bds. I. p. 363 (1S69).
Contopus carribceus var. hispaniolensis Bd. Bvvr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am.

Bds. II, p. 351 (1874).
Contopus frazeri CoKY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, p. 94 (1883).
Sayornis dominicensis Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, p. 95 (1S83)..
Contopus hispaniolensis Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 81 (1885);

ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage grayish olive; feathers of the crown
dark brown, edged with olive; throat ashy, becoming olive on the
sides of the breast, and yellowish brown on the abdomen and cris-
sum ; wing-coverts pale at the tips, forming two very dull wing-
bands ; secondaries very narrowly edged with pale brownish white ;
tail brown; under wing-coverts pale j^ellowish brown.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 5.50; wing, 3; tail, 2.70; tarsus, .58; bill, .52.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Contopus virens (Linn.).

Muscicapa virens X^vs.'i^i. Syst. Nat. I, p. 327 (1766). — D'Orb. in La

Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba. Ois. p. 86 (1840).
Myiarchus virens Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60)

(Cuba).
Contopus virens GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 239 (1865) ; ib.

J. f. O. 1872, p. 424 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1S85).

Accidental in Cuba.

Genus Sayornis Bonap.
Sayornis Bonaparte, "Coll. Delattre, p. 87 (1854)."

Sayornis phoebe (Lath.).

Muscicapa phcebe Lath. Ind. Orn. II, p. 4S9 (1790).

Muscicapa fusca Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 931 (178S). — Lemb. Aves Cuba,

p. 41 (1850).
Muscicapa lembeyei GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 314

(1852) (Cuba).
Aulanax fuscus GuNDL. J. f O. 1S56, p. i (Cuba).
Myiarchus lembeyii Brkwek, Pr. Bost Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860)

.(Cuba).

124 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies

AuUnnix lembeyei GuNDL. Repeit. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 240 (1865); ib.

J. f. O. 1872, p. 427 (Cuba).
Sayornis fusca ,CoK^, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).
Recorded from Cuba.

Genus Myiarchus Caban.

Myiarchus Cabanis, "Fauna Peruana, 1844-46, p. 152."

Myiarchus validus Cab.

Tyrannus crinitus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 186 (1S47).

Tyramiiila gossii'&Y. Consp. I, p. 186 (1850).— Kaup. P. Z. S. 1851, p. 53.

Myionax validus Cab. et Hein. MusT Hein. II, p. 78 (1859).

Myiarchus validus Cab. Orn. Not. IL p. 351. — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 76.

— Albrecht, J. f. O. i862ip. 199. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.

1863, p. 288. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 52 (1873). —

Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 331 (1874).— A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (1881). — Cory, List Bds. W. I.

p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above dark olive; brownish olive on
the head; upper tail-coverts rufous; throat gray; belly dull yellow;
wings dark brown, the feathers heavily bordered with rufous chest-
nut; wing-coverts edged with dull rufous; outer tail-feathers pale
rufous, second feather having the inner web rufous, the outer web
brown, the brown gradually widening on the third and fourth
feathers, the central feathers being pale olive brown, faintly edged
with rufous.

The sexes arc similar.

Length (skin), 8; wing, 4; tail, 4; tarsus, i; bill, .75.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Myiarchus stolidus (Gosse).

Myiobius stolidus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 168 (1847).

Tyranniila stolida Kau^-, P. Z. S. 1S51, p. 51.

Myiarchus stolidus Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p 479. — Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77;

ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 234 (1862). — Albrecht, J. f O. 1862, p. 199.

—March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 288.— Scl. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 52 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb.

Jamaica, p. 107 (i88t). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (18S5).
Kaupornis stolidus Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 358 (1S69).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head dark brown, shading into grayish olive on the
back; throat grayish; belly and under tail-coverts dull yellow;
wings brown ; primaries showing a very slight tinge of rufous on

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the edges of the basal half of the outer webs ; secondaries edged
with dull white; under wing-coverts pale yellow; tail brown, the
second feather slightly edged with rufous on the inner web, heavier
on the third and fourth.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 7.25; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.25; tarsus. 85; bill, .75.
Habitat. Jamaica.

This species differs from M. sagrce by the brighter yellow of
the belly and in being very slightly larger.

Myiarchus sagrse (Gundl.).

Tyrattnus ph(xbe D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 84 (1840).
Muscicapa sagrce^ Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 313 (1852).
Myiarchus stolidus, Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60).

— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 239 (1865).
Tyramtnla (^Myiarchus) stolida (var. liicaysiensis') Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc.

Nat. Hist. XI, p. 66 (1866).
Myiarchus phcebe Gray, Handl". Bds. I, p. 358 (1S69). — ScL. & Salv. Norn.

Avium Neotr. p. 52 (1S73). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).
Myiarchus stolidus var. fhoebc CouES, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1872, p.

78. — Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 332 (1874).
Myiarchus sagrce Gundl. J. f O. 1S72, p. 424.
Myiarchus stolidus var. leucaysiensis Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 100 (18S0).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above brownish olive, becoming darker upon the
head, and shading into rufous on the rump; underparts ashy white,
shading into yellowish upon the abdomen and crissum ; wings dark
brown, the coverts tipped and edged with dull white, forming two
wing-bands; the basal half of the outer webs of the primaries, except
the first two, edged with rufous ; some of the secondaries edged with
white; under wing-coverts pale yellowish white ; tail dark brown,
the feathers bordered with rufous upon the inner webs, very faintly
upon the two central ones; legs and bill black.

Length (skin), 7.20; wing, 3.25; tail, 3.20; tarsus, .75; bill 65.
Habitat. Cuba and Bahamas.

This species differs from M. dominicensis in lacking the bright
rufous edging on the primaries. Both M. stolidus and M. do-
mmiccnsis have the belly yellow instead of dull white, as in M.
sagrce.

Myiarchus antillarum (Bryant).

Tyrannus {Myiurchus') antillarum Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X,
p. 249 (1866).

126 Cory on the Birds of ike Wcsi Indies.

Myiarchas antillarum Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1S69, p. 599? —
Gray, Ilandl. Bds. I, p. 364 (1S69). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 52 (1873). — GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 194
(1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).

Myiarchus stolidus var. antillarum CouES, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
1872, p. 79. — Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 332
(1874).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head olive brown, shading into grayish olive
on the back ; rump slightly tinged with rufous ; throat and breast ashy
gray; bally white; a faint tinge of j'ellowish white on the crissum ;
quills and tail dark brown, showing a slight rufous edging; secon-
daries edged with dull white; a narrow mark of pale rufous tipping
the inner webs of some of the tail-feathers.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 7; wing, 3; tail, 3; tarsus, .85; bill, .65.
Habitat, Porto Rico.

This species differs from M. doiniiiiccnsis by the absence of
the rufous tail-markings and in the belly being white. It is
nearest allied to J/, sagrx., and closely resembles that species,
but is easily distinguished from it by the absence of the broad
rufous edging on the inner webs of the tail-feathers. J/, sagrce
also shows a tinge of yellow on the belly, which is faint or
wanting in M. antillarzi7n.

Myiarchus oberi Lawr.

Myiarchus erythrocercus ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 271.

Myiarchus oberi Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 48 (1878) ; ib. Pr. U.

S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 59, 191, 217, 487 (1S78). — Allen, Bull. Nutt.

Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (18S0;. — ScL. Ibis, 1880, p. 74. — Cory, List

Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — "Pileum, nape, and sides of the head dark umber-
brown upper plumage dark olive-brown, upper tail-coverts edged with
dull ferruginous; two middle tail-feathers blackish brown, the other
feathers are colored the same, except on the outer two-thirds of the
inner webs, where they are bright ferruginous ; outer web of lateral
feather and ends of the others, ash color; quills brownish black, the
primaries narrowly edged with dark ferruginous; the outer secon-
daries are margined with very pale rufous, and the other secondaries
with pale yellowish white; wing-coverts dark brown, ending with
pale ashy tinged with rufous; under wing-coverts pale, dull yellow;
inner margins of quills light salmon-color; lores, throat, upper part

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of breast and sides clear bluish-gray, lower part "of breast, abdomen
and under tail-coverts pale yellow; bill and feet black.

"Length, 8| in. ; wing, 3J ; tail, 3I ; tarsus, \ ; bill from front. 13-16
"The female does not differ in plumage from the male." (Lawr.
1. c, orig. descr. )

Habitat. St. Vincent, Dominica, Santa Lucia, and Grenada.

Myiarchus sclateri Lawr.

MyiarcJius sclateri Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 357 (1878).— Cory,
List Bds. W. L p. 15 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — "The upper plumage is deep dark olive, the head above
blackish brown. Unfortunately, the only feathers left in the tail are
the outer four on one side; the outermost two are dark brown and
without rufous edgings on the inner webs; the other two feathers
are brownish-black, with their inner webs edged with light rufous
for about one-quarter their width; quills dark brown, their inner
webs bordered with pale salmon-color; wing-coverts edged with dull
white; under wing-coverts light ash, with just a tinge of yellow;
throat and breast of a clear cinereous gray; abdomen and under tail-
coverts dull pale yellow; sides cinereous ; bill and feet black.

"Length (fresh), 7^ in. ; wing, 3I; tail, 3^; tarsus, i ; middle toe
and claw, 15-16; hind toe to end of claw, §." (Lawr. 1. c, orig.
descr.)
Habitat. Martinique.

Myiarchus dominicensis (Bryant).

Tyrannula stolida var. dominicensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XL

p. 90 (1866).
Myiarchus stolidus var. dominicensis Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 35S (i8St).
Myiarchus stolidus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881).
Myiarchus rujicaudatus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, p. 95 (1883).
Myiarchus dominicensis Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 79 (1SS5) ;

ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Crown dark olive brown, becoming lighter on the
back, and showing a more decided grayish tinge ; breast ashy ; bellvj
crissum, and under wing-coverts pale yellow; wing-coverts edged
with brownish white, forming two dull wing-bands ; tertials broadly
edged with yellowish white; primaries, except the first, narrowly
edged with rufous on the outer web, showing a broader and much
paler edging of the same color on the inner webs of the same
feathers; two central tail-feathers dark brown, all the rest having
more than half of the inner web rufous to the tip; bill and feet black.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 6.50; wing, 3.10; tail, 3; tarsus, .85 ; bill, .75.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

128 Cory on Ihe Birds of the West Indies.

Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.).

Miiscicapa crinita Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 325 (1766).

Aiyiarclius crinitus Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 479 (Cuba). — GuNDL. Repert.

Fisico-Nat. Cuba, L p. 239 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 426 (Cuba).

— CouES, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1872,'p. 63 (Cuba).
Tyr annus crinitus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860)

(Cuba).
Accidental to Cuba.

Genus Blacicus Caban.

Blacicus Cabanis, J. f. O. 18S5, p. 480.

Blacicus barbirostris (Swains.).

Tyrannula harbirosiris Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 367.

Myiobius tristis Gossk, Bds. Jam. p. 167 (1847). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862,

p. 199.
Blacicus tristis Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 4S0.— ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 324

(1862). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1863, p. 290. — Gray,

Handl. Bds. I, p. 363 (1869).
Blacicus barbirostris, ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 85. — ScL. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873). — A. «& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p.

108 (i88i).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head dark brown; pale brownish olive on
the back; a faint tinge of rufous on the upper tail-coverts; throat
gray ; rest of underparts pale yellow ; wings and tail dark brown ; the
secondaries and tail-feathers with pale edgings.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 5.75; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75; bill, .55.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Blacicus caribaeus (D'Orb.).

Muscipeta caribaa D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 92
(1840). — GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 316 (1852).

Blacicus caribceus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). —
GuNDL. Repert Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 240(1865) ; ib. |. f. O. 1S72,
p. 426. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 363 (1S69). — ScL. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head brownish olive, the feathers showing a
narrow streak of dark brown on the shafts, lest of upper plumage
dull olive; throat gray, with a foint tinge of yellowish near the

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. I2Q

•breast; belly dull orange rufous, shading into olive on the sides and
flanks; quills and tail dark brown ; the secondaries with pale edges.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 6; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.25; tarsus, .60; bill, .60.
Habitat. Cuba.

Blacicus brunneicapillus Lawr.

Blacicus bruneicapillus Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 161 (187S) ; ib.
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 59, 4S7 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. \. p.
15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head dark brown ; back dull brown, tinged with
olive; throat grayish, tinged with rufous on the breast, and becom-
ing pale rufus brown on the belly and under tail tail-coverts ; wings
and tail brown.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 5.25; wing, 2.50; tail. 2.45; tarsus, .60; bill, .48.
Habitat. Dominica.

Blacicus blancoi Gundl.

Blacicus blancoi GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, p. 311 ; ib. Anal. See. Esp. Hist.
Nat. Vn, p. 195 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head olive brown, becoming grayish olive
on the back; throat dull white; breast and underparts pale rufous;
under wing-coverts rufous; wings and tail pale brown; shafts of
the tail-feathers reddish brown; upper mandible dark brown; lower
mandible pale.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 5.50; wing, 3 ; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .50; bill, .53.
H'Abitat. Porto Rico.

Genus Tyrannus Cuvier.
Tyyantius "Cuvier Leij. d'Anat. Comp. 1799-1800, tabl. ii."

Tyrannus rostratus Sci..

Tyrannus rostratus ScL. Ibis, 1864, p. 87; ib. P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 272. —
ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S.
Nat. Mus. L pp- 60, 191, 234, 240, 271, 358 (187S). — RiDGW.
Smiths. Misc. Coll. XIX, p. 470 (1880).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn.
Club, V, p. 196 (1880).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1885).

I ^o Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. Male; — Bill large and heavy; upper plumage slaty-graj,
tinged with brownish on the back ; a concealed patch of scarlet-
orange on the head; ear-coverts dark; throat dull white, grayish
on the breast and sides of the body; belly and under tail-coverts
dull white, faintly tinged with yellow; under wing-coverts pale
yellowish-white; quills and tail brown; secondaries edged with dull
white.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 9; wing, 4.50; tail, 4; tarsus, .72; bill, 1.05;
width of bill at base, .60.
Habitat. Lesser Antilles,

Tyrannus magnirostris D'Orb.

/" Tyrannus matutinus Vieill. Enc. Meth. 1823, p. 850.

Tyrannus magnirostris D"Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 80

(1840).— ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 236 (1862).— Bryant, Pr. Bost.

See. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 66 (1866).— ScL. & Salv. Norn. Avium

Neotr. p. 53 (1873). — RiDGW. Smiths. Misc. Coll. XIX, p. 464

(1880).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 99 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p.

16 (1885).
Melittarchus magnirostris Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 447. — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat.

Cuba I, p. 238 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 421.

Sp. Char. Male: — Larger than T. rostratus. Head dark brown ; ear-
coverts and cheeks blackish brown ; a concealed patch of bright
orange on the crown; back slaty-brown; entire underparts white,
showing a faint tinge of yellowish in some specimens: under
wing-coverts pale yellow ; quills and tail brown ; some of the prima-
ries and all of the secondaries edged with dull white; wing-coverts
edged with dull white.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, .85; bill, 1.25; width
of bill at base, .65.
Habitat. Cuba. Inagua.'*

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieill.

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXXV, p. 48, D'Orb. Voy.

Ois, p. 311. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 235 (1862) — Scl. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N.

Am. Bds. II, p. 315 (1874). — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 271,

487 (1878).— Ridgw. Smiths. Misc. Coll. XIX, p. 473 (1880).-— Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (18S5).
Muscicapa dcspotes Light. Doubl p 55 (1823).
Muscicapa furcata Spix, Av. Bras. II, p. 15 (1825).

Cory on the Birds of the [Vest Indies. j ■? j

Tyrannus crudelis Swains. Q^uart. Journ. Sc. XX, p. 275 (1826).

Tyrannus furcatiis Max. Beitr. Ill, p. 884 (1S31).

Tyrannus albogularis BuRM. Sjst. Ueb. II, p. 465.

Laphyctes melancholicus Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. II, p. 76 (1859).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head gray ; a concealed patch of reddish
orange; back dull grayish-olive; throat grayish white, shading into
yellowish-olive on the breast, and having the entire rest of under-
parts bright yellow; under wing-coverts pale yellow; quilh and tail
brown, showing dirty white edgings on some of the coverts and
secondaries.
Length (skin), 8; wing, 4.30; tail, 3.50; tarsus. .75; bill, .75.
Habitat. Grenada.

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmel.).

Tyrannus dominicensis Briss. Orn. II, p. 394, pi. 38, fig. 2 (1760). — Rich.
List 1837. — GossE, Eds. Jam. p. 169 (1847). — Baird, Cat. N.
Am. Bds. No. 125 (1869). — Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 146. — Cassin,
Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 375.— Albkecht, J. f. O. 1862,
p. 199. — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1869, pp. 584, 599. —
Bd. Bwr. & RiDGw. Hist. N. Ann. Bds. II, p. 319 (1874). —
Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. II, p. 300 (1881). — Ridgw. Pr. U.
S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (18S4).— Cory. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII,
p. 153 (18S1); ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 77 (1885); ib.
List Bds. VV. I. p. 16 (18S5).

Lanitis tyran?tus var. p. dominicctisis "Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 202 (1788J."

Tyrannus griseus Veill. Ois. Am. Sept. I. p. 76. pi. 46 (1807). — Swains.
Quart. Journ. Sci. XX, p. 276 (1826). — Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 247
(1844). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 192 (1850). — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 236
(1862).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 287.— Taylor,
Ibis, 1864, p. 169. — Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VIII, p. 99 (1864). —
Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 90 (1866).— Cory, Bds.
Bahama I. p. 99 (18S0) ; ib. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153
(18S1). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (i8Si).

Tyrannus matutinus "Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 850 (1823)." — DOrb. in La
Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 83 (1S40). — Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p.
247 (1S44). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P- 232.

Muscicapa dominicensis Aud. Orn. Biog. II, p. 392, pi. 46 (1S34) ; ib. Bds.
Am. I, p. 201 (1840).

Tyran/ius tiriri ''Temm. Tabl. M6ih. p. 24 (1836)."

Tyrannulus dominicensis ]art>. Contr. Orn. p. 67 (1S50).

Melittarchus dominicensis Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 47S; ib. Mus. Hein. II, p.
80 (1859).— Brewer, P'"- ^ost. Soc Nat. H''st. VII, p. 307 (i86o).

Melittarchus griseus Gundl. J. f. O. 1872. p. 422; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp.
Hist. Nat. VII, p. 192 (1878).

132 Cory on the Birds of Ihe West Indies.

Sp. Char. Male: — Above gravish-ash, darkest on the head; a dull black
patch behind the eye; underparts whitish, ashy on the sides of
the breast; wings brown, secondaries and coverts edged with dull
white; under wing-coverts pale yellow; tail brown, feathers faintly
tipped and edged with dull white ; upper tail-coverts edged with
pale rufous.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 8.50; wing, 4.40; tail, 4.10; tarsus, .75; bill, .90.
Habitat. Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, San Domingo, Jamaica,
Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St, Bartholomew, and
Sombrero.

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.).

Lanius tyrannus Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 94 (175S).

Lanius tyrannus var. carolinensis et ludovicianus Gmel. Syst. Nat. L P-

302 (1 788).
Tyrannus intrepidusf Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 232 (San Domingo). —

Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba) ; ib.

Bryant, XI, p. 90 (1867) (San Domingo).
Tyranfius pipirt Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 423 (Cuba).''
Tyraftnus carolinensis CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1855).

Accidental in Cuba. Porto Rico.'' San Domingo.''

Tyt-ajinus sulphurasceus Herz. P. V. Wiirttemberg is an un-
determined species mentioned by Cabanis (J. f. O. 1857, p.
241). It was originally described as occurring in Cuba and Haiti.
Gundlach, in writing of this species (J. f. O. 1S71, p. 26S),
thinks there has been a mistake in the locality.

Milvulus iyrajinus is recorded from Grenada by Mr. Wells in his
list of the birds of that island.*

. Family COTINGID^.

Genus Hadrostomus Cab.

Hadrostomus Cabanis, Mus. Hein. II, p. 85 (1859).

Hadrostomus niger (Gmel.).

Lanius niger Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 301 (1788).

Tityra leuconotus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, pi. 63 (1844). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 187
(1847).

* Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 4 (i

Cory 07i the Birds of the West Indies. ^ XX

Pachyrhynchus atterrimus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 320.
Pachyrhaynphus nigrescetts Cab. Orn. Not. I, p. 241. — Bp. Consp. I, p

iSo (1850).
Pachyrhamphus niger ScL. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 72.
Platypsaris nigra ScL. P. Z. S. i86i, p. 77.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p.

207.
Hadrostomus niger Cab. & Heine. Mus. Hein. II, p. 85 (1859). — ScL.

Cat.Am. Bds. p. 239 (1862).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863,

p. 290.— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 56 (1S73).— A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (1881 ).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.

16 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head black, shading into dark brown, with
a blackish gloss on the back; throat, breast and belly smoke-color;
a faint tinge of rufous on the flanks ; wings and tail dark brown,
almost black; tertials and some of the wing-coverts heavily marked
with white, forming a partially concealed white patch at the junc-
tion of the wing and back.

Female: — Top of the head dark brown ; a malar stripe of light
brown ; throat brownish white, rest of underparts dull white; cris-
sum brownish olive ; back and rump dark slate-color; wings and
tail brown, pale rufous on the inner webs of the primaries; outer
webs of secondaries, and some of the inner primaries, showing dull
rufous brown.
Length (skin), 7.20; wing, 4; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .85; bill, .55.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Family CAPRIMULGID^.

Genus Nyctibius Vieill.
Nyctibius Vieillot, Analyse, p. 38 (1806).

Nyctibius jamaicensis (Gmel.).

Caprimulgus j'amaicensis G'M^l^. Sj'st. Nat. I, p. 1029(1788). — Denxy, P.

z. s. 1847, p- 38-

Nyctibius jamaice7tsis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 41 (1S47). — ^p- Consp. I, p.
58(1850).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 11 -.ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 278 (1862).
— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Phila. 1863, p. 2S6.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 56 (1869).— Scl. &
Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 95 (1S73). — A. & E. Newton, Handb.
Jamaica, p. 108 (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage grayish, heavily marked, streaked,
and blotched with brown and white ; some of the feathers sparsely

I OA Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

tinged with pale rufous on the back, wing-coverts, and underparts;
throat dull white, the shafts of the ieatliers brown, giving the throat
the appearance of being streaked with narrow lines of brown; these
lines are broader on the shafts of the feathers on the belly, many of
the feathers being tipped with brown, and showing the pale rufous
edging before mentioned; wings and tail brown, imperfectly banded
with pale markings; upper surface of tail showing imperfect white
bands; under surface of tail thickly mottled with dull Avhite; under
surface of wings brown, with white dots.

Length (skin), i6; wing, 12; tail, 8.50; culmen, i.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Nyctibius pallidus Gosse.

Nyctibius fallidus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 49 (1S47). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 58
(1850). — Albrecht, J. f. O, 1S62, p. 199. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 286.— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S66, p. 129 (.').— Gray,
Handl. Bds. I, p. 56 (1869). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p.
108 (iSSi).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (18S5).

"Length 11 inches, expanse 22, rictus i|, beak from feathers to
tip I, flexture, 6, tail 3I.

"The nostrils prominent, tubulated, and covered with a mem-
brane; from the nostrils runs a deep groove or furrow towards the
tip. The beak was bent like the end of an Owl's, and when closed
was longer than the under mandible; the latter was of a subulated
form, shorter and bending in a contrary direction to the upper one :
it was broader than the upper; its margins were inverted, and re-
ceived the upper one exactly, when closed. There were no bristles
on the angle of the mouth. The tibite (tarsi.?) or shank-bones are
shortened into a heel, so that the measure of what is usually called
the leg, from the bend of the knee to the first joint of the middle
toe, is only 2-8 of an inch. The length of that part which ought to
be called the leg, (tibia?) is i^ inch, and the bone of the thigh i
inch. Toes four, three before, one behind; covered with ash-
coloured scales, very flat beneath, and all connected by narrow
membrane. Claws brown, strong, gently curved, and compressed;
middle claw thinned to an edge on the inner side, but not serrate.
Tail of ten feathers, equal, broad, rounded, barred with blackish
and grey, and these bars again marked with less black bars. Wing
quills coloured chiefly like the tail, but deeper; secondaries edged
with clay-colour; winglet and long coverts immediately beneath it,
black, with a few whitish bars ; greater coverts black, edged with
clay-colour; the next row of coverts whitish, with black shafts; the
next row black, making a large triangular black spot in the ex-
panded wing. Eyes very large, irides bright yellow. Head, neck,
and throat, white, with black shafts; above each eye some black
and white streaked feathers in an erect position, forming two small

CoRV on the Birds of the West Indies. j ^ r

roundish rings. On the breast, clay-coloured feathers with black
shafts and black spots. Sides, belly, and vent, white with black
shafts. A line of black feathers down the middle of the back; rumd
ashy, with narrow black shafts. On shoulders a mixture of ash
and clay-colour, with black shafts. Plumage very loose. Weight,
3 02., 7 sc." (GossE, from Robinson's MSS., Bds. Jam. pp. 49,
50. 1847-)
Habitat. Jamaica.

This is a very doubtful species, not g-enerally recognized by
authors. Probably the same as N. jamaicensis.

Genus Chordeiles Swains.
Chordeiles Swainson, Fauna Bor. Amer. II, p. 496 (1831).

Chordeiles minor Cab.

Chordeiles minor Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 5.— Sol. Cat. Am. Bds, p. 279
(1862).— Albrecht, J, f. O. 1862, p. 199.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 286.— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 96
(1873)-— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, p. 117; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.
VII, p. 202 (1878).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 109
(1881).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 106 (1880) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San
Domingo, p. 85 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1S85).

Chordeiles gundlachii 'L.KWVL. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VI, p. 165 (1856).

Chordeiles popetue Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. loS (1859).
— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 282 (1S65) ; ib. J. f. O.
1874, p. 117.

Chordeiles gundlachi Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60).

Chordeiles fopetue var. minor Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II,
p. 400 (1874).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above dark brown, variegated with white and tawny ;
underparts tawny, banded with brown; throat tawny, becoming
whitish on the breast; a white line from sides of throat to chin ;
first two primaries with a spot on the inner web, and the second and
third with a band of white ; edge of carpus white.

The female differs from the male by having the sides of the throat
rufous instead of white.

Length, 8.25; wing, 7; tail, 4; tarsus, .50; bill, .20.

Habitat. Antilles.

Chordeiles virginianus (Briss.).

Caprimulgus virginianus Brisson, Orn. p. 477 (1760). — Gmel. Syst.
Nat. I, ii, 102S (178S).

J -25 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Choydeiles virg-i'nianus GossK. Bds. Jam. p. 33 (1847). — Lemb. Aves Cuba,
p. 51 (1850) (?).— SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 600 (.?),
—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1885).

Chordeiles fopctue var. fopetue Bd. Bw^-i. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II.

p. 401 (1874) (Greater Antilles).

I have never seen a specimen of C. virginianus from the West
Indies ; several authors have recorded it, but it is possible that
they may have mistaken C. mmor for this species.*

Genus Antrostomus Gould.
Antrostomus "Gould, Icones Avium, 183S."

Antrostomus rufus (Bodd.).

Caprimulgus rufus "Bodd. et Gmel. ex PI. Enl. p. 735."

Antrostotfius rufus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. V, p. 183. —

ScL. P. Z. S., 1866, p. 136.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 59 (1869).—

ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 96 (1S73). — Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 16 (18S5).
Antrostotnus rutilus Burm. Sjst. Ueb. II, p. 385. — Allen, Bull. Nutt.

Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (1880).

Sp. Char. — Upper surface mottled and varied with brown and black ; the
terminal portions of the feathers o\\ ths hsad with broad patches of
black in the centre of the feathers ; underparts darkening on the
breast, but becoming heavily tinged with rufous on the abdomen and
crissum ; primaries broadly blotclied with light rufous, heaviest on
the outer webs ; a large blotch of white on the terminal portion of
the inner web of the outer tail-feather, showing upon both webs of
the second and third feathers ; central tail-feathers dark brown,
heavily mottled with rufous ; feet black. In general appearance the
bird is smaller and much darker than A. carolinensis.
Length, 10.50; wing, 7.50; tail, 5; tarsus, .60.
Recorded from Santa Lucia, W. I.

Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmel.).

Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 1028 (1788). — D'Orb. in
La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 96 (1840).

Antrostotnus carolinensis Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 2S3
(1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874. p. 120 (Cuba).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S66, p. 136
(Jamaica).— Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 201 (1878)
(Porto Rico). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 109 (1881). —

* Dr. Gundlach writes me C. virginiamts is not uncommon in Cuha in winter.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j -»,

Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 104 (1S80) ; ib. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. VI,
p. 153 (1881) (Haiti); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1SS5).
Audrostomus carolinensis Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 84 (18S5).

Recorded from Cuba, Porto Rico, Jamaica, Haiti, San
Domingo, and Bahamas.

Antrostomus cubanensis Lawr.

Caprimulgus vociferus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 98

(1840). — Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 130 (1850).
Antrostomus vociferus Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 6. — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 306 (i860).— Sol. & Salv. Nom. Avium

Neotr. p. 96 (1S73).
Antrostomus cubanensis Lawr. Ann. Ljc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1862, p. 260.

—Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 283 (1865); ib.]. f. O.

1874, p. 120.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 59 (1869).— Cory, List Bds.

W. L p. 16 (1S85).
Antrostomus macromystax var. cubanensis Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N.

Am. Bds. IL p. 409 (1874).

'■'■Adult male: — Upper plumage dark ash, minutely mottled with
dull rufous and grey, the feathers conspicuously marked with longi-
tudinal stripes of black in their centres; a line extends from the
bill over the eye and along the crown of greyish white, tinged with
pale rufous and intermixed with black; the tertiaries ochraceous-
white, beautifully variegated with black, and having near the
end of each feather an irregular patch of velvety black; wing-
coverts the same color as the back, some of them marked near
their ends with ochraceous spots ; primaries dark reddish-brown
sprinkled with dull rufous and grey at their ends, and having
bright rufous spots arranged regularly on their outer webs, there
are spots also on their inner webs, more obscure in color and as-
suming a mottled form ; secondaries dark brown, mottled with grey
on the outer webs, and tinged with rufous on the inner; tail very
full, of a fine deep brown, the two central tail-feathers closely
banded with curving bars of mottled grey and pale rufous, the next
feather on each side, with the bars dull rufous, and rather narrowly
tipped with ochraceous-white, less in extent on the inner Aveb, the
three outer feathers are irregularly barred with dull rufous mottling
for their basal half, their ends for about an inch creamv-white,
with ochraceous edges; throat dark brown, minutely freckled with
rufous, the neck immediately below this color crossed with a band
of pale rufous; a line of pale rufous-white or ochraceous spots ex-
tend along below the under mandible, and down the side of the
neck, a few spots of the same in a line below the eye ; on the side
of the neck enclosed by these spots and the band across the throat,

I 38 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

is a triangular blackish-brown patch, speckled with rufous; sides of
the head brown, freckled with minute rufous spots; feathers of the
breast and abdomen ochraceous white, more or less tinged with
rufous, and having their centres dark brown, and their sides and
ends barred and mottled with the same color; the exposed ends of
the feathers being but little mottled give quite a light appearance
to the under plumage; lower part of the abdomen and under tail-
coverts dull pale rufous, the feathers of the latter with dark mark-
ings along their shafts; sides under the wings dull rufous narrowly
barred with dark brown ; under wing-coverts brown mottled with
rufous; tarsi clothed in front with rufous brown feathers; the bill
is light brown, black at the point, and having very strong bristles,
some of which are nearly two inches in length, and furnished with
lateral filaments; feet brown. Length about ii^ inches ; wing yi ;
tail 5I ; tarsus i." (Lawr. 1. c. orig. descr.)
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Stenopsis Cassin.

Stenopsis Cassix, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 185 1, p. 179.

Stenopsis cayennensis (Gmel.).

Caprimnlgtis cayennensis Gmel. Sj'st. Nat. I, p. 1031 (178S). — Cab. in
Schomb. Guiana, III, p. 710 (1848).

Caprimulgiis cayanus Lath. Ind. Orn. II, p. 5S7 (1790).

Cafrimulgiis leopetcs ]akv>. Si Selby, 111. Orn. II, pi. 87.

Caprimulgiis odontoptcron Less. Rev. Zool. 1S39, p. 105.

Antrostomus cayennensis Bp. Consp. I, 61 (1S50).

Stenopsis cayennensis Cassin, Pr. ACad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1851, p. 179. —
Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 91. — Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 280
(1862). — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 59 (1869). — Scl. & Salv. Nom
Avium Neotr. p. 96 (1873) (Martinique). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.
16 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male; — Upper surface a mixture of gray, rufous, dark brown,
and white, the feathers mottled and edged with the different colors;
the two central tail-feathers gray, curiously marked with dark brown,
rest of the tail feathers white, edged with brown on the outer webs,
and banded near the centre, the brown lacking on the outer web of
the outer feather; under surface of tail-feathers white, showing a
band of brown across the centre; throat and abdomen white; breast
heavily mottled with rufous; wings dark brown, the coverts mottled
with rufous and blotches of white; a heavy band of white crossing
the middle of the primaries.

Female. — Entirely lacks the white markings on the wings and
tail; the general plumage is dull brown, variously marked with

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j ^q

brown and rufous ; the under surface being dull rufous, narrowly
banded with brown; wings and tail brown, marked with rufous.
Length (^skin), S. 75 ; wing, 5.50; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 60.

It is claimed that this species occurs in the Lesser Antilles. A
specimen in my collection is labelled ''Trinidad," and Alessrs.
Sclater and Salvin give it from Martinique.

Genus Siphonorhis Scl.
Siphonorhis Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 77.

Siphonorhis americanus (Linn.).

'■ Caprimulgiis jam-.iicensis Briss. Av. II, p. 4S0."

Caprimulgus americanus Linn. Svst. Nat. I, p. 346 (1766).

Chordeiles america?ius Bp. Consp. I, p. 63 (iSiJo).

Siphonorhis americanus ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 77; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p.

282 (1862).— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199.— March, Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 286.— Gray. Handl. Bds. I, p. 60 (1869).—

ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 97 (1S73). — A. & E. Newton,

Handb. Jamaica, p. 109 (1881).
Siphonorhis americana Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 16 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above rufous brown, mottled and
streaked with gray, dull white, bright rufous, and dark brown ; a
patch of dull white on the throat; breast rufous, delicately dotted
and lined with brown ; feathers of the underparts broadly tipped
with dull white; tail dull rufous, streaked and marked with brown,
showing a sub-terminal band of brown, the feathers tipped with
white; primaries dark brown, broadly dotted with rufous on the
outer webs, showing various markings of rufous on the inner webs.
Length (skin), 9; wing, 5; tail, 4.75; tarsus, .90.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Family CYPSELID^.

Genus Cypselus Illig.

C)'/5(r/«s Illigkr, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, p. 229 (iSii).

Cypselus phcenicobius (Gosse).

T.ichornis phoenicobia GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 58 (1847). — Gundl. J. f. O.
1S56, p. 5.— Albrecht, J. f O. 1862, p. 194.— March, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 287.— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica,
p. 108 (i88i).

I J.O Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Cypselus i radii 1^te.tab. Aves Cuba, p. 50 (1850).

Cypselus p/icenicobia Bp. Consp. I, p. 66 (1850).

Cypselus cayennensis Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 232.

Tachornis gradii Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).

Cypselus p/ice/iicobius ScL. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 604. — ScL. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 94 (1873).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p.

153 (1881); ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 87 (1S85) ; ib. List

Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885).
Tachornis iradii GuNDL. Report. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 282 (1866); ib.

J. f. O. 1874, p. 116.
Cypselus cayanensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95 (1866).
Tachornis phaenicobius Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 64 (1869).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage dull greenish black ; throat, rump,
abdomen, and a narrow line in the centre of the bellj white; bill
and feet black.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 3.75; wing, 3.70; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .20; bill, .15.
Habitat. Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo.

Genus Cypseloides Streubel.
Cypseloides Streubel, Isis, 184S, p. 360.

Cypseloides niger (Gmel.).

Hirundo niger Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 1025 (17S8).

Cypselus niger GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 63 (1847). — Gundl. & L\WR. Ann.

N. Y. Ljc. VI, p. 268 (185S).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

VII, p. 306 (i860). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1861, p. 207; ib. 1862, p.

194. —March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 287. — A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p, 108 (1881).
Cypselus nigra Bp. Consp. I, p. 66 (1850).
Cypselus borealis Kenn. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857, p. 202. — ScL.

P. Z. S. 1865, p. 615.
NephoccBtcs niger Baird, Cass. & Lawr. Bds. N. Am. p. 142 (1S58). —

Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 68 (1869). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 115;

ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 200 (1878).
Cypseloides niger ScL. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 615. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium

Neotr. p. 95 (1873). — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 459, 487

(1878).— ScL. Ibis, 1880, p. 74.
Nechopcetes niger Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 281 (1866.)
Nephcecetes niger Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, p. 349 (1870). — Bd. Bwr. &

RinGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 429 (1874). — Cory, Bds. Haiti &

San Domingo, p. 88 (1885) ; ib. List Birds W. I. p. 17 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage dark brown, showing slight greenish

Cory 07i the Birds of the West Indies.

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reflections when held to the light; forehead slightly washed with
white; a dark spot in front of the eye ; bill and feet black.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 6; wing, 6; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .40; bill, .20.
Habitat. San Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico, and
Guadeloupe.

Genus Chaetura Steph.
ChcBtura Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. Birds, XIII, pt. ii, p. 76 (1825).

Chaetura dominicana Lawr.

ChcBtura poliura Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 62 (1878).

CkcEttira dominicatia Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 255 (1S78) ; ib.

Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 4S7 (187S).— ScL. Ibis, 1S80, p. 75.— Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885).

Sp. Chak. — Entire upper surface dark brown, almost black, showing a
faint olive tinge to the feathers when held in the light; under por-
tions dark smoky brown, palest on the throat; wings and tail dark
brown ; rump lighter than than the back ; bill and feet black.
Length, 4; wing, 3.80; tail, 2.

Habitat. Dominica.

Genus Hemiprocne Nitzsch.
Hemiprocne Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 123 (1840).

Hemiprocne zonaris (Shaw).

Hirundo zonaris Shaw, in Mill.

Cim. Phj-s. pi. 55.
Hirundo albicollis \'IEILL.

Nouv. Diet. XIV, p. 524.
Cyfsclus collaris Temm. PI.

Col. p. 195 (1820-39). — Max.

Beitr. Ill, p. 344 (1S31).—

Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.

Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60).—

Albrecht, J. f O. 1861, p.

206.— GuxDL, J. f O. 1S74,

p. 114.

Hemiprocne collaris Nitzsch,
Pterylogr. p. 123 (1840).

IA2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Pallcne collaris BoiE. Isis, 1S44, p. 16S.

Acanthylis collaris Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 51 (1847). — Gray, List Sp. Fiss-

p. 15. — Bp. Consp. I, p. 64 (1850). — BuRM. Sjst. Ueb. II, p. 364.
Hemifrocnc torquata Streubel, Isis, 1848, p. 362.
Acanthylis albicollis ScL. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 10.
Hemiprocne zonaris ScL. & Salv. Ibis, i860, p. 37. — Cab. & Hein. Mus.

Hein. Ill, p. 84 (1S60). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 95

(1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 17 (18S5).
Chcetura zonaris ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 79; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 282

(1862) ; ib. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 609.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201.
Nefhoccetes collaris Gundl. J. f. O. 1S62, p. 177 (.?); ib. Contrib. Orn.

Cuba, p. 83 (1876).
Chcetura collaris March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 286.
Acanthyllis zonaris A. «& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (1881).

Sp. Char. Male: — Very large. Entire plumage brownish-black, deepest
on the back, and showing a tinge of bluish when held in the light,
lightest on the tliroat and primaries ; an unbroken collar of white
passes around the neck.

The female seems to be similar, but some specimens show more
white where the collar touches the breast.
Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 8; tail, 2.75.
Habitat. Jamaica and Cuba. San Domingo?

Family TROCHILIDy^.

Genus Glaucis Boie.
Glands Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 545.

Glaucis hirsuta (Gmel.).

Trochilus hirsutus Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 490 (17SS).

Trochilus brasilic?isis Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 308 (1790).

Trochilus ferrugineusW Ein, Beitr. IV, p. 120, Sp. 21.

Trochilus mazeffa Les.s. Troch. p. iS, pi. 3 (1831).

Trochilus supcrciliosus Less. Colib. t. 6 (1S31) $ .-'

Glaucis hirsuta BoiE, Isis, 1831, p. 545. — Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 15 (1853).
— Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 249. — Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill,
p. 4 (i860). — Gould, Mon. Troch. I, pi. 5 (1861). — Salv. &
Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 276. — Mvls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. I, p. 39
—Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 6 (187S).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17
(18S5).

Trochilus dominicus LiCHT. {nee Linn.) Doublt. p. 10, Sp. no.

Polytmus hirsutus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 108 (1844).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 14'?

Glaucis mazepfa Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 15 (1853). — Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool.

1854, p. 249. — Gould, Mon. Troch. I, pi. 6 (1861).
Glaucis melamira GouLD, P. Z. S. 1S60, p. 364; ib. Mon. Troch. I, pi. 9

(1861).
Glaucis lanceolata GouLD, Mon. Troch. I, pi. 8 (i86i).
Glaucis cenea L.wvR. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 232.
Glaucis hirsutus ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 78 (1873). — Lawr.

Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 271, 4S7 (187S).

Sp. Char. Male: — Bill stout, long and curved; the upper mandible dark,
the lower mandible light; top of head dull brown; back green,
the feathers delicately edged with rufous ; tail bronze green on the
central feathers, the rest rufous, showing a sub-terminal bar of
greenish brown, and all the feathers tipped with white; underparts
dull rufous; the throat showing greenish feathers in places.

Female: — Similar to the male, but lacks the mottling on the
throat, the entire surface being rufous.

Length (skin), 4.75; wing, 3; tail, 1.75; bill, 1.25.

Habitat. Grenada.

^ Genus Lampornis Swains.

Lampornis Swainson, Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 358 (1827).

Lampornis dominicus (Linn.).

Trochilus dominicus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 191 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat.
I, p. 4S9 (1788). — Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 309 (1790).

Trochilus margaritaceus Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 490 (17SS).

Trochilus aurulentus Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. XII (1802). — Shaw, Gen.
Zool. VIII, p. 306 (181 1).

Polytmus margaritaceus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 108 (1844).

Lamportiis margaritaceus Bp. Consp. I, p. 72 (1850).

Eulampis aurulentis^p. Consp. I, p. 71 (1850); ib. Rev. Mag. Zool.
1854, p. 250.

Margarochrysis aurulenta Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. ii (1853).

Hypophania dominica Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 11 (1853).

Lampornis aurulenta Salle, P. Z. S. 1857) p. 233.

Lampornis aurulentus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 377. —
Gould, Mon. Troch. II, pi. 79 (1861). — Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.
Mouch. I, p. 152. — GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 223
(1878). -Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881).— Tris-
tram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168.

Lampornis virginalis GouLD, Mon. Troch. II, pi. So (1S61).

Tro:hilus (^Lampornis) aurulentus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
XI, p. 95 (1S66). — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p.
600.

144 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Lampornis dotninicus Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 349; ib. Mon Troch. p. 41
(1878). — Cory, Bds. Haiti «& San Domingo, p. 90 (1885); ib.
List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire upper parts yellowish green ; throat bright
golden green; breast and belly purplish black; flanks green, show-
ing a spot of white; under tail-coverts dark purple; wings purplish
brown ; outer tail-feathers violet-purple, bordered with steel blue;
median feathers bronze green ; bill and feet black.

Female: — Underparts dull gray, whitening on the throat; tail
tipped with white ; rest as in the male.

Immature specimens have the underparts dull brownish white,
with a line of metallic green passing down the middle of the throat,
continuing in a line of black down the middle of the breast and
abdomen to the vent.

Length, 4.90; wing, 2.60; tail, 1.85; bill, .93.
Habitat. Haiti, San Domingo, Porto Rico, and St. Thomas?

Lampornis viridis (Vieill.).

Trochilus viridis AuD. & Vieill. Ois. Dor. f, p. 34 (1802). — Sundev.

Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p. 600.
Lampornis viridis Bp. Consp. I, p. 71 (1S50). — GouLD, Mon. Troch. II,

pi. 78 (1861). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 81 (1S73). —

GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 222 (1878).— Cory, List

Bds. W. L p. 17 (1885).
Chalybura viridis Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 10 (1853).
Agyrtria viridis Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 7 (1855).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage bright green, showing a bluish
tinge on the under surface when held in the light; tail steel blue;
wings dark brown ; bill black.

Female: — Upper surface bright golden green; heJd brownish;
underparts dull ashy-white, tinged with green on the sides and
flanks ; central tail-feathers bronze green, rest of tail-feathers show-
ing dark blue on their inner webs, and golden brown on the outer,
all of the feathers narrowly tipped with white.

Length (skin), 4; wing, 2.50; tail. 1.75.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Lrampornis mango (Linn.).

Trochilus manffo Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 191 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I,

p. 491 (1788).
Trochilus porphyrurus Shaw, Nat. Misc. IX, p. 333.
Polytmus porphyrurus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 108 (1844).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 1 45

I^amponiis mattn^o Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 8S (1847). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 72

(1850).— Gould, Mon. Troch. II, pi. 74 (1S61).— March, Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1853, p. 284. — Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 350. — Scl. &

Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 81 (1873). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p.

39 (1878). — A. & E. Newton, Ilandb. Jamaica, p. loS (1S81).—

Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (18S5).
Florcsia forphyrtira Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 11 (1853).
Lampornis fiore<.i ^v. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S54, p. 250.
Anthracothorax forphyrunis Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 8 (1855).
Latnpornis forrhyrtira Cab. & IIein. Mas. Hein. Ill, p. 19 (i860). — Scl.

P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 79. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 201.
Latnpornis porphyrurus Gould, Mon. Troch. II, pi. 8i (1861). — MuLS.

Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. I, p. 163.
Eudoxa porphyrura Heine, J. f. O. 1863, p. 179.

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper parts olive green; a golden brownish tinge
on the back, 'showing a gloss of purple on the nape ; a broad band
of metallic piu'ple passes from the bill on each side of the neck;
throat and upper breast greenish black ; dull black on the bellj ; tail-
feathers purple, edged with steel blue, two central feathers dull
black.

The female of this species is described as having the chin green
and the throat greenish purple.

Length, 4.85; wing, 2.70; tail, 1.90; bill, .88.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Genus Eulampis Boie.
Enlatnpts Boie, Isis, 183 1, p. 547.

Eulampis jugularis (Linn.).

Trochilus jugularis Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 190 (1766). — Lath. Ind. Orn.

I> P- 305 (1790^-
Trochilus auratus Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 4S7 (1788).
Trochilus violaceus Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 488 (178S).
Trochilus venustissimus Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 490 (1788).
Trochilus cyanomelas Gmel. Sj'st. Nat. I, p. 498 (1788).
Trochilus cyaneus Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 309 (1790).
Trochilus granatinus Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 305 (1790).
Trochilus hancroffi h,\Tn. Ind. Orn. I, p. 317 (1790).
Souimanga prasinoptdre ViEiLL. Ois. Dor. II, p. 65 (1802).
'■'■Certhia prasinoptera Sparr. Mus. Carls, t. 81" .''
Trochilus (^Culampis) auratus Less. S^'n. Genr. Troch. p. 7 (1831).
Polytmus jugularis Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 108 (1844).
Topaza in'olacca Gr.\v, Gen. Bds. I, p. 1 10 (1844).
Eulampis jugularis Bv. Consp. I, p. 72 (1850). — Reich. Aufz. Colib. p.

146 CoKY ou the Birds of the West Indies.

II (1S53). — Cab. & Heix. Mus. Hein. IH, p. 17 (1S60). — Gould.
Mon. Troch. II, pi. 82 (1S61). — Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 169. — Scl.
P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 272. — Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 352. — Muls. Hist. Nat.
Ois. Mouch. II, p. 131. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 81
(1S73).— Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 43 (1S78).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat.
Mus. I, pp. 60, 192, 358, 458, 4S7 (187S). — Allex, Bull. Nutt. Orn.
Club, V, p. 167 (1880). — Lister, Ibis, iSSo, p. 42. — Grisdale,
Ibis, 1SS2, p. 486.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper surface velvet black; wings metallic green;
upper and under tail-coverts bright metallic bluish green; entire
throat including the chin beautiful purple, dull golden in some
lights; tail bluish green; bill black.

Length, 4.50; wing, 3.05 ; tail, 1.65 ; bill .90.
Habitat. Lesser Antilles.

Eulampis holosericeus (Linn.).

Troc/iilus /iolosericeus'Li's-s. Syst. Nat. I, p. 191 (1766). — Lath. Ind.
Orn. I, p. 305 ("1790). — Less. Colib. p. 76 (1S31). — Sundev. Oefv.
K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p. 5S5.

Polytmns holosericeus Grav, Gen. Bds. I, loS (1844).

Eulampis holosericeus V,v. Consp. I, p. 72 (1850). — Cassin, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S60, p. 377.— Gould, Mon. Troch. 11, pi. 83 (1S61).
— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 170. — Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 272: ib. 1874,
p. 175. — Elliot, Ibis, 1S72, p. 352. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 81 (1S73). — MULS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. I, p. 134.—
Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 60, 192, 234, 272, 35S, 458, 487
(1878).— Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 42 (1878).— Allen, Bull. Nutt.
Orn. Club, V, p. 167 (1S80). — Lister, Ibis, 18S0, p. 42. — Grisdale,
Ibis, 1882, p. 4S6.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885).

Sericotes chlorolcsiuHs'R.^iCH. Auiz. Colib. p. 11 (1S53).

Scricotes holosericeus Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 11 (1S53).

Eulampis chlorolcciiius Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p 250. — Gould, Mon.
Troch. II, pi. 84 (1861).

Anthracothor:x (^Sericotes)holosericeus Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 9 (1855).

Anthracothorax chlorolcemus Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 9 (1S55).

Lampornis holosericeus Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 19 (1S60). —
GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 224 (187S).

L mporiiis chlorolcemus Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 19 (1S60).

Eulampis longirosiris Gould, Intr. Troch. octavo ed. p. 69 (1S61).

Trochilus {^Lampornis') holosericeus Sundev. Oefv. K. \'et. Akad. For
1869, p. 6oo"

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper plumage dark green, with a slight golden
tinge on the back; throat bright green, ending with a patch of blue

Cory oti the Birds of the West Indies. i^y

on the breast ; bell v greenish black ; upper and under tail-coverts
bright bluish-green; tail dark blue, showing slight purple reflec-
tions.

The sexes are described as similar.

Length, 4.30; wing, 3; tail, 1.50; bill, .85.
Habitat. Lesser Antilles.

Genus Aithurus Cab. & Hein.
Aithurus Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. HI, p. 50 (1S60).

Aithurus polytmus (Linn.).

Trochilus j>olytmHs Linn. Sjst. Nat. L P- 189 (1766).— Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I,
p. 4S6 (17SS).— Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 302 (1790).— GossE, Bds. Jam.'
p. 97 (1S47).— Gould, Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 98 (1S61).

Ortiismya cc;phalatra Less. Ois. Mouch. p. 78 (1829).

Trochilns muria Hill, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. HI, p. 258 CiSdg).— GossE
111. Bds. Jam. pi. 22.

Polytmus cephalafra Bp. Consp. I, p. 72 (1S50).

Polytfnus cephalater Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 254.— ScL. P. Z. S.
1861, p. 79.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201.

Aithurus polytmus Cab. &. Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 50 (i860).— Gould,
Intr. Troch. octavo ed. p. 75 (1861).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.'
Phila. 1863, p. 284.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 134 (1S69).— Scl. &
Salv. Norn; Avium Neotr. p. 82 (1873). -Elliot, Mon. Troch. p.
96 (187S).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (1881).—
Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (18S5).
Aithurus fuligi>tosus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 285.—
Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 134 (1869).

Sp. Char. Male-.—To^^ of head, with elongated feathers, velvety black;
back dark green; throat and underparts bright green; wings
brown, with a tinge of purple; tail black, the two long tail-feathers
showing peculiar uneven edging of the webs ; bill dull red.

Female:— V^^^^v parts green, brownish on the head ; underparts
white, tinged with green on the sides and flanks; middle tail-feath-
ers green, bluish near the tip , outer tail-feathers heavily tipped with
■white, wanting on the two middle feathers.

Length, 8.50; wung, 2.50; tail, 5.50; bill, .80.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Genus Thalurania Gould.

Thulurania Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 13.

JaS Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Thalurania bicolor (Gmei..).

Trochilus bicolor Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I. p. 496 (17S8). — Vieill. Ois. Dor. p.

75 (1S02).
Oniisinya wagleri 'L'ESS). Hist. Ois. Mouch. p. 203 (1S29).
Hylocharis -wagleri Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 114 (1844).
Thalurania ivagleri Bp. Consp. I, p. 77 (1850). — Reich. Aufz. Colib. p.

7 (1853)- — Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 24 (i860). — Gould,

Men. Troch. II, pi. 109 (1S61). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr.

p. S3 (1S73). — Salv. & Elliot, Ibis, 1S73, p. 360. — Lawr. Ann. N.

Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 46 (1878) ; ib. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 61, 4S7

(187S).
Thalura7iia bicolor Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 130 (1869). — Elliot, Men.

Troch. p. 102 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire head and throat deep blue, but very slightly
metallic; back dark green; breast and abdomen metallic golden-
green; tail-coverts greenish-blue; tail steel blue; wings brown;
upper mandible black ; under mandible flesh-color, tipped with
black.

Female: — Upper surface green, showing slight bronze reflections ;
underparts dull white, marked with green on the flanks and side*;;
outer tail-feathers tipped with white; rest of tail-feathers green,
broadly marked with blue on the terminal portion.

Length, 3.80; wing, 2.35; tail, 1.70; bill, .60.
Habitat. Dominica.

Genus Trochilus Linn.
Trochilus Linn^us, Syst. Nat. I, p. 1S9 (1766).

Trochilus colubris Linn.

Trochilus colubris Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 191 (1766). — Cab. J. f. O. 1856,

p. 98 (Cuba). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 291 (1S66) ;

ib. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 141 (Cuba) ; ib. 1878, p. 159 (Porto Rico) ; ib.

Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 221 (1S78) (Porto Rico). —

Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 105 (1878) (Bahamas).- — Cory, List Bds.

W. L p. 18 (1885).
Orthorhynchus colubris D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 126

(1S40).
Melisuga colubris Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860)

(Cuba).
Recorded from Bahamas, Cuba, and Porto Rico.

Genus Mellisuga Briss.
Mellisuga Brisson, Orn. Ill, p. 695 (1760).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j aq.

Mellisuga minima (Linn.).

Trockilus minimus Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 193 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I,
p. 500 (17S8). — Lath. Ind. Orn. L p- 320 (1790).

Trochilus minutulus Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. H, p. 73 (1807).

Trockilus vieillotiSuxw, Gen. Zool. VIII, p. 347 (1812).

Ornistnya minima Less. Ois. Mouch. pi. 79 (1S29).

Hylocharis nigra Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 114 (1844).

Mellisuga kumilis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 127 (1S47). — March, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S5.

Trochilus catherincE Salle, Rev. Zool. 1S49, P- 498'

Hylocharis nigerV>v. Consp. I, p. 81 (1850).

Mellisuga 7ninima Bp. Consp. I, p. 8f (1850). — Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 6
(1853).— Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P- 233.— Gould, Mon. Troch. Ill, p.
133. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 285. — Muls. Hist.
Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 82 (1877). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 103
(1878). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 108 (18S1).— Cory,
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San
Domingo, p. 92 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. iS (1S85).

Mellisuga humila Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201.

Trochilus {Mellisuga') minimus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.
95 (1S66).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above bright green ; flanks green ; throat dull vi^hite,

spotted with brown, heaviest on the lower part; underparts white;

under tail-coverts tipped with green ; tail black: bill and feet black.

Female: — Resembles the male, but lacks the spots on the throat;

lateral tail-feathers tipped with white.

Length, 2.70; wing, 1.50; tail, .60; bill, .45.
Habitat. Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo.

Genus Calypte Gould.
Calyfte Gould, Intr. Troch. octavo ed. p. 87 (1861).

Calypte helense (Gundl.)

Orthorhynchus helencB Gundl. in Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 70 (1850).— Brewer, Pr.

Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).
Orthorhynchus boothi Cab. J. f O. 1856, p. 99. — Gundl. J. f. O. 1859, P-

347-
Calypte helence Gould, Mon. Troch. Ill, pi. 136 (1861). — Gray, Handl.
Bds. I, p. 145 (1869). — Elliot, Ibis, 1S72, p. 354. — Gundl. J. f. O.
1874, p. 144.— MuLS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Moi^. IV, p. 77 (1877).—
Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. loS (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18
(1885).

J CO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. il/«/c.— Head, throat, and elongated featlers of the neck
metallic red, almost pink in some lights; upper parts greenish-blue,
becoming steel-blue on the tail; breast grayish-white; belly and
flanks greenish; wings purplish-brown.

Female: — Head dull brown ; back green, shading into blue on the
lower part; underparts grajish-vvhite ; tail bluish-green, outer
feathers tipped with white.

Length (skin), 2.50; wing, i.::5; tail, .So; bill, .45.
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Doricha Reich.
Doricha Reich. Aufz. der Colib. p. 12 (1S53).

Doricha evelynae (Bourc).

Calothorax evelynce Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. no (1S44).— Reich. Aufz.

Colib. p. 13 (1853).— Gould, Mon. Troch. HI, pi. 156 (1S61).
Troc/iilus evelynce BouRC. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 44.
Callothorax evillina Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 257.
Lucifer evelince Rh:ich. Troch. Enum. p. 10 (1S55).
Trochilus bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 106

(1859)-
Doricha evelyncB Gould, Intr. Troch. octavo ed. p. 95 (1861). — Elliot,
Ibis, 1872, p. 353.— MuLs. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 38 (1877).
Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 125 (1878).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 108
(1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above green, showing slight golden reflections on
the back, with the tips of the feathers, in some specimens, bluish;
head darker; throat beautiful purple-violet, below which is a band
of white; underparts green, mixed with rufous, shading into white
on the flanks; crissum pale rufous white ; wings brownish purple;
tail appearing black, very dark purple in some lights ; outer feathers
with faint terminal spot of rufous, second with mner web, and third
with inner and basal half of outer web cinnamon; bill and feet
black.

Female: — Purple gorget wanting and replaced by dull white, with
a slight tinge of rufous; upper parts paler than in the male; sides
cinnamon, becoming brightest under the wings; central feathers of
the tail bright green, the rest cinnamon; an oblique purplish band
on the tips of the fourth feathers.

Length, 3.40; wing, 1.70; tail, 1.40; tarsus, .15; bill, .70.
Habitat. Bahamas.

Doricha lyrura Gould.

Doricha lyrura Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. IV, pp. Iii, 112
(1869).— Elliot, Ibis, 1S72, p. 354.— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. I ^ I

Neotr. p. 85 (1873). — MuLs. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. IV, p. 41
(1877). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 126 (1S78). — Cory, Bds. Bahama
I. p. no (1S80) ; ib. Li^t Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — General appearance the same as D. evelyncE, but dif-
fers from it by showing the beautiful purple-violet on the forehead
as well as on the throat, and also having a much longer tail, formed
somewhat in the shape of a lyre, from which this bird has derived
its name. The throat of Z>. lyrura shows bright blue in some lights
on the lower part, while that of Z>. evelynoB is almost entirely purple-
violet, showing the bluish tinge very slightly if at all.

Female: — Upper parts brownish-green ; throat and upper breast
dull white ; rest of underparts pale rufous brown ; central tail-feath-
ers green, rest of tail-feathers pale rufous, showing a black band in
the centre.

Length, 3.64; wing, 1.60; tail, 1.58; tarsus, .13; bill, .60,
Habitat. Inagua and Long Island.

Genus Bellona Muls. & Verr.
Bellotia Muls. «& Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 (1S65).

Bellona cristata (Linn.).

Trochilus cristatus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 192 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I,

p. 498 (178S). — Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 317 (1790). — Schomb. Hist.

Barb. p. 681.
Trochilus piitiiceus Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 497 (1788).
Trochilus p Heat us Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 318 (1790).
Ornismya cristata Less. Troch. p. 20 (1831).
Mellisuga cristata Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 113 (1S44).
Orthorhynchus cristatus Bp. Consp. I, p. 83 (1850). — Reich. Aufz. CoHb.

p. II (1S53). — Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 61 (i860). — Gould,

Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 205 (1861). — Elliot, Ibis, 1S72, p. 355. — Scl.

P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175.— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 272, 487

(1878).
Orthorhynchus ornatus Gould, Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 206 (1S61). — ScL. P.

Z. S. 1871, p. 272. — Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 355. — Lister, Ibis, 1S80,

p. 42.
Trochilus exilis Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 584.
Bellona cristata MuLS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. Ill, p. 193 (1876). —

Elliot, Mon: Troch. p. 178 (1S78).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. iS

(1S85).
Orthorhynchus exilis Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 167 (1S80).

Sp. Ch.\r. Male: — Forehead and crown bright golden-green, feathers
lengthened, forming a crest, the green gradually fading and becom-
ing dark blue on the crest; upper plumage green; throat dull

J e2 Cory on the Birds of the ^ West Indies.

smoke brown ; iinderparts dull black, showing a faint purplish
tinge; bill and feet black.

Female: — Upper parts bronze-green ; underparts grayish-brown ;
central tail-feathers bronze-green, rest of tail-feathers brownish,
tipped with ash on the outer feathers.

Length, 2.90; wing, 2; tail, 1.35; bill, .40.
Habitat. Santa Lucia, Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Martinique,
and St. Bartholomew.

Bellona exilis (Gmel.).

Trochilus exilis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 4S4 (17SS).— Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p.

310 (1790).
Trochilus cristatellus Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. 39 (1790).
Mellisuga exilis Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 113 (1844).
Orthorhynchus chlorolophus Bp. Consp. L p- S3 (1850).
Orthorhynchus exilis Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 11 (1853).— Bp. R^^'- ^I^o-

Zool. 1854, p. 256. — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 141-— Gould,

Mon. Troch. IV, pi. 207 (1861). — Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 170. —

Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 355. — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 234,

458, 487 (1S78).— Grisdale, Ibis, 1882, p. 4S6.
Trochilus {Orthorhytichus) exilis Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For.

1869, p. 600.
Bellona exilis MuLs. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. Ill, p. 196 (1S76).— Elliot,

Mon. Troch. p. 179 (187S).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and crest bright golden-green, becoming
darker green at the tip; upper parts dark green, tinged with bronze
on the upper tail-coverts; throat smoke-brown, becoming dull
purplish-black on the belly; tinged with green on the sides and
flanks; central tail-feathers dull green, rest of tail-feathers dark
purple.

Female: — Upper plumage dark green ; underparts smoke-gray,
tinged with green on the sides; wing-coverts bronzy-green ; wings
purplish-brown; two central tail-feathers dull green; outer tail-
feathers tipped with gray.

Length, 3.40; wing, 2.05; tail, 1.45; bill, .55.
Habitat. Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Dominica, St. Croix,
Montserrat, Nevis, and Martinique.

Genus Sporadinus Bp.
Sporadintis Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 255.

Sporadinus elegans (Vieill.).

Trochilus elegans Vieill. Ois. Dor. I, p. 32 (1802).
Ornismya swainsouii l^KSS. Ois. Mouch. pp. 17, 197 (1829).

Cory on the Birds of fhe West Indies. 153

HylocJiaris elegans Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 114 (1844).

Lampornis clegatis Bp. Consp. I, p. 72 (1S50).

Riccordia elegans Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 8 (1853).

Sporadinits elegans Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S54, p. 255. — Salle, P. Z. S.

1S57, P- 233.— Gould, Mon. Troch. V, pi. 347 (1S61).— Scl. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p- 94(1873). — Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 241 (187S).

—Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, p. 153 (iSSi) ; ib. Bds. Haiti &

San Domingo, p. 93 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1S85).
Chlorcstes elegans Reich. Troch. Enum. p. 4 (1855).
Sporadicus elegans Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 25 (i860).
Trochiliis {Sporadiniis) elegans Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.

95 (1866).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper parts bronze-green ; throat bright metallic
green; a portion of the breast black; -wings brownish-purple ; tail
dark brown, Avith a bronze lustre on the upper surface ; bill flesh
color, tip black.

Female: — Above bronze-green; top of head grajish ; underparts
brownish-gray; central tail-feathers bronze-green ; rest of tail-feath-
ers gray, with subterminal black bar; some of the feathers glossed
with green.

Length, 4; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.70: bill, .70.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Sporadinus riccordi (Gerv.).

Trochiliis riccordi Gerv. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1835, pis. 41, 42. — Bp. Consp.

I, p. 81 (1850).
Ornismya parzudaki 'L.^ss. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 315.
Orthorhynchus riccoidi D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 12S

(1840;.
Hylocharis riccordi Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 114 (1844).
Riccordia raimondi Reich. Aufz. Colib. p. 8 (1853).
Sporadinus riccordi Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 255. — Gould, Mon.

Troch. V, pi. 348 (iS6i).— MuLS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. II, p. 74

(1875).— Elliot, Mon. Troch. p. 241 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W.

L p. 18 (1885).
Chlorcstes raimondi 'R.^\c\l. Troch. Enum. p. 4 (1855).
Chlorestes riccordi Gundi.. J. f. O. 1856, p. 99. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc.

Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I,

p. 291 (1S56) ; ib.J. f. O. 1874, p. 142.
Sporadicus riccordi Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 25 (i860).
Sporadinus ricordi ScL. Sz. Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 94 (1873). —

Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 11 1 (1880).
sporadinus bracei Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 50 (1877). — Cory,

Bds. Bahama I. p. 113 (iSSo).

I 54 Cory on Ihc Bir(h of the West ludies.

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage bronzy green, becoming metallic on
the throat; wings purplish brown ; four central tail-feathers bronze,
the remainder purplish black, showing bronze on the outer webs ;
under tail-coverts white ; upper mandible dark brown; lower man-
dible pale, becoming dark at the tip ; tail forked.

Female: — Resembles the male, except having the crown brownish ;
throat and centre of abdomen pale buff; under tail-coverts grayish-
white.

Length, 3.60; wing, i.So; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .15; bill, .75.
Habitat. Cuba and Bahamas.

Sporadinus maugaei (Vieill.).

Trocliilus maugCBk'i\\K\iA^. Diet. Hist. Nat. VJI, p. 568 (1817).

Ornismya mageBi Less. Ois. Mouch. p. 194 (1S29).

Thaiimatias ourissi'a Bp. Consp. I, p. 79 (1S50).

Sporadinus maugcei Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S54, p. 255. — Gould, Men.
Troch. V, pi. 349 (iS6i~). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 94
(1873). — MuLS. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. II, p. 77 (1S75). — Elliot,
Mon. Troch. p. 24a (1S7S).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1885).

Trochilits ma/tgei'SvsDKV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 600.

Chlorestcs gertrudis Gundl. J. f, O. 1S74, p. 315.

Chlorolampis gcrtnidis Cab. J. f. O. 1875, p. 223.

Sporadinus {Marsyas) matigcei MuLS. Cat. Ois. Mouch. p. 13 (1875).

CJilorolampis maugcBus GuxDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 225
(1S78).

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage bright green, the feathers showing a
golden tinge when held in the light; throat dark blue, golden-green
in some lights ; tail dark blue ; wings dark brown.

Fctnale: — Underparts dull white; the central feathers of the tail
green, the rest grayish-green, Avith a band of blue near the tip;
outer feathers tipped with grayish-white.

Length (skin), 3.35; wing, 2; tail, 1.25; bill, .55.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Family TROGONID.^.

Genus Priotelus Gray.
Priotelus Gray, List. Gen. Bds. 1S40.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies, 1 55

Priotelus temnuius (Temm.).

Trogon temnurus Temm PI. Col.
No. 326 (1S20-39). — Vigors,
Z00l.J0urn.1S27, p. 443. — Gould,
Mon. Trog. pt. II (1S35).—
D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat.
Cuba,Ois.p. 165(1840). — GuNDL.
Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p.
319 (1857).
Priotelus iemtinrus Bp. Consp. I,
p. 150 (1850). — GuNDL. J. f. O.
1856, p. 106. — Brewer, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).
Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. S3. (1869)
— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 29S (1866) ; ib. J. f. O.
1874, p. 165.
Prionteles temnurus ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1873).
Prionoteles te7n)iiirus CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head dark blue, purplish on the crown;
back bright green, showing a tinge of bluish in some lights; rump
showing distinctly bluish, green in some lights; throat white, shad-
ing into gray on the breast; belly and under tail-coverts bright red :
tail-feathers square at the tips, the two central feathers green on
the inner webs, bluish on the outer; rest of tail, except the
three outer feathers, blue; outer tail-feather having the terminal
half dull white, grayish on the outer web; basal half of the inner
web of outer tail-feather dark blue ; the second and third feathers
nearly the same, but having the white on the outer web more re-
stricted ; on the third feather the white appears only in two or three
spots, but the terminal portion of the feather for an inch or more is
entirely dull grayish white; primaries dark brown, the feathers
heavily barred with white on the outer web; some of the coverts
also banded with white; lower mandible reddish; upper mandible
dark brown.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 10; wing, 5; tail, 5; tarsus, .50; bill, .62.
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Temnotrogon Bonap.

Tcmnotrogon "Boxaparte, Consp. Volucr. Zygodact. No. 8, p. 14, 1854."

Temnotrogon roseigaster (Vieill.).

Couroucou a ventre rouge, de Saint Dominique, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. VI,
p. 287 (1779).

I c5 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

"Z-c Coiironcou d ccilci^on rouge, on Le Couroiicou Damioiseaiix, Le Vaill.

Nat. Cour. pi. 13, p. iS."
Trogon roseigastcr ViEiLL. Ency. Meth. Ill, p. 1358 (1S20). — Gould,

Mon. Ti-og. pi. 20 (1838).— Bp. Consp. I, p. 149 (1S50).— Salle, P.

Z. S. 1S57, p. 235. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95

(1S66).
Trogon rhodogaster 1lTS.mm. PI. Col. Ill (1820-39).
Temnotrogon roseigastcr Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zj'godact. No. 8, p. 14

(1S54).— Gray, Ilandl. Bds. 1, p. S3 (1869).— Cory, Bds. llaitii

& San Domingo, p. 95 (1SS5).— List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1885)
Temnotrogon rhodogastcr Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103

(1873)-

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head, back, and upper tail-coverts lustrous
golden green ; breast and throat gray, showing a tinge of green
■svhen held in the light; bellj and under tail-coverts bright red;
primaries and secondaries dark slaty brown, the outer webs barred
with white; wing-coverts green, narrowly barred with white; under
surface of tail dark blue, the three outer feathers having the outer
webs and tips white, but showing a spot of black on the outer web
near the tip ; the inner webs of the two central tail-feathers dull
greenish, extending nearly to the tip where it is replaced by the
blue of the outer web ; bill yellow; feet brownish.
The sexes are similar.

Length, II ; wing, 5.40; tail, 6.40; tarsus, .65 ; bill, .65.
Habitat. San Domino^o.

Family CUCULLIDyE.

Genus Crotophaga Linn.

Crotofhaga LiNN^us, Syst. Nat. I, p. 154 (1766).

Crotophaga ani Linn.

Crotophaga ani Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 154 (1766). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p
2S2 (1S47).— Bp. Consp. I, p. 99 (1850).— Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P
234. — Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 377. — Brewer, Pr
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62
p. 203. — March, Pi". Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 153. — Bryaxt
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95 (1866). — Sundev. Oefv. K
Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 600. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p
107 (1873).— Bd. Bwr. & RiDG. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 488 (1874)
— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, p. 159; ib. Anal, Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p
233 (1S78).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 193, 273, 487 (1878)

Cory oti the Birds of the West Indies. ^57

— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (iSSo). — Lister, Ibis,
18S0, p. 41.— Cory, Bds Bahama I. p. ii8(i8So); ib. Bull. Nutt.
Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 100
(1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. iS (1SS5).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat.
Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884).

Crotophaga minor Less. Tr. Orn. p. 130 (1831).

Crotophaga Icevirostris? Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 105

(1859)-
Crotophaga rugirostrisGvsT)!.. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 296 (1866).

Sp. Char. Male: — Upper mandible much curved ; culmen rising above
the head, flattened to a sharp edge; nostrils situated in the middle
of the lower half of the upper mandible; general color black, show-
ing bluish reflections; the feathers of the head, neck, breast, and
upper part of the back with metallic bronze borders; iris brown.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 12.25; wing, 6.20; tail, 7.50; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 1. 10.
Habitat. West Indies.

Genus Saurothera Vieill.

Saurothera Vieillot, "Analyse, p. 36, 1816."

Saurothera vetula (Linn.).

Cuculus vetula Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 169 (1766).

Saurothera j'atnaicensis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, P'354-

Saurothera vetula Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 273 (1S47). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 96
(1850). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, 202. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 323
(1862). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 283. — Gray,
Handl. Bds. II, p. 208 (1870). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr.
p. 107 (1S73). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 109 (1881). —
Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1SS5).

Coccygus vetula Schleg. Mus. Pajs-Bas, I, p. 39 (1864).

Sp. Char. — Top of head, including the eye, dark olive brown; lighter
brown on the nape; rest of back and wings light gray ; throat white ;
breast and belly tinged with pale rufous; under surface of wings
chestnut rufous ; primaries chestnut rufous, tipped with pale olive;
tail feathers, except central ones, bluish black, tipped with white.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 14.50; wing, 5; tail, 7.50; tarsus, i; bill, 1.50.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Saurothera dominicensis Lafr.

Saurothera dominicensis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 355 — Salle, P. Z. S.
1857, p. 234.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95 (1866).—

ic8 Cory on the Birds of the West Ind'es.

Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 20S (1S70). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 107 (1S73).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154
(1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 9S (1S85) ; ib. List Bds.
W. I. p. iS (1885)— Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, p. 16S.
Coccygus dominicensis Schleg. Mus. Pajs-Bas, I, p. 40 (1864).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head, back, breast, and two central tail-feathers slate
color, darkest on the head, where it sometimes shows a faint brown-
ish tinge, and lightest, being almost ashj on the breast; wing-
coverts and tertiaries slaty gray, showing pale greenish reflections
when held in the light ; primaries and some of the secondaries bright
rufous brown, the first two edged with dull greenish, and all tipped
with the same color; outer tail-feathers bluish, tipped with white,
becoming dull olive' at the base; two central tail-feathers tipped
with black; throat and abdomen pale rufous; a bare space encircling
the eye bright red ; bill and legs slaty.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 15.50; wing, 5.50; tail, 9; tarsus, 1.40; bill, 1.60.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Saurothera vieilloti Bp.

Saurofhcra vetula Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXXII, p. 348. — Lafr. Rev. Zool.

iS47> P- 357-

Saurothera vieilloti Bp. Consp. I, p. 97 (1S50). — Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p.
324 (1862). SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 599. —
Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 20S (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 107 (1873). — GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p-
230 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I p. iS (1S85).

Saurothera vieilloti var. rufescens Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X>
p. 256 (1S66).

Sp. Char. — Entire upper surface pale olive brown ; throat dull white,
shading into graj' on the breast; belly and under tail-coverts chest-
nut brown; tail olive, tipped with black, and narrowly edged on the
tip with white; primaries having the outer webs pale olive, and
and heavily marked with rufous on the terminal portions of the
inner webs; secondaries showing distinctly olive green.
The sexes are similar.

Length, 16; wing, 5; tail, S.50; tarsus, 1.05: bill, 1.40.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Saurothera merlini D'Orb.

Saurothera merlitii D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 152
(1840). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 97 (1S50). — Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 104. —
GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc Nat. Hist. VI, p. 319 (1857). — Brewer,

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ^59

Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Gundl. Repert. Fis-
ico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 296 (1S66) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 15S.— Gray,
Handl. Bds. II, p. 20S (1S70).— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr.
p. 107 (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1885).
Coccygus 7nefh'ni Scm,E.G. Mus. Pajs-Bas, I, p. 40 (1864).

Sp. Char. — Very large. The head and back brown, with a tinge of olive,
brightest on the head and rump ; throat dull ashj Avhite, shading
distinctly ashy on the breast; rest of underparts pale chestnut
brown ; under surface of wings rufous ; pale chestnut on the under
coverts; primaries dark chestnut rufous, tipped with olive, showing
slight metallic reflections ; wing-coverts pale olive ; two central tail-
feathers dull olive, showing a brownish tinge on basal portions ;
rest of tail-feathers dull olive, showing a brownish tinge slightly on
the inner webs, and having a subterminal band of black, tipped
with white.

Length, 21; wing, 7.25; tail, 12; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 2.
Habitat. Cuba.

Saurothera bahamensis Bryant.

Saurothera vetula Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 106 (1S59).
Saurothera bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IX, p. 2S0

(1S64).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 116 (18S0) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p.

18 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above pale olive, showing slight greenish reflections ;
throat and breast dull grayish white; belly and crissum tawny;
primaries mostly rufous ; tail-feathers, except the two central ones,
tipped with pale brownish white ; legs slaty blue ; soles of the feet
yellow; eyelids vermillion red; upper mandible brownish, shading
into slate color at the base ; iris brown.
The sexes are similar.

Length, iS; wings, 6.25; tail, 9.50; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 1.80.
Habitat. Bahamas.

Genus Coccyzus Vieill.

Cor.cyzus Vieillot, Analyse, p. 28, 1S16.

Coccyzus americanus (Linn.).

Cuculiis amcricanns Lixx. Syst. Nat. I, p. 170 (1766).

Coccyzus curolineiisis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 150

(1S40).
Coccyzus americanus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 279 (1847). — A. & E. Newtox,

Ibis, 1S59, P- M<^ (St. Croix). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.

I 60 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

VII, p. 307 (1S60) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 202 (Ja-
maica). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 295 (iS66~). — Scl.
P. Z. S. 1S66, p. 166 (Jamaica). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1S74, P- ^S^ (Cuba) ;
ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. VII, p. 233 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory,
Bds. Bahama I. p. 117 (1880). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica,
p. 109 (1881).

Coccyzus dominicus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Piiila. 1863, p. 154 (Ja-
maica).

Coccyzus bairdi ^CL. P. Z. S. 1S64, p. 120 (Jamaica).

Coccyzus americantis Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 104 (Cuba). — Cory, List Bds.
W. I. p. 19 (1S85).

This species occurs in the Bahama Islands, Cuba, Jamaica,
and Porto Rico. It has also been recorded from St. Croix.

Coccyzus minor (Gmel.).

Cuculus minor Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 411 (1788).

Cuculus scniculiis Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 219 (1790).

Coccyzus scniculus Vieill. Encj. Meth. p. 1346. — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 281
(1847).— Bp. Consp. I, p. Ill (1850).— Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 234.—
Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- ^S'^- — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII,
p. 307 (i860). — Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 377. —
Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. IV, p. 78 (1861).— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862,
p. 202. — Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 121. — Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 273 (1871).

Coccyzus helviventris Cab. in Schomb. Guian. Ill, p. 714 (1848).

Coccygus minor Baird, Bds. N. Am. p. 78 (1858). — Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p.
104. — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 295 (1866). — Bryant,
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 96 (1866).— Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw.
Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 482 (1874).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club,
V, p. 169 (1880) ; ib. Cory, VI, p. 154 (1S81) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San
Domingo, p. loi (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1SS5).

Coccyzus nesiotes Cab. «& Hein. Mus. Hein. IV, p. 78 (1861). — Taylor,
Ibis, 1S64, p. 121.

Coccyzus domiuicus ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 323 (1862).

Coccygus scniculus Schleg. Mus. Pavs-Bas. I, p. 38 (1864).

Coccystcs scniculus Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 599.

Coccyzus minor Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 353. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. X, p. 255 (1866).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 166.— Gundl. J. f. O.
1874, p. 157; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 231 (1S7S).—
Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 62, 193, 234, 487 (1S78).— -Cory,
Bds. Bahama I. p. 117 (18S0). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica,
p. 109 (1881).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above grajish olive, tinged with ash on the head;
underparts jellowish brown, darkest on the thighs, and becoming
pale on the throat; a streak of dark brown behind the eve, passing

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. I 5 I

under it; quills and under wing-coverts yellowish brown ; outer tail-
feathers black, tipped with white, and showing slight bronze reflec-
tions ; the others lighter, except the central ones, tipped with white ;
under mandibles yellow, except at the tip.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 11.80; wing, 5.20; tail, 6.50; tarsus, 1.08; bill, .90.
Habitat. Bahamas and Antilles.

Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.).

Cuculus erythrofhthalmus Wilson, Am. Orn. IV, p. 16 (181 1).

Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 73 (1850). — Brewer, Pr.

Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba). — Gundl. Repert.

Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 295 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 157 (Cuba).
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 104 (Cuba). — Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885).
Accidental in Cuba.

Genus Hyetornis Scl.

Hyetornis Sclater, Cat. Am. Bds. p. 321 (1862).

Hyetornis pluvialis (Gmel.).

Cuculus pluvialis Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 411 (1788).

Piaya cinnamomeivetitris Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 321. — Des Murs.
Icon. Orn. pi. 65.

Piaya pluvialis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 277 (1847). — ^P- Consp. I, p. iii
(1S50). — Scl. p. Z. S. 1S61, p. 79. — Albrecht,J. f. O. 1862, p. 203.
— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S3.

Hyetornis pluvialis ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 321 (1862). — Scl. & Salv.
Nom. Avium Neotr. p, loS (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Ja-
maica, p. 109 (iSSi). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (18S5).

Hyetormantis pluvialis Cab. J. f. O. 1862, p. 203.

Coccygus pluvialis Schleg. Mus. Pajs-Bas. I, p. 39 (1864).

Hyetornis pluvianus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 212 (1S70).

Sp. Char. — Top of the head smokj brown ; rest of the upper surface
olive; throat dull white showing a tinge of chestnut; rest of under-
parts dark chestnut brown; under wing-coverts rufous chestnut;
primaries dull olive brown, with a slight metallic tinge of green on
the inner webs of the primaries and distinctly perceptible on the sec-
ondaries ; tail dull black, showing a slight purplish tinge; all of the
tail-feathers tipped with white.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 18; wing, 7; tail 10; tarsus, 1.60; bill, 1.25.
Habitat. Jamaica.

1^2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies,

Bucco cayennensls Salle (P. Z. S. 1S57. p. 234), from
San Domingo, it is impossible to identify, as Salle gives no
description, and the genus does not occur in the West Indies.

Family ALCEDINID.-E.

Genus Ceryle Boie.
Ceryle Boie, Isis, 182S, p. 316.

Ceryle stictipennis Lawr.

Ceryle torquata Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 459, 487 (1S78). — Cory,
List Bds. W. L p. 19 (1885).

Ceryle stictipennis Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, p. 623 (18S5).

'■^Alale. — The upper plumage is ashj-blue, with a broad, pure
white band across the hind neck, connecting with the white of the
throat; lores black ; a spot of white anterior to the eje, and another
of the same color below it ; the upper tail-coverts are colored like
the back, and are barred on both webs with white; the two middle
tail feathers are also colored like the back ; the shafts are black,
bordered narrowly on each side with deep black; thej are conspic-
uously marked with triangular-shaped white spots on the middle of
each web, these are nine in number on each side ; the other tail
feathers are black, with their outer edges colored like the back, and
having pure white spots rounded in form on each web, those on the
inner webs are much the largest; all the tail feathers are tipped with
white ; the quills are black, largely white on their inner webs and
marked on the primaries with quadrate white spots on the outer ones,
rather far apart; the secondaries have also small white spots on
their outer webs, and on the inner webs large round spots, the outer
webs are margined with ashy-blue ; the tertiaries are largely ash-
blue on their outer webs, spotted and barred with white, the inner
webs are brownish-black and marked with large spots of white; the
wing-coverts are like the back in color, the larger ones are sparsely
marked with small white spots; the scapulars are narrowly barred
witliAvhite; the under wing-coverts are white, largely intermixed
with cinnamon color ; the throat is white ; the lower part of the reck,
the breast, and the abdomen are of a very dark cinnamon color; the
lower part of the abdomen, the flanks, crissum and under tail-coverts
are white, closely spotted and barred with rather dull ashy-blue;
the tarsi and toes are dark brown ; the bill is black, with the basal
half of the under mandible yellow.

'"Length, fresh, 17 inches; wing, 7^; tail, 5^ ; bill, 3.

Cory on ike Birds of the West Indies. I 6 "I

'■'■Habitat. — Guadeloupe, West Indies. Type in my collection.

'■^Female. — The color above is similar to that cf the male, but ii
has the entire back and wings marked sparsely with small white
spots; in the inarkings on the head, Avings, and tail they are much
alike ; it has the white throat and band on the hind neck as in the
male; across the lower part of the throat and upper part of the
breast there is a broad band of ashy-blue, minutely freckled wich
white ; this band is bordered narrowly below v.ith Avhite ; the entire
under plumage besides, and the under Aving-coverts are deep cinna-
mon.

"Length (skin), 17^ inches; wing, S; tail, 54; bill, 3.

"The type of the female is in the National jNIuseum, Washington,
to Avhich it Avas sent from Guadeloupe by Mr. L. Guesde." (Laavr.,
1. c, orig. descr.)

It has always been supposed that Cerylc torquata did not dif-
fer from the Guadeloupe species, but Mr. Lawrence considers
the West Indian biixl as new and has described it as above. The
greatest difference seems to bj the white spottmg of the wings
and back, and the rufous marking of the under wing-coverts.
Were it not for the isolated position where it occurs it would
represent a variety of C. torqjcata., but as Ave have no record of
its occurrence elsewhere ia the West Indies, and as it is claimed
to be resident in Guadeloupe, intergradation seems hardly proba-
ble, still the Lesser Antilles are not, as vet. so Avell known as to
justify us in saying C. torqttata does not occur elsewhere in the
West Indies.

Ceryle alcyon (Lixn,).

Alcedo alcyon Lixx. Syst. Nat. I, p. iSo (1760). — D'Ord. in La Sagra's
Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 130 (1840). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. X, p. 255 (1866) (Porto Rico). — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet.
Akad. For. 1S69, p. 585 (St. BartholomeAv) ; ib. p. 600 (Porto Rico).

Ceryle alcyo7i GossTE., Bds. Jam. p. 81 (1847). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p.
233 (San Domingo). — A. & E. Neavton, Ibis, 1S59, P- ^7 (St.
Croix).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 108 (1S59) (Ba-
hamas). — Breaver, /Zi. p. 306 (1S60) (Cuba). — Sol. P. Z. S. 1S61,
p. 77 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199 (Jamaica). —
GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 292 (1866). — Laavr. Pr. U. S.
Nat. Mus. I, p. 62 (1S78) (Dominica) ; ib. p. 193 (St. Vincent) ; ib.
p. 292 (Grenada) ; ib. p. 359 (Martinique) ; in. p. 459 (Guadeloupe).
— GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 218 (1878) (Porto
Rico).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S79, p. 765 (Montserrat).— Allen, Bull..

1 64 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (iSSo) (Santa Lucia).— Cory, Bds. Ba-
hama I. p. 115 (18S0). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 1C9
(1S81).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881) (Haiti).—
Grisdale, Ibis, 1S82, p. 486 (Montserrat). — Cory, Bds. Haiti &
San Domingo, p. 103 (1885) ; ib. List Bds, W. I. p. 19 (1S85).
Alccdo {Ccrylc) alcyon Bryant, Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95 (1866)
(San Domingo).

Common throughout the West Indies.

Family TODID^.

Genus Todus Linn.

yorfwi Brisson, Orn. IV, p. 52S (1760). — Linn^us, Sjst. Nat. I, p. 198
(1766).

Todus viridis Linn.

Todus viridis Linn. Syst. Nat, I, p. 178 (1766). — GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 72
(1847).— Denney, P- Z. S. 1847, P- 38.— Bp. Consp. I, p. 182 (1850).
— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p.
263 (1862). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1S73). —
Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 349. — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p.
109 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885).

Sp. Char. — Entire upper surface bright grass-green; throat bright red,
the feathers showing delicate tippings of white when held in the
light; a narrow stripe of white on each side of the throat, becoming
grayish as it reaches the breast ; breast dull white, strongly tinged
with green; belly very pale j-ellow; a patch of pink on the sides cf
the body ; primaries dark brown, narrowly edged with green; the
inner primaries and secondaries having nearly the entire outer web
green ; under surface of tail brownish ; upper surface of tail green.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 4.60; wing, i.So; tail, 1.40; tarsus, .45; bill, .62.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Todus angustirostris Lafr.

Todus angustirostris Lafr. Rev. Zool. 185 1, p. 478. — Salle, P. Z. S.
1857, p. 233 — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Illst. XI, p. 91 (1S66).
■ — Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 352. — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p.
107 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 19 (1885).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

165

Sp. Char. Male: — Above bright green ; throat dark crimson ; the feathers
slightly touched with white; underparts white; flanks pinkish;
under wing- and tail-coverts pale yellow; a line of white extending
from the base of the mandible, separating the colors of the head
and throat, becoming grayish as it reaches the sides of the neck;
entire upper mandible and terminal half of lower mandible dark
brown ; legs black.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 4; wing, 1.90; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .45 ; bill, .60; width of
bill at middle, .12.
Habitat. San Domingo.

Todus subulatus Gould.

Le Todier de St. Dominque, "Buff. PI. Enl. p. 585, figs, i, 2 (1783)."
Todus viridis "Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXXIV, p. 184, pi. 29, fig. 4 (1819)."

Todus subulatus Gould (F i g.

sine descr.). — Gray & Mitch.

Gen. Bds. I, p. 63 pi. 22 (1S47).

— Bp. Consp. I, p. 182 (1850). —

Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 79

(1869). — Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p.

351. — Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, p.

168.— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San
Domingo, p. 105 (1885^ ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885).
Todus dominiceftsts Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 331. — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857,
p. 233. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XL p. 91 (1866). — Scl.
& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn.
Club, VI, p. 154(1881).

Sp. Char. Alale: — Above bright green ; throat crimson red, the feathers
faintly tipped with white ; underparts dull yellowish, the feathers
edged with pale red on the basal portions, the color only slightly
showing on the surface, and giving the chest and belly the appear-
ance of being pale yellowish, faintly streaked with red; flanks pale
pinkish red ; wings dark brown, edged with green ; tail green ; cris-
sum and under tail-coverts pale yellow; a line of dull white extend-
ing from the base of tlie mandible, separating the green of the head
from the red of the throat; upper mandible dark brown; the tip ci
lower mandible dull brown.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 4.35; wing, 2.05; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .60; bill, .70; width
of bill at middle, .20.
Habitat. Haiti and San Dominofo.

J 56 Cory on the Birds of tlir U'rs^ Indies.

Todus pulcherrimus Sharpe.

Todus fulcherrimus Sharpe, Ibis, 1874, p. 353, pi. xiii, f. 3. — Cory,
List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (18S5).

"Above bluisli-green, rather tinged with olive on the lower back,
the wing-coverts showing a very stronglv pronounced blue shade;
quills blackish, bordered narrowly with light green, shading ofFinto
bluish towai-ds the tips of the secondaries; tail dull greenish, with
narrow margins cf bluish green ; forehead lighter and rather more
olive-green than the back, and tinged with orange near the base of
the beak; lores tinged with orange; sides cf face yellowish green;
sides of neck dull rufous; chin white; throat bright carmine, with
silvery Avhite margins to most cf the feathers; rest cf under surface
with a light crimson blush, varied on the breast with white oval
spots to the feathers, producing an ocellated appearance, the crim-
son colour brightest on the flanks, shading off into ochraceous buff on
the sides of the vent; on each side cf the upper breast a patch of
greenish; under wing-coverts ochraceous buff, the outermost smaller
coverts washed Avith pale carmine; upper mandible blackish, lower
one yellowish ; feet black.

"Total length, 3.5 inches; culmen, 0.85; wing, 1.9; tail, 1.4; tar-
sus, 0.65.
"Hab. Jamaica.''

'•This new species comes nearest to T. subulatus of S. Do-
mingo, having, Hke that species, the white ocellations on the
hreast ; but it differs from that bird and all other members of the
genus by its brilliant coloration below, and by its being bluish
green above.

"The type is in the Briush Museum." (Sharpe, 1. c, orig.
descr.)

Todus hypochondriacus Bryant.

Todus viridis Desm. H. N. Tang. pi. 67. — Vieill. Gal. Ois. I, pi. 124

(1825).
Todus mexicanus Less. Ann. Soc. Nat. XI, p. 167. — Lafr. Rev. Zool.

1847, p. 333- — Bp. Consp. I, p. 1S2 (1S50). — Baird, Ibis, 1867, p.

260.
Todus hyfochotidriactis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 250

(1866). — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 598. —ScL.

& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1873). — Sharpe, Ibis, 1S74, p.

35^._GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 219 (1878).— Cory,

List Bds. W. T. p. 19 (1885).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 167

Sp. Char. — Entire upper plumage bright green ; throat red, the feathers
showing faint edgings of white when held in the light; a narrow-
stripe of white down the sides of the throat; cheeks green; breast
grayish, becoming white on the belly; sides of the body and under
tail-coverts yellow; a faint bluish tinge is perceptible on the carpus ;
under surface of tail dull brown ; upper surface green.

Length, 4.75; wing, 1.75; tail, i.io; tarsus, .50; bill, .60.
Habitat. Porto Rico.

General appearance of T. viridis^ but lacking the broad pink
patch on the sides of the body. Some specimens show a slight
pinkish tinge.

Todus multicolor Gould.

Todtis multicolor Gould, Icon. Av. pi. 2 (1837). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's
Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 132 (1840). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 182 (1850). —
Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. loi.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VIL
p. 307 (i860). — GuNDL. J. f O. 1871, p. 288; ib. 1874, P- 146- —
ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 103 (1873). — Sharpe, Ibis,
1874, p. 352.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885).

Todus portoricensis'L^ss. Ann. Soc. Nat. XI, p. 167 (1838). — Gray, Gen.
Bds. I, p. 63 (1S44). — Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 332. — Lemb. Aves
Cuba, p. 131 (1850). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.
307 (i860).

Sp. Char. — Entire upper plumage grass-green; a tinge of yellow in front
of the eye; cheeks pale blue; throat red, showing the faint whitish
tippings when held in the light; breast dull white, becoming gray
on the belly; sides of the body pale pink; under tail-coverts yellowish
green ; under surface of tail pale brown, showing a slight bluish re-
flection ; upper surface of tail green.

Length, 3.80; wing, 1.50; tail, 1.25; tarsus, .50; bill, .55.

Habitat. Cuba.

Family PIClDy^.

Genus Picumnus Temm.
Picumnus Temminck, Nouv. Rec. de PI. Col. d'Ois. IV, 1820-39.

Picumnus micromegas Sundev.

Chloronerpcs passerinus SALLfe, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 234.

Picas (Chloronerpes) passerinus Bryant, Vr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.
q6 (1866).

Phcenicomanes iora Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 427, is a synonym of an Eastern
species. It was supposed to have been sent fnim Jamaica with a collection of
birds from that island.

I 68 Cory oh t/ie Birds of the West Indies.

Picumnus 7nicromcgas SuxDEV. Consp. Avi. Picin. p. 95 (1S66). — Bryant,

Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 96 (1S66). — Tristram, Ibis, 18S4,

p. 167.
Picumnus law rcncci CoKy, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 129 (18S1) ; ib.

Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 109 (18S5) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 19

(1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Tail soft, composed often feathers; general plumage
above olive green ; forehead showing a tinge of black ; top of the
head bright vellow, cut by a band of red, again becoming yellow at
the base ; underparts yellowish, palest on the throat, mottled and
streaked with brown feathers ; on the sides of the neck marked
with dull white, nearly joining above, forming an imperfect collar ;
wing-coverts and outer webs of primaries and secondaries olive
green ; inner webs brown, becoming pale on the edges; bill, legs
and feet dark slate color; iris reddish brown.

The adult female diflFers from the male in wanting the red band
on the head.

Length, 5.10; wing, 2.75; tail, 1.S5; tarsus, .70; bill, .62.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Genus Campephilus Gray.
Camfephilus Gray, List Gen. Bds. p. 54 (1840).

Campephilus principalis bairdi.

Campephilus principalis Cdih. ]. i. O. 1856, p. 102. — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).
Campephilus bairdii Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 322. —

GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 293 (1866) ; — ib. J. f. O.

1874, p. 148.
Campephilus principalis \3.r. bairdi Yin. '&\\VL. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am.

Bds. II, p. 496 (1874).
Campephilis principalis bairdi Cok\, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885).

"Much resembling C. principalis, but smaller and with the black
anterior feathers of the crest larger than those succeeding, which
are scarlet. White longitudinal line on the neck reaching quite to
the base of the bill. In C. principalis the scarlet plumes of the
crest are the longer, and the line on the neck does not extend to the
base of the bill, both of which characters are very accurately shown
in Audubon's plates B. of Am. pi. 66, and oct. ed. IV, pi. 256. Colors
of all other parts in the present bird are the same as those of C.
principalis.

"Total length about i8i inches, wing, 9^, tail, 6\ inches." (Cas-
sin, I.e., orig. descr.)
Habitat. Cuba.

Cory on tJtc Birds of the West Indies.

169

I have now before me eighteen examples of C. principalis and
two of C. bairdi, and have examined three other specimens of
the latter bird. In none of the Cuban birds docs the white cheek
stripe quite reach the bill and in most of them it lacks a quarter
of an inch or more. Some examples of C. principalis show the
white stripe nearly as long as the Cuban form. The length of
this stripe is quite variable in the series froin Florida. The
"black anterior feathers of the crest" do not appear to be a con-
stant character, as two examples of C. principalis from Florida
show it as much as any Cuban specimens which I have seen.

In Dr. Gundlach's private museum at Ingenio Fermina, Cuba,
I had the pleasure of seeing a most curious C. bairdi^ which
might well be called an ornithological monstrosity. The bird
was perfect in every respect with the exception of the upper man-
dible, which had grown to the enormous length of nearly twelve
inches, curving downward and passing the body on the left side,
as shown in the accompanying figure.

I 70 Cory on tJie Birds of the West Indies.

*

Genus Dryobates Boie.

D7-yohates BoiE, Isis, 1826, p. 977.

Dryobates villosus maynardi.

Picus villosus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 106 (1859). — Cory, Bds.

Bahama I. p. 120 (1880).
Picus insularis Mayn. The Nat. in Florida, I, No. 4 (1885) ; not of Gould, 1862.
Picus villosus insularis Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885).
Dryobates villosus maynardi Ridgw. Man. N. A. Bds. p. 282 (1887).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above black, with a white band dow-n the middle of
the back, finely lined with black ; all the quills, middle and larger
■wing-coverts with numei-ous spots of white ; crown black; a patch
over the eye, and a stripe from the mandible to the nape white ; a
black stripe from the eye, passing through the cheeks, over the
nape, and joining the black of the back; a scarlet crescent around the
base of the skull, joining the white superciliary stripe; underparts
ashy, with the sides mottled and striped with black; two outer tail-
feathers white, edged and tipped with pale brown; third black, with
a patch of pale brown upon the outer web, the others black.

Female; — The scarlet crescent wanting, replaced by white.

Length, 7.25; wing, 4.20; tail, 3; tarsus, .70; bill, i.
Habitat. Northern Bahama Islands.

This form differs from P. -villosus in the greater extent of
white in front of th^ eye, the bhick streaks on the sides of the
breast, and black sliaft-lines on the white feathers of the back.

Genus Sphyrapicus Baird.

Sphyrapicus Baird, Bds. N. A. p. loi (185S).

Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.).

Picns varins'LiN-H. Syst. Nat. I, p. 176 (1766). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's
Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 141 (1840). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 270
(1847). — Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 102 (Cuba). — Newton, Ibis, 1859,
p. 30S (St. Croix).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. xo6
(1859) (Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer, p. 396 (1S60) (Cuba). — Albrecht.
J. f. O. 1S62, p. 202 (Jamaica). — March. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
1863, p. 28^ (Jamaica).

^^^jV^a/Zcw.* Wct:;'/«5 GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba. I, p. 294 (1866);
ib. ]. i. O. 1874, p. 150 (Cuba). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. i3i
(1880). — A. & E. Newton, Ilandb. Jamaica, p. 109 (1881). — Cory,
List Bds. W. \. p. 20 (1885).

Picas {Sphyrapicus) varius Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 65
(1867) (Bahamas).

Cory on fke Birds of tJie West Ttidtes. I 7 1

Recorded from the Bahama Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, and St.
Croix.

Genus Xiphidiopicus Bonap.

JYiJi/ii'dio^icus Bo-nap ARTK, "Consp. Vol. Zygodact. p. 11 (1S54)."

Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temm.).

Picas percussus Temm. PI. Col. pp. 390, 424 (1S20-39). — Vigors, ZooI.

Journ. Ill, p. 444 (1827). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba,

Ois. p. 143 (1840).— Thiene. J. f. O. 1S57, P- 153-
Dcndrobates fercussus Gray, Gen. Bds. II, p. 437 (1844-49).
CJiloropicus fercussus Malh. M^m. Acad. Metz, 184S-49, p. 352.
Picus ruppellii'^ XG^L. Sjst. Av. sp. 29 (1027).
Chloronerpes percussusBv, Consp. I, p. iiS (1S50). — Cab. J. f. O. 1S56,

p. 102. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). —

GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 294 (1S66) ; ib. J. f. O.

1S74, p. 151.
Xiphidiopicus percussus Bp. Con?,^. Yo\. Zygodact. p. 11 (1S54). — ScL.

Cat. Am. Bds. p. 339 (1862).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 199 (1S70).

— ScL. «& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 100 (1S73). — Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 20 (1885).

Sp. Char. — Forehead dull white, extending in a superciliary stripe down
the sides of the head to the neck; top of the head bright red ; a nar-
row stripe of smoky black passing from the eye down the sides of
the neck ; a narrow stripe of black on the centre of the throat from the
chin, succeeded on the lower throat and upper breast by a broad
patch of red ; sides of throat dull white ; back and upper surface of
wings yellowish green; middle portion of breast pale yellow; feath-
ers on the sides of the body barred with smoky black and white,
showing a tinge of yellow; primaries dark brown, blotched with dull
white on the edges of the webs; inner primaries and secondaries
heavily edged with pale green on the outer web; two central tail-
feathers dull black, showing a silvery tinge when held in the light;
under surface of the tail showing feathers with narrow alternate
bands of gray and pale brown.

The female differs from the male in having the top of the head
black, the feathers showing narrow shaft lines of white; the red
restricted to the base of the skull.

Length, 9; wing, 5; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .So; bill, .90.
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Melanerpes Swains.
Mclanerpes Swainson, F. B. A. K, iSii.

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Melanerpes portoricensis (Daud.).

Picas ^ortoriccnsis Daud. Ann. du TSlus. II, p. 3S3, pi. 51 (1803). — Dryant,

Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 256 (1S66). — Sundev. Oefv. K.

Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p. 599.
Picas rubidicollis Yi-E.11.1^. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 63, pi. 117 (1807). — Temm.

Nat. Sjst. p. 210 (1807).
Melanerpes rubidicollis Gray, Gen Bds. II, p. 444 (1844-49). — Bp. Consp.

I, p. 115 (1850).
Melanerpes portoricensis A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- 377- — Cassin,

Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 377. — Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p.

341 (1S62). — Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 170. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium

Neotr. p. 100 (1873). — GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p.

227 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1865).
Melatnpicus portorice?isis^lAi.n. Mon. Pic. II, p. 205 (1862).
Asyndesmus portoricensis Gra.y, Ilandl. Bds. II, p. 201 (1870).

Sp. Char. Male; — Entire upper surface black with greenish reflections ;
forehead dull white, reaching and nearly encircling the eye ; throat,
breast, and underparts dull crimson red, mixed with brownish on
the sides of the body; a spot of white near the carpus ; rump white;
wings and tail brownish black.

Length, 7.50; wing, 5 ; tail, 3; tarsus, .90; bill, i.
Habitat. Porto Rico and St. Thomas.

Melanerpes rherminieri (Less.).

Picas hcrmanieri'L,Y,^%. Traite Orn. p, 228 (1831).

Mclampicus hermanieri Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1S48-49. p. 365.

Linncp-ipicas hcnninieri Malh. N. Class. Pic. p. 53 (1850). — Bp. Consp.

Vol Zjgodact. sp. 255 (1854).
Melanerpes hermanieri Bp. Consp. I, p. 515 (1S50). — Reich. Handb. p.

3Si (1853).
Linneopicus hermanieri GRh^, Cat. Gen. Bds. p. 93 (1S55).
Mela7ierpes r/iertninieri ^ci^. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 100 (1873).

— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p 459 (1S78).— Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 20 (18S5).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black, showing a steel blue gloss on
the back when held in the light; feathers on the breast tinged with
dull red ; a faint reddish tinge is perceptible on the forehead.

Female: — Similar to the male, perhaps smaller, and lacks the
tinge of, red •n the forehead, although the reddish tinge on the
forehead of the male is possibly not constant.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 5.50; tail, 4; tarsus, i; bill, 1.25.
Habitat. Guadeloupe.

Cory on the Birds of the ]Vcst Indies. I 73

Genus Centurus Swains.
Centurus Swaixson. Class. Birds, II, p. 310, 1837.

Centurus striatus (Mull.)-

Picus dominicensis, striatus, "Briss. Orn. IV, p. 65, pi. 4, fig. 2 (1760)

{$ ad)." ^^

PicHS dominiccnsis "Briss. t. c. pi. 3. fig. 2 ( ? aa).'
Le Pic rayi de St. Dominique --Briss. Orn. IV, p. 65, pi. 4. fig- i (1760)

(<J ad).
Picus striatus MiJLL. Svst. Nat. Suppl. (1766I.— Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p.

427 (1788).— Cuv. Reg. An. I, p. 451 (1829).— Bryant, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 96 (1S66).
Centurus striatus G-^ay, Gen. Bds. II, p. 44^ (i 844-49) •"'Bp- Consp. I, p.

119 (iS5o).-Salle, p. Z. S. 1857, P- 234— ScL. & Salv. Norn.

Avium Neotr. p. 100 ( 1873).— Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IV, p.

117 (18S1).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (18S1) ; ib.

Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. m (1S85) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 20

(-1SS5).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168.
Zebrapicus striatus IslAiAi. Mon. Pic. II, p. 231 (1862).

Sp. Char, il/a/c— Underparts yellowish green, showing a tinge of
brownish olive on the breast, and gray on the throat; forehead and
sides of the head gray ; a patch of bright crimson red extending from
the forehead to the nape, covering nearly the entire top of the head ;
rump crimson red; back alternately banded with black and yellow-
ish green ; upper surface of wings having the appearance of the
back, except that they are alternately banded with black and yellow;
upper surface of tail dark brown ; bill and feet dark slate color.

i^ewrt/c.-— Top of head black; the nape showing bright crimson
red, which encroaches slightly upon the back of the haad ; rest as in
the male.

Length, 9; wing, 4.60; tail, 3.60; tarsus, .90; bill, 1.20.

Habitat. Haiti and Sau Domingo.

Centurus radiolatus (Wagl.).

Picus varius mediusjamaicensis Ray, Syn. Av. p. 181, No. II.

Picus jama icensis'E.jy'W. Gleanings, PI. 244 {$ ad.).

Pic varii Fcmellc dc la Jamaiquc Buff. PI. Enl. p. 597 (J ad.).

Picus carolinus, part. Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 175 (1766).

Picus radiolatus Wagl. Syst. Av. No. 59 (1827) ; ib. Isis, 1829. p. 572.

Centurus radiolatus GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 271 (1847).— Bi'. Consp. I, p.

iiS (1850).— Reich. Ilandb. p. 409 (1854).— Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p.

343 (1862).— .\lbri:cht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 203.— March, Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S4.— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr, p.

I 'J A Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

roo (1873).— RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IV, p. iii (1S81).— A. &
E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 109 (18S1). — Cory, List Bds. W. I.
p. 20 (1885).
Zcbrapicus radiolatus Malh. Mon. Pic. II, p. 237 (1862).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and throat dull white ; crown bright red;
breast smoke gray, becoming jellowish-olive on the underparto; a
faint reddish tinge near the vent, sometimes lacking; back black,
the feathers delicately barred with dull white ; rump black, barred
with white ; tail black, the inner webs of the two central feathers
delicately barred with white ; wings black, showing numerous clot-
tings of white on the secondaries and the basal portions of the outer
webs of some of the primaries.

Female: — Forehead white ; top of the head smoky-brown ; a band
of red at the base of the skull ; otherwise similar to the male.

Length, 10.50; wing, 5; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .90; bill, 1.25.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Centurus superciliaris (Temm.).

PicHS superciliarisTr.M^^i. PI. Col. IV, p. 433 (1820-39). — Cuv. Reg. An.

p. 451 (1S29). — Wacl. Isis, 1829, p. 515. — Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 227

(1831). — TiiiENE. J. i. O. 1857, P- i.SS-
Colaptes superciliaris \iG. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 445 (1827). — D'Orb. in

La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 146 ^1840).
Colaptes sitperciliosus Gray, Gen. I3ds. II, p. 446 (1844-49).
Centurus superciliaris Bp. Consp. I, p. 118 (1850). — Reich. Handb. p.

408 (1854). — GUXDL. J. f O. 1S56, p. 103; H). 1874, p. 152. oREWER,

Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p- 307 (i860).— ScL. Cat. Am. Bds.
p. 342 (1862). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. joi (1873). —
RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IV, p. 115 (1S81).— Cory, List Bds. W
L p. 20 (18S5).
Zcbrapicus superciliaris Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. 361.

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead white, showing a faint tinge of orange red at
base of the upper mandible ; crown deep red, the color extending to
the nape; a patch of black over and back of the eye; rest of head
and throat dull grayish white; breast yellowish olive, becoming
distinctly yellowish on the belly ; a patch of deep red on the middle
of the bellv; back and Avings heavily banded with black and white,
showing a laint yellowish tinge on the back; primaries dark brown,
narrowly tipped with Avhite on the fifth and sixth ; the two central
tail-feathers heavily banded with black and white; the outer tail-
feathers banded with black and white near the tip; rest of tail-
feathers fi^intly tipped with white; bill black; feet black.

Female: — Similar to the male, but having top of the head white

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 17^

succeeded by a band of dull black, which is in turn replaced by red
on the base of the skull, extending to the nape.

Length, 11.50; wing, 5. So; tail, 4; tarsus, i; bill, 1.50.
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Colaptes Swains.

Colapies Swainson, Zool. Jouru. Ill, p. 353, Dec. 1S27.

Colaptes chrysocaulosus Gundl.

Colaptes chrysocaulosus Gundl. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 273
(185S).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).—
Albrecht, J. f. O. iSSr, p. 210. — CjUndl. R;p2rt. Fisico-Nat.
Cuba, I, p. 294 (1866) ; ib. J. f O. 1874, p. 153.— Scl. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Naotr. p. loi (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (18S5).

Colaptes auratus Cab. J. f. O 1856, p. 103. — B^tEWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. VII, p. 307 C1860).

Colaptes auratus var. chrysocaulosus Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am.
Bds. II, p. 575 (1874)-

Sp. Char. Mile: — Top of head gray; a nuchal patch of red ; a malir
stripe of black ; sides of the head and throat pale chocolate ; a piitch
of black on the breast; underparts dull yellowish white, heavily
spotted with black; upper surface pale chocolate brown, banded
with black; upper surface of primaries brown, having the shafts
bright yellow; under surface of wings pale yelloAv; tail dark
brown, some of the feathers showing narrow bands on the edges ;
under surface of tail yellow, feathers tipped with black; bill black
and feet dark broAvn.

The female resembles the male, but differs from it in lacking the
black malar stripe, having the throat and sides of the head en-
tirely pale chocolate brown.

Length, 10.50; wing, 5.40; tail, 4.50; tarsus, .80; bill, 1.20.
Habitat. Cuba.

Colaptes gundlachi Cory.

Colaptes gimdlachi Cory, Auk, III, pp. 498, 502 (18S6).

Sp. Char. — Resembles Colapies chrysocaulosus, but is smaller; the yellow of the
quills and tail much brighter; under surface of outer tail feathers dis-
tinctly banded; feathers of the rump, white, heavily blotched with black;
shafts of the quills and tail very bright yellow; first primary much longe'
than in the Cuban species.

Length, 8.90; wing, 5.20; tail, 4; tarsus, .85 ; bill, 1. 10.

Habitat. Grand Cayman.

Genus Nesoceleus Scl. & Salv.

JVesocchus Sclatkr & Salvin. .\pp. Noni. Avium Neotr. p. 155 (1S73).

I 76 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Nesoceleus fernandinae (Vig.).

Colaptes fernandiiice Vig. Zool. Journ. 1S27, p. 445. — D'Orb. in La
Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 148 (1840).— Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p.
104. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).—
GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 295 (1866); ib. J. f. O.
1S74, p. 155.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 202 (1870).

Picus fernandtncB V^ XGi^. Isis, 1829, p. 517.

Colaftcs fernatidina Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p, 39.

Geopicus feriiandims Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. 359; ib. Mon.
Pic. II, p. 273 (1862).

Colaptcs fei-nandice YL-Eicn. Handb. Oin. p. 415, No. 975 (1S54).

Nesoceleus fernandince ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. loi (1873). —
Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1SS5).

Sp. Char. Male; — Top of the head pale yellowish brown, each feather
having a central stripe of dark brown, giving the head a delicate
striped appearance ; a space around the eye, extending beyond the
ear-coverts, pale rufous brown ; a stripe of black passes from the
under mandible down the sides of the throat; chin and throat
black, the feathers edged with yellowish white; rest of plumage
having the feathers banded with yellow and dark brown, brightest
on the underparts; under wing-coverts pale yellow, somewhat
marked with brownish; wings and tail dark brown, thickly banded
with yellow; under surface of wings and tail showing the shafts of
the feathers clear pale yellow, the shafts being brown on the
upper surface.

Female: — Similar to the male, but having the head and cheeks
browner, and lacking the black stripe on the side of the throat.

Length (skin), 12; wing, 6. 25; tail, 5; tarsus, 1; bill, 1.60.
Habitat. Cuba.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j y 7

Family PSITTACID^.
Genus Ara Briss.

Ara Brisson, Orn. 1760.

Ara tricolor (Bechst.).

PsHtacus tricolor Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 64, pi. i (181 1).

Macrocercus tricolor Vieill. Nouv. Diet. p. 262. — Less. Traite d'Orn. p.

186 (1831).— Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 105.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc.

NatTHist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I,

p. 297 (1S66) ; lb. J. f. O. 1874, p. 163.
Sittace tricolor Wagl. Men. Psitt. p. 66.;> (1832). — Finsch, Die Papag.

Men. Bearb. I, p. 409 (1S67).
Ara tricolor D'Orr. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 161 (1S40). —

Gray, Gen. Bds. II, No. 5 (1844-49). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 260

(1S47). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 202. — ScL. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. iii (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica

p. no (iSSi). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (18S5).
Macrocercus makavouatitia Steph. Gen. Zool. XIV, p. 112.
Macrocercus {Aracanga) tricolor I^km^. Aves Cuba, p. 132 (1850). — Bp

Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S54, p. 149.
Arara tricolor Bp. Naum. 1856. — Schleg. Mus. Pajs-Bas, Psitt. p. 4

(1864).
Primolinus tricolor Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 145 (1870).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead red, becoming yellowish red on the top of
the head, and shading into bright yellow on the nape ; feathers of the
upper back cinnamon red, edged with greenish; lesser wing-coverts
brown, with reddish edgings ; entire underparts scarlet red, showinga
tinge of orange on the cheeks and throat, some of the feathers show-
ing 3'ellow on the belly ; primaries and secondaries showing bright
blue on the upper surface ; under surface of primaries pale brownish
red ; upper surface of tail-feathers showing the featherscinnamon red,
shading into bright blue on the tips, some feathers showing more

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blue than cinnamon, while in others the cinnamon predominates;
under surface of tail-feathers cinnamon red, showing bright orange
when held in the light; crissum pale blue ; bare skin around the eve
probably dull white; bill dark brown, pale at the tip; legs and feet
brownish ; iris pale vellow.

The sexes are probably similar.

Length (skin), including tail, about iS; wing, 1 1 ; tail, lo; tarsus,
.85; bill, curve, 2, straight line from base to tip, 1.75.
Habitat. Cuba. Jamaica.

It is not impossible that Ara niilitaris may have occurred in
Cuba and Jamaica, but it is improbable. The bird recorded as
such was perhaps A. tricolor wrongly identified ; Gosse re-
marks, however, that every description he received of the bird
agreed with that of ^. ^//////ar/.v, ''the Great Green Macaw of
Mexico." Dr. Gundlach writes me he believes A. tricolor is still
to be found in the swamps of Cuba, and that years ago he killed
a number of birds of this species in the swamps of southern Cuba.
He has several fine specimens in his collection.

Genus Conurus Kuhl.
Conurus Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. 4, 1830.

Conurus euops (Wagl.).

Sittace euops Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 638 (1832).
Psittacns euops Halm. Orn. Atl. Pap. p. 95 (1836).

Conurus g-uianensis D'Oru. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 162
(1840). — Lemb AvesCuba, p. 132 (1850).

Conurus euops Gray, Gen. Bds.

II, No. 26 ( 1844-49). -FiNSCH,

Die Papag. Mon. Bearb. I, p.

474 (1867). — ScL. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 112

(1873)- — Cory, List Bds.

W. I. p. 20 (18S5).
Ei'opsitta etwps Bp. Rev. Mag.

Zool. 1854, p. 151.
Psittacara euops Souance, Rev.

Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 69.
Conurus guyanensis Cab. J. f O.

1S56, p. 106. — Brewer. Pr.

Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.

307 (i86o).

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Conurus evofs Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 297 (1S66) ; ib.
J. f. O. 1874, p. 164; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VIII, p. 229
(1878).
EvopsUta guyajiensis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, 146 (1S70).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage green, dark above, light beneath ; the
head dotted here and therewith small touches of bright red; this
marking does not seem at all constant; a broad patch of vermillion
red on the under wing-coverts, extending upon the carpus; shafts of
wing and tail-feathers brownish black ; bare skin around the eye
bluish white.

The sexes are apparently similar.

Length (skin). 9.75; wing, 5.50; tail, 5.50; tarsus, .50.
Habitat. Cuba.

Conurus xantholaemus Scl.

Connrtis xantkolcEinus Scl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. IV, p. 225 ; ib. Cat.
Am. Bds. p. 348 (1862). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 374- —
Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 377. — Taylor., Ibis,
1864, p. 171.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 148 (1870).— Cab. J. f O.
1879, p. 222.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (18S5).

Conurus xanthogenius Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 112 (1873).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead, sides of the head and chin bright orange;
rest of upper surface bright green; underparts yellowish green,
marked with orange on the belly and abdomen; primaries blue,
showing green on the outer webs, and having the shafts and tips
brown; upper surface of tail green; under surface of tail 3'ellow; bill
dark.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 9.50; wing, 6; tail, 5; tarsus, .35; bill, .90.
Habitat. St. Thomas and St. Croix.

Conurus nanus (Vic).

Psitiacara nana ViG. Zool. Journ. V, p. 273 (1830). — Lear, Parr. pi. 12.

— Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 640 (1832).
Conurus nanus Gv.x\,GQn. Bds. II, No. 32 (1844-49). — SouANCt, Icon.

Perr. pl. 12. fig. i. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 203. — Scl. Cat. Am.

Bds. p. 349 (1862). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1803, p. 284.

— FiNSCH, Die Papag. Mon. Bearb. I. p. 520 (1867). — Gray, Handl.

Bds. II, p. 148 (1S70). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. H2

(1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. no (18S1). — Cory,

List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1885).
Conurus Jiavivenier GossK, Bds. Jam. p. 263 (1847).

1 80 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. Male: — Entire upper plumage bright green ; underparts show-
ing a brownish tinge on the throat and breast; dull olive on the
bellj; upper surface of tail bright green shading into blue at the
tip ; under surface of tail yellow ; outer webs of primaries green,
inner webs blue, becoming brown at the edge; bill pale.
The sexes are apparently similar.
Length (skin), 10; wing, 5.25; tail, 5; bill, i.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Conurus chloropterus (Souance).

Psittacara cliloroptera Souance, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S56, p. 59.

Conurus chloropterus ScL. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 234. — Finsch, Die Papag.

Mon. Bearb. I, p. 460 (1S67). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,

p. 113 (1055) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 20 (1S85).
Psitticus {Conurus) chloropterus Bkyawt, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI,

p. 96 (1866).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage yellowish green, darkest on the tail
and wings ; under surface of wings and tail greenish yellow ; under
wing-coverts bright scarlet, showing upon the edge of the wing;
bill pale; feet dark brown; some specimens occasionally show
feathei-s tipped with red upon the back and wings, but generally so
slightly as to be hardly noticeable. Immature birds often show
yellow on the primaries.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 12; wing, 7; tail, 6; tarsus, .50.
Habitat. Saii Domingo.

Conurus gundlachi Caban.

/ Conurus evops GuNDL. J. f. O. 1878, p. 1S4.

Conurus gundlachi C\.u. Orn. Centralb. VI, p. i (1881) ; ib- ]■ f- O. 1882,
p. 119. — GuNDL.J. f O. 1881, p. 401.

Sp. Char. — '-This species is distinguished from Conurus euops in having
the wings nearly 3 ctm. longer, and by the extension of the red
coloring ot the lower wing-coverts, also on the under row of large
wing-coverts, which in euops are yellowish olive as in most of the
species of Conurus^ (Cabanis, 1. c, orig. descr., translated.)
Habitat. Moiia, near Porto Rico.

I have never seen this species, and the descriptions of it are
somewhat meagre. Dr. Gundlach says that he was told the
birds came from San Domingo to the Ishmd of Mona, but adds
that this is only a supposition.

Cory on the Birds of tlic West Indies. I 8 I

Genus Chrysotis Swains.
Ckrysofis "Swainson, Zool. Journ. 1S37."

Chrysotis sallsei Scl.

''Psii/actis IcucocefJialusf Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 338 (17SS)."

Chrysotis sallcei Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 224; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 353 (1862).

—Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1873).— Cory, Bds.

Haiti & San Domingo, p. 115 (1S85) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 20

(1885).
Amazona sallcsi ScuhEG. Mus. Pays-Bas, Psitt. p. 58 (1864).
Psittacus (C/irysotis) sallcei BRYAST,Pr. Best. See. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 96

(1S66).
Chrysotis ventralis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 164 (1870).
Chrysotis sallei Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, p. 154 (iSSi).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage green; forehead -white, extending in
front of the eye ; top of head blue, narrowly tipped with black; a
patch of black on the cheeks ; abdomen and basal half of tail-feathers
crimson, wanting upon the outer web of the outer tail-feather;
thighs pale blue in very adult birds, in most specimens green, the
blue being scarcely perceptible; primaries and secondaries dark
blue on the outer webs ; inner webs dark brown ; a small patch of
red on the throat, which does not appear to be constant.

The sexes are apparently similar.

Length, IQ.50; wing, 8; tail, 4.50; tarsus, .60.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Chrysotis vittata (Bodd.).

Psittacus vittattts Bodd. Tabl. PI. d' Aub. p. 49 (17S3).— Gray, Gen. Bds.
II, No. 24 (1844-49).— SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p.

599-
Psittacus dominicctisis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 343 (1788). — Vieill. Enc.

Meth. p. 1375.— Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 597 (1832).
Psittacus IcHcocephalus Kuhl, Consp. p. 80 (1821).
Chrysotis dominice/isis Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 151.
Chrysotis vittata Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 224.— Gray, List Psitt. p. 83

(1859).— FiNSCH, ^i^ Papag. Mon. Bearb. II, p. 515 (1867).— Gray,

Handl. Bds. II, p. 165 (1S70).— Scl. & Salv. Noni. Avium Neotr.

p. 113 (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (18S5).
Amazona vittata Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, Psilt. p. 58 (1S64).
Chrysotis vittatus'YiXW.OR, Ibis, 1864, p. 171.— Gundl. J. f. O. 1S74, p.

312; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 228 (1878).
Chrysotis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 256 (1S66).

182 Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies.

Sp. Char. Alale: — A narrow band of red on the forehead; upper plumage
green ; the feathers of the head and neck edged with dark brown,
heaviest on the neck; underparts green, lighter than the back;
yellowish green on the belly; the feathers on the breast edged with
dull brown ; primaries having the outer webs bright blue, lacking
on the first.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 10.50; wing, 7; tail, 4; tarsus, .60; bill, i.35-
Habitat. Porto Rico.

Chrysotis coUaria (Lixn.).

Psiitacus collarius Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 149 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat.
Lp. 347 (178S).

Psittacus gtttturalis MiTLL. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 78 (1776).

Psittacus leucocepkalics,v&r. p. L.\TH. Ind. Orn. p. iiS (1790). — Wagl.
Mon. Psitt. p. 600 (1832).

Psittacus leucocephalus Gray, Gen. Bds. II, No. 25 (1844-49). — GosSE,
Bds. Jam. p. 269 (1847).

Pionus vinaceicollis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 241.

Psittacus vinaceicollis Gray, Gen. Bds. Ill, App. p. 20 (1849).

Chrysotis leucocephala Bp. Naum. 1856, .

Chrysotis vinaceicollis ScL. P. Z. S. 1S57, P- 2-5-

Chrysotis collaria ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 79; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 353
(1862). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 203. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 284. — FiNSCH, Die Papag. Mon. Bearb. II, p.
517 (1868).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 164 (1870).— Scl. & Salv.
Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, JIandb. Ja-
maica, p. no (iS8i).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (18S5).

^^ Chrysotis amazonicus, ]uv. Bl. Cat. Bds. p. 11."

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head blue, the feathers indistinctly showing
black edges, fading into green on the nape; a narrow line of white
on the forehead ; the rest of upper surface bright green ; throat dull
red, some of the feathers narrowly edged with green ; cheeks green-
ish blue; rest of underparts green ; tail green, most of the feathers
having the basal half of the inner webs dull green, faintly showing
on the outer webs, the red entirely wanting on the central feathers.
Length (skin), 11.50; wing 7; tail, 4.50.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Chrysotis leucocephala (Linn.).

Psittacus leucocephalus Li-KS. Syst. Nat. I, p. 100 (1758). — Aldrov. Orn.

I, p. 670.— Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 338 (1788).— Wagl. Mon. Psitt.

p. 599(1832). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 297 (1866).
Psittacus martinicanus Briss. Orn. IV, p. 242 (1760).

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 1 83

Chrysotis leucocefhaltis Swains. Class. Bds. II, p. 301 (1S37). — Bp. Rev.

Mag. Zool. 1854.— Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 105. — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — Finsch, Die Papag. Mon.

Bearb. II, p. 520 (1868).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 164 (1870).—

GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, p. 161.
Amazona leucocephala ScHLEG. Mus. Pajs-Bas, Psitt. p. 59 (1864).
Psittacus (^Chrysotis) collaria (var. bahamensis) Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc.

Nat. Hist. VI. p. (1866).

Chrysotis leucocephala ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1873). —

Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1SS5).
Chrysotis collaria Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 123 (1880).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage green, many feathers narrowly tipped
with dark brown; forehead and the top of the head to the eyes
white ; throat bright red, sometimes touched with green; some of
the feathers on the belly brownish red ; outer webs of primaries blue,
inner webs brow^n ; tail green, showing blue on outer webs of
outer feathers, and red on the basal half of inner webs of all except
the central ones, which sometimes show a trace near the shaft; bill
yellowish white ; iris brown.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 13; wing, 8; tail, 4.50; tarsus, .75; bill, 1.25.
Habitat. Cuba and Bahamas.

Birds from the Island of Inagua, Bahamas, vary some-
what from Cuban examples. The Cuban bird shows deep
crimson on the belly ; the tail is light green, having the basal
half of the inner web of the outer feathers deep red, rest of web
pale yellowish green, the red marking becoming less and lesson
succeeding feathers until obsolete or nearly so on the two central
ones ; red coloring slight or absent on under wing-coverts. The
Bahama bird differs from the above by showing very little red on
the belly, sometimes nearly absent ; more red on the crissum and
under wing-coverts; tail bluish green, the red marking shown
only on the two outer feathers. It is possible that the differences
in question are not constant, but judging from the material ex-
amined I am of the opinion that the two forms are at least separa-
ble sub-specifically. If this should prove to be the case Dr.
Bryant's name bahamensis would be used for the Bahama bird.

Chrysotis agilis (Linn.).

Psittacus cayenensis Briss. Orn. IV, p. 237 (1760).

Psittacus agilis LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 143 (1766). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p.
266 (1847).

I 34 C(JRY oti the Birds of the West Indies.

Psittacns minor Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXV, p. 314.

Psittaciis signatus Shaw, Gen. Zool. VIII, p. 510. — KunL, Consp. p. 71

(1820-
Psittacus (Estivus KuHL, Consp. p. 75 (1821).
Psittacns virescens Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 99.
Chrysotis signatus Swains. Class. Bds. II, p. 301 (1837).
Chrysotis agilis Gray, List Psitt. p. 82 (1859). — ^t;^. Cat. Am. Bds. p.

354 (1862).— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 203. — March, Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 284. — Finsch, Die Papag. Mon. Bearb. II,

p. 531 (1S68).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 164 (1870).— Scl. & Salv.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1S73). — A. & E. Newton, Handb.

Jamaica, p. no (1881). — Cory, List Bds. \V. I. p. 20 (1835).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head dark green, becoming somewiiat lighter on
the back ; underparts light green ; most of the feathers of the head,
throat, and back delicately edged with black; a patch of black on
the ear-coverts; primaries blue on the outer webs, edged with green
on the basal portion, the blue color but slightly showing on the first
four primaries ; terminal portion of quills dark brown; tail green.
One specimen before me has one of the wing-coverts bright red on
one side, lacking in the other specimens

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 6.50; tail, 4; tarsus, .40; bill, 1.20.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Chrysotis augusta (Vig.).

Psittacus /lavanensis KvHh, Consp. p. 79 (1821). — Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p.

740(1832).
Psittacus augustus ViG. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 80. — Gray & Mitch. Gen. Bds.

pi. 104 (1844-49).
Chrysotis augustus Gray & Mitch. Gen. Bds. No. 16 (1844-49).
(Enochrus augustusBp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 151.
Atnazona augustus Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, p. 50 (1864).
Chrysotis augusta Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 437. — Finsch, Die Papag. Mon.

Bearb, II, p. 557 (1868). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113

(1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 62, 487 (1878).— Scl.

P. Z. S. i88i, p. 627.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1885).

Sp. Char. — Top of the head tinged with purplish, shading into green on
the nape; cheeks and throat reddish purple, the feathers edged with
bluish; the feathers of the sides of the neck and nape tipped with
dull purple, forming a sort of collar; back and wings green ; feath-
ers on the rump slightly tipped with bluish; breast and underparts
dull purple, the feathers pale at the tips, and showing delicate
bluish edging when held in the light; flanks green; a patch of red
on the outer webs of two of the secondaries, faintly showing on the

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. \ g t

last primary, dull towards the terminal portion, becoming bright
scarlet on the basal half; a patch of red on the edge of the carpus;
quills brown; tail purplish-brown ; under surface of tail green.
Length, 17 ; wing, 1 1 ; tail, 7 ; tarsus, .75 ; bill, 1.50.
Habitat. Dominica.

Chrysotis guildingi (Vic).

Psittacus guildiugi ViG. P. Z. S. 1S36, p. 80. — Gray, Gen. Bds. No. 28

(1S44-49).
Chrysotis guildingi 'Qf. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 151. — Fixsch, Die Papag.

Mon. Bearb. II, p. 559 (1S6S).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 164 (1S70).—

ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1S73). — Lawr. Pr. U. S.

Nat. Mus. I, pp. 193, 487 (1878). — Lister, Ibis, iSSo, p. 42. — Scl.

P. Z. S. 1881, p. 627.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1S85).
Amazona guildingi ?^CHi.KG. Mus. Pavs-Bas, p. 49(1864).

Sp. Char. — Top of the head and cheeks yellowish white, shading into
yellowish orange on the throat, and into bluish feathers with black
edgings on the sides of the neck and nape; back pale yellowish
brown, feathers edged with dull black; underparts pale reddish
brown, feathers shading into green at the ends, and tipped with
black on the belly; under surface of tail dull orange, pale yellow at
the tip, feathers banded across the middle by a broad stripe of green ;
upper surface of tail-feathers yellow at base and tip, showing a band
of blue across the centre; primaries dark blue, the basal half of the
first five yellow, the rest shading into orange on the outer webs of
the basal half and showing less and less yellow on the inner webs;
under surface of wing yellow; greenish on the under wing-coverts ;
bill pale.

The sexes are apparently similar.

Length, 19; wing, 10.75 ; tail, 7 ; tarsus, .75.
Habitat. St. Vincent.

Chrysotis bouqueti (Bechst.).

Psittacus arausiacus MiJLL. Sj'st. Nat. Suppl. p. 79 (1766).

Psittacus autumnalis var. p. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 345 (17SS). — Lath.

Ind. Orn. p. 124 (1790).
Psittacus bouqueti ^KCH?>T. Lath. Ueb. p. 99 (1793). — Kuhl, Consp. p. 76

(1821).
Psittacus cynneocapillus Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 1373. — Burm. Svst. Ueb.

II, p. 186.
Psittacus ccBrulifrons Shaw, Gen. Zool. VIII, p. 515. — Voight, Cuv.

Ueb. 1831, p. 741.
Chrysotis cyaiicocephalus Swains. Class. Bds. II, p. 301 (1S37).
Chrysotis bougueti Gray, Gen. Bds. II, Na. 11 (1844-49). — ^p- Rev. Mag.

jg^ Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Zool. 1854. .— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S81, p. 627.— Cory, List Bds. W. I.

p. 20(1885).
Chrysotis nichollsi 'Lxw'k. Pr. U. S.Nat. Mus. Ill, p. 254 (iSSo).

Sp. Char. — Front of head and throat dull purplish blue, palest on the
throat; the feathers of the cheeks green, tipped with bluish ; upper
part^ dark green, and the feathers tipped with dark brown; quills
dai-k brown, tinged with green on the outer webs, and showing a
patch of red on the outer web of the tenth and eleventh feathers ; a
patch of dull red mixed with yellow on the upper part of the breast
joining the throat; underparts green, the feathers narrowly edged
with bluish ; tail-feathers showing red at the base of the inner webs,
succeeded by dark green at the middle, and tipped with light green.
Length, 15; wing, 925; tail. 6.50; tarsus, .62; bill, 1.50.
Habitat. Dominica.

Chrysotis versicolor (Mlill.).

Psittacus versicolor Mijll. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 78 (1766).

Cht-ysotis cyanopsisYii^scH, Die Papag. Mon. Bearb. IL P- 5-8 (1S6S). —

ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1873).
CEnochrus versicolor Gray, Handl. Bds. IL P- 165 (1S70).
Chrysotis boiiqueti ^c\.. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 323; ib. 1875, p. 61.— Allen,

Bull. Nutt, Orn. Club. V, p. 169 (1880).
Chrysotis versicolor ScL. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 627.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.

20 (1S85).

Sp. Char. — Forehead and in front of the eye dark blue; top of the head,
cheeks, and throat pale blue, the feathers tipped with black; a few
yellowish feathers at the base of the skull ; breast red, the feathers
tipped with dark brown; underparts red, the feathers tipped with
green; back and wing-coverts green, tipped with black; primaries
dark blue on the basal portion of the outer webs; rest of the pri-
maries dark brown ; a broad patch of red on the outer webs on the
tenth and eleventh feathers; outer tail-feathers showing bright red
at the base, a band of blue extending half the length of the feather,
and the terminal portion being yellow; under surface of tail-feathers
green, having the terminal portion pale greenish yellow, and show-
ing the red on the base of the outer feathers.

Length, 18; wing, 11 ; tail, 8; tarsus, .75; bill, 1.40.
Habitat. Santa Lucia.

Family STRIGID^^.

Genus Strix Linn.
Strix LiNN^us, Syst. Nat. I. p. 131 (1766).

Cory o>i the Birds of the West Indies. 1 87

Strix flammea furcata (Temm.).

Strix furcata Temm. PI. Col. p. 432 (1832). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist.

Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 34 (1840). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, P- 46?- —

Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 306 (i860).— Gundl.

Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 227 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 79.
^/r/Ar/rrt/zV/co^/ GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 23 (1847). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p.

79. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204.
Glyfhidura furcata Gray, Handl. Bds. I. p. 52 (1869).
Strix flammea van furcata Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. HI,

p. 12 (1874).
Strix flammea fuscata Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 21 (1S85).

This form varies from the usual coloration in having the second-
aries and tail nearly white, the latter usually without bars.
Wing, 12.50; tail, 5.70; tarsus, 2.75.
Habitat. Cuba and Jamaica.

Bubo virginlanus is recorded from Jamaica in Sclater &
Salvin's 'Nomenclator Aviimi Neotropicalium.' I have been un-
able to find other West Indian records.

Strix flammea nigrescens Lawr,

Strix flammea var. nigrescens Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. L P- 64 (1878).

Strix flammea Lister, Ibis, 1S80, p. 44.

Strix flammea nigrescens Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 21 (1885).

Sp. Char. — "Upper plumage of a fine blackish brown, rather sparsely
marked with small white spots ; the tail is crossed with altei^nate
bands of brown and light dull ochraceous freckled with brown ;
the wings are the color of the back, somewhat intermixed with
rufous ; the under plumage is light reddish-ochraceous, marked with
small, round black spots (the color is lighter than the under plu-
mage of the Costa Rica specimen) ; the ends of the ruff-feathers are
dark reddish-brown ; feathers around the eye, black ; the face is of
a light reddish fawn color. Bill white; iris deep chocolate, half an
inch in diameter. Length (fresh), 13 in. ; vving, 10; tail, 4A ; tarsus 2."
(Lawr., orig. descr., 1. c.)
Habitat. St. Vincent and Dominica.

Strix flammea pratincola.

Stttx pratincola Bonap. List, 183S, p. 7.

Strix flammea var. .? Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XL P- 65 (1867)
(Bahamas).

1 88 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Strixflcimmea var. fratincola Bd. Bwr. & Rid(;w. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

p. 13, III (1874).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 125 (1S80).
Strixjlammea pratincola Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (1S85).

This form occurs in the Bahama Ishinds.
Strix glaucops Kaup.

Athene dominicensis B?. Consp. I, p. 38 (1S50). — Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p.

231.
Strix glaucops ''Kkvp, Contr. Orn. p. 118 (1852)"; ib. Tr. Z. S. IV, p.

246. — Pelz. J. f. O. 1872, p. 23. — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,

p. 117 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (18S5).
Strix (^Athene) dominicensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 90

(1867).
Strix flammea Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 292 (1875).
Strix dominicensis CoKY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, p. 95 (1883).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above dark brown, shading into
orange-rufous on the side of the neck; quills showing inner webs
brownish; outer webs dull orange-rufous, banded xvith brown ; entire
underparts pale orange-rufous, mottled with zigzag marking 6{ light
brown, whitening somewhat on the throat and abdomen ; face deep
gray; an ante-orbital spot of black; circle of feathers around the
face dark chestnut, bordered with black on the throat; tarsus not
feathered to the feet.

The sexes are apparently similar.
Length, 13.50; wing, 10; tail, 4.60; tarsus, 3.45.
Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo.

Genus Pseudoscops Kaup.

Pseudoscops Kaup, Isis, 1848, p. 769.

Pseudoscops grammicus (Gosse).

Ephialtes grammicus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 19 (1847).

Pseudoscops grammicus Kaup, Isis, 1848, p. 769. — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p.

80. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 51

(1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 116 (1873). — A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 110(1881). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.

21 (18S5).
Scops grammicus Bp. Consp. I, p. 46 (1850). — Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 205.
Asio grammicus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 242 (1875).

'■'■Adult fetnale. General colour above sandy-buif, transversely
vermiculatcd with dark brown, more distinctly on the back and
scapular feathers, some of which are mesially streaked with dark

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 1 89

brown, some of the outermost rather more broadly barred with
sandy colour, but not exhibiting any trace of white or buff spots;
head and neck rather lighter sandy colour, the transverse black lines
very regular, especially on the ear tufts, which are coloured like the
rest of the head, but are nearly uniform rufous on their inner webs ;
entire facial aspect foxy red, the hindermost of the ear-coverts
whitish, tipped with black, merging in the ruff, which is composed
of sandy-buff feathers, black at tip and at base; the stiff gular feath-
ers sandy rufous, streaked and indistinctly barred with black; chin-
feathers buffy white; rest of the under surface deep sandy rufous,
with faint indications of dusky vermiculations cf brown, the abdom-
inal plumes more or less verging on white and showing very little
of the mesial black streaks which are so distinct on the breast
feathers; leg feathers uniform tawny buff, as also the under tail-
coverts ; under wing-coverts buff, slightly washed with sandy-rufous,
the lower series black, with fulvous bases, forming a bar across the
wing, and resembling the inner lining of the quills, which are ful-
vescent towards the base of the inner web, on which they are broad-
ly barred with black; upper wing-coverts resembling the back, and
very coarsely vermiculated with dark brown, the sandy-buff" bars
being pretty apparent here and there, and especially distinct on the
outer web of the spurious quills ; primary-coverts dark brown, irreg-
ularly barred across with sandy-buff; quills banded alternately for
their entire length with blackish brown and sandy-buff, these bars
less distinct on the secondaries, the light interspaces obscured with
dark brown vermiculations, especially the innermost, which conse-
quently resemble the back; tail sandy-buff barred across with dark
brown, about eleven bars being traceable on the centre feathers, the
interspaces more or less mottled with vermiculations of brown, the
exterior rectrix paler and more fulvous, crossed with about thirteen
brown bars; cere blackish grey; bill pale blue-grey; feet dull lead-
colour; claws horny grey; iris hazel. Total length 12.2 inches,
wing 8.4, tail 5.1, tarsus 1.55." (Sharpe, I. c.)
Habitat. Jamaica.

Genus Asio Briss.

Asio Brisson, Orn. I, p. 28 (1760).

Asio stygius (Wagl.).

Nyctalops stygiusW xai.. Isis, 1S32, p. 1221.— Gray, List Gen. Bds. p. 6.

— Scl'«& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 116 (1873).
Otus sygnapa D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 31

(1840).— Gray, Gen. Bds. L P- 40 (1844-49)-— Bi'- Consp. 1, p. 50

(1850).— Cab. J. f O. 1855, P- 4^^5--Gi'Nn^- Repert. Fisico-Nat.

Cuba, I, p. 226 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 187 1, p. 374-

IQO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Otus stygius PucHER. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S49, P 29- — Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p.

40 (1S44-49). — Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 113. — Brewer, Pr. Host.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).— Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N.

Am. Bds. Ill, p. 17 (1S74).
Otus melanofsis Licht. Nom. Av. p. 6.
Asia stygius Strickl. Orn. Sjn. p. 207. — Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus.

II, p. 241 (1S75).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (1SS5).
Asio signapa Strickl. Orn. Sjn. p. 212.

Sp. Char. '■'■Adult. Above of a nearly uniform chocolate-brown, the
hinder neck and wig with a few longitudinal spots of light ochre,
rather more oval in shape on the latter, the rest of the upper sur-
face having concealed spots and vermiculations of whitish buff,
rather larger and more distinct on the outer margin of the scapulars;
wing-coverts uniform with the back, with the same more or less
concealed vermiculations, these being absent on the primary-coverts,
which are uniform brown ; quills chocolate-brown like the back,
with obsolete bars of lighter brown, more distinct on the seconda-
ries, where they are often replaced by ochraceous spots or vermicu-
lations, the innermost uniform with the back, and slightly freckled
with vermiculations of whitish buff or light ochre, the primaries with
a few spots of deep ochre on the onter web, only distinct or of any
size near the base; upper tail-coverts brown, with distinct bars of
bright ochre; tail deep chocolate-brown, with a whitish tip, and
crossed with five or six additional bars of bright ochre, these bars
more numerous (seven or eight) on the inner web when the tail is
spread; forehead and feathers above the eye brown, streaked with
silvery grey ; ear-tufts 2 inches long, chocolate-brown, with outer
margins of light ochre ; sides of face dingy brown, the cheeks
streaked with fulvous, and the ear-coverts fulvous at their bases ;
ruff brown, mottled with light ochre, the hinder feathers almost en-
tirely ochraceous, with brown margins and shaft-stripes; chin dingy
brown, mottled with pale ochraceous, the ruff across the throat com-
posed of white feathers with dark brown centres ; rest of under sur-
face ochraceous, mottled with brown, this color more prevalent on
the upper breast where it occupies the centre of the feathers; the
lower breast and abdomen streaked with brown down the middle of
the feathers, with dark brown lateral bars to each, the interspaces
being oval spots of white ; leg-feathers deep ochre, spotted with tri-
angular brown markings; under tail-coverts deep ochre, the longeft
ones streaked with brown ; under wing-coverts deep ochre, the out-
ermost spotted and iTiargined with brown, the greater series light
ochraceous at base, dark brown at tip, thus resembling the inner
lining of the wing, which is almost entirely dark brown, excepting
a few irregular bars of ochraceous, these being almost entirely
absent near the primaries. Total length 20 inches, wing 13.7, tail
7.8, tarsus 1.4." (Sharpe, 1. c.)
Habitat. Cuba.

Cory on the Birds oj the West Indies. 19^

Asio accipitrinus (Pall.).

Strix acciptritia Pall. Reise Russ. Reich, I, p. 455 (1771).

Otus brachyotus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 21 (1850).

Brachyottis paliistris Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 465 (Cuba).

Brachyotus ca5S/V//V Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60)

(Cuba).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 226 (1865);/*.

J. f. O. 1871, p. 375 (Cuba).
Asio accipitrinus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 234 (1875).— Cory,

ListBds. W. I. p. 21 (1SS5).
Accidental in Cuba.

Asio portoricensis Ridgw.

Strix brachyotus Suxdev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 601 (Porto

Rico) ( .?)
Brachyotus cassinii GvsDi.. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 165, 187S;

ib. J. f. O. 1S78, p. 158 (Porto Rico).
Asio portoricensis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IV, p. 366 (i88i) (Porto

Rico).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (1885).

Sp. Char. "Above dusky brown, nearly or quite uniform on the dorsal
region; the scapulars, however, narrowly bordered with paleochra-
ceous or dull buff; feathers of the head narrowly, and those of the
nape broadly, edged with buff; rump and upper tail-coverts paler
brown or fawn-color, the feathers marked near their tips by a cres-
centic bar of dark brown. Tail deep ochraceous, crossed by about
five distinct bands of dark brown, these very narrow on the lateral
rectrices, but growing gradually broader toward the intermedicE,
which are dark brown, with five or six pairs of ochraceous spots
(corresponding in position to the ochraceous interspaces on the
outer tail-feathers), these spots sometimes having a central small
brown blotch. Wings with dark brown prevailing, but this much
broken by a general and conspicuous spotting of ochraceous ; pri-
maries crossed with bands of dark brown and deep ochraceous, the
latter broadest on the outer quills, the pictura of which is much
as in A. accipitrinus, but with the lighter color usually less ex-
tended. Face with dull, rather pale, ochraceous prevailing; this
becoming nearly white exteriorly, where bordered, around the side
of the head, by a uniform dark brown post-auricular bar; eyes en-
tirely surrounded by uniform dusky, this broadest beneath and
behind the eye. Lower parts pale ochraceous or buff, the crissum,
anal region, tarsi, and tibia; entirely immaculate; jugulum and
breast marked with broad stripes of dull brown, the abdomen, sides
and flanks with narrow stripes or streaks of the same. Bill dusky;
iris yellow. Wing, 11. 25-1 2. 00; tail, 5.25-5.50; culmen, .70; tarsus,
1.85-2.00; middle toe, i. 20-1. 30" (Riuuw., orig. descr.)
Habitat. Porto Rico.

192 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Genus Gymnasio Bonap.
Gymnasia Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S54, p. 543.

Gymnasio nudipes (Daud.).

Strix nudipes Daud. Traite d'Orn. II, p. 199 (1800). — Vieill. Ois. Am.

Sept. I, p. 45 (1S07).
Noctua nudipes Steph. Gen. Zool. XIII, p. 70. — Less. Traite d'Orn. p.

104.
Athene nudipes Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 35 (1844). — Strickl. Orn. Sjn. p.

173-
Surnin nudipes Bp. Oss. Reg. An. Cuv. p. 59.
Surnium nudipes Kaup, Contr. Orn. p. 120(1852).
Gymnasio nudipes Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 543. — Sharpe, Cat. Bds.

Brit. Mus. II, p. 149 (1875).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (18S5).
Gymnoglatix nudipes K. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- 54) ^^- i860, p. 307.

— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S60, p. 374. — ScL. & Salv.

Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 116 (1873). — Gundl. Anal. See. Esp. Hist.

Nat. VII, p. 166 (1878) ; ib.]. f. O. 1S78, p. 158.
Gymnoglaux netvtoni Lawr. Ann. Ljc. N. Y. VIII, p. 25S (1867).
Gyninoglaux krugii Cab. J. f. O. 1875, p. 223.

Sp. Char. — Entire upper surface reddish brown; feathers of the breast
and belly pale, variously dotted and banded with light brown ; face
pale brown, showing whitish between the eyes; the feathers slight-
ly marked with whitish on the cheeks and throat; under tail-coverts
white, narrowly shafted with brown; tail dull brown; primaries
brown, dotted with white, mixed with brownish white on the outer
webs ; lining of wing dull white, mottled with brown on the carpus.
Length, 9; wing, 6.75; tail, 3; tarsus, 145; bill, 70.
Habitat. Porto Rico, St. John, St. Croix, and St. Thomas.

Gymnasio lawrenceii (Scl. & Salv.).

Noctua nudipes Lemb. AvesCuba, p. 23, pi. 4, fig. 2 (1850).
Gymnoglaux nudipes Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 465. — Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.

VII, p. 357 (1862). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 226

(1865) ; /*. J. f. O. i87i,p. 376.
Ephialtes nudipes Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).
Gymnoglaux laxvrenccii ?)Ci.. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1S58, p. 328, pi. 29; ib.

Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 117 (1S73).
Gymnasia laxvrencei Gr\y, Handl. Bds. I, p. 47 (1869).
Gymnasio la-vrenceii Sh\rpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 150 (1S75). —

Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (1S85).

Sp. Char. — Upper surface dark brown, mottled with white on the back
and wing-coverts; face dull brownish white,, palest on the throat;

Cory oti the Birds of the West Indies. 1 93

breast brown mixed with white; rest of underparts dull white, the
feathers lined with brown; primaries dark brown marked with
white on the outer webs; tail dark brown, showing an indistinct
band of white on the under surface; bill horn-color.
Length, 8; wing, 5.50; tail, 3; tarsus, 1.25; bill, .50.
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Glaucidium Boie.
Glaucidium Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 976.

Glaucidium siju (D'Orb.).

Noctua siju D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 33 (1840).—
GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 318 (1857).

Athene siju Gray, Gen. Bds. L P- 25 (1844).— Cass. Cat. Strig. Phila.
Mus. p. 13.

Nyctale siju Bp. Consp. L p. 54 (1850).— Strickl. Orn. Sjn. p. 177.

Strix havanensis Licht. Mus. Berol. unde.

Glaucidium hava?iense Kaup, Contr. Orn. p. 103 (1852).

Glaucidium siju Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 59— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 226
(1865).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 42 (1869).— Gundl. J. f. O. 1S71,
p. 375.— RiDGW. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1873, p. 65.— ScL. & Salv.
Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 117 (1873).— Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, p. 59; ib.
Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 193 (1875).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21
(1885).

Sp. Char. — Very small. Top of head pale brown, the feathers delicately
dotted with dull white; face dull white mixed with brownish ; throat
dull white, shading into mixed light brown and white on the breast;
underparts white, the feathers streaked with dark brown; thighs
rufous brown; under tail-coverts white; primaries dark brown,
dotted and blotched with white, heaviest on the basal portions ; back
and wing-coverts dull brown, mottled with pale brown; upper sur-
face of tail-feathers dark brown, narrowly banded with brownish
white ; bill pale.

A female in my collection has the entire upper surface reddish
brown, with the feathers on the head unspotted.
Length, 7; wing, 4; tail, 2.40; tarsus, .75; bill, .45.
Habitat. Cuba.

Genus Speotyto Gloger.

Speotyto Gloger, Handb. Nalurg. p. 226, 1842.

I QA Cory ou the Birds of the West Indies.

Speotyto dominicensis Cory.

Spcotyto cunictilaria Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 142 (1S75).—

Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. iiS (18S5).
Athene cunictilaria Brace, Pr Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XIX, p. 240 (1877)

(?)

Speotyto cunictilaria dominicensis Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p.
154 (1881) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male; — General plumage brown ; the head marked with streaks
of dull white; feathers of the nape showing a sub-terminal bar of
dull white ; back mottled and barred with dusky white ; quills brown
tipped with dull white and barred with, pale brown; secondaries
marked on the outer web; tail brown, tipped with buff white and
banded; ear-coverts brown; cheeks dull white; throat and upper
neck dull white, separated from each other by a mark of sandj buff,
barred with brownish; underparts dull white, barred with brown,
the bars becoming narrower on the lower part of the body; thighs
buff; under wing-coverts yellowish buff, sometimes spotted with
brown near the outer edge, and becoming dull white on the edge of
the wing; tarsus featherea in front to the foot; iris yellow.
The sexes are similar.
I Length, 8; wing, 6; tail, 2.50; tarsus, 1.50.

Habitat. Haiti. Bahamas.^

It is possible that the species mentioned by Brace was the
Florida form. I have never seen a specimen from the Bahama
Islands.

Speotyto guadeloupensis (Ridgw.).

Speotyto cunictilaria var. guadeloupensis RiDGw. in Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw.
Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 90 (1874).— Coues, Bds. N. W. p. 2,22

(1874)-
Speotyto guadeloupensis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, p. 147 (1875). —
Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 21 (18S5).

Sp. Char. — "Primaries without broad or regular bars of whitish on either
web ; primary-coverts plain brown. Brown markings on the lower
parts regularly transverse, and equal in extent to the white. White
spots on the upper parts very small, reduced to mere specks on the
dorsal region.

"Wing, 6.40; tail, 3.40;culmen, .60; tarsus, 1.S2; middle toe. .85.
Outer tail-feathers and inner webs of the primaries with the light
(ochraceous) bars only about one fourth as wide as the brown (dis-
appearing on the inner quills);" (Ridgw., orig. descr., 1. c.)
Habitat. Guadeloupe and St. Nevis.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 1 95

Speotyto amaura Lawr.

Sfeotyto amaura Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 234 (1878). — Cory,
List. Bds. W. I. p. 21 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — "Upper plumage of a fine deep, brown color, inarked
with roundish spots of light fulvous; the spots are smallest on the
crown, hind neck, and smallest wing-coverts ; they are conspicuously
large on the other wing-coverts, the dorsal region, scapulars, and
tertials ; the quills are blackish brown, with indented marks of pale
reddish fulvous on the outer webs of the primaries, and large round-
ish paler spots on the inner webs; under wing-coverts reddish ful-
vous sparsely mottled with black; tail dark brown, of the same color
as the back, crossed with four bars (including the terminal one), of
light reddish fulvous, which do not quite reach the shaft on each
web; bristles at the base of the bill black, with the basal portion of
their shafts whitish; front white, superciliary streak pale fulvous;
cheeks dark brown, the feathers tipped with fulvous; upper part of
throat pale whitish buff, the lower part grayish white, with a buffy
tinge, separated by a broad band of dark brown across the middle of
the throat, the feathers of which are bordered with light fulvous;
the sides of the neck and the upper part and sides of the breast are
dark brown, like the back, the feathers ending with fulvous, the
spots being larger on the breast; the feathers of the abdomen are
pale fulvous, conspicuously barred across their centres with dark
brown; on some of the feathers the terminal edgings are of the same
color; the flanks are of a clear light fulvous, with bars of a lighter
brown; under tail-coverts fulvous, with indistinct bars of brown ;
thighs clear fulvous, with nearly obsolete narrow dusky bars; the
feathers of the tarsi are colored like the thighs and extend to the
toes; bill clear light 3'ellow with the sides of the upper mandible
blackish, toes dull yellowish-brown.

"Length (fresh). Si in. ; wing, (y\ ; tail, 3J ; tarsus, i^.

"The female differs but little from the male in plumage; the bars
on the abdomen appear to be a little more strongly defined, and at
the base of the culmen is a small red spot. There are two females in
the collection, the other also having the red spot; in one the tarsi
are feathered to the toes, in the other only for two-thirds their length.

"Length of one (fresh), 8 in. ; wing, 6^ ; tail, 2J ; tarsus, 1:^.

"Length of the other, 8i ; wing, 6^; tail, 3; tarsus, i.J.

"Compared with gaudcloufensis. the prevailing color is dark
brown, instead of a rather light earthy-brown, and the spots on the
interscapular region are much larger; it is more strikingly barred
below, the other having the breast more spotted; the bars on the
tail are four instead of six. In the Antigua bird each feather of the
breast is crossed with but one bar. while those of the other are
crossed with two." (Lawr., orig. descr., I. c.)
Habitat. Antigua.

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Family FALCONID^.
Genus Pandion Sav.

Pandion Savigny, "Descr. de I'Egypt, Ois. p. 95, 1809."

Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.).

Falco carolinensis "Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 263 (17SS)."

Falco cayennensis "G.mel. Svst. Nat. I, p. 263 (1788)."

Pandion carolinensis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 19 (1S47). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 105 (1859) (Bahamas). — Brewer, ib. p. 306
(i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204 (Jamaica). —
March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 152 (Jamaica). — Gundl.
Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 222 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 364
(Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 158 (1878) (Porto
Rico) ; ib. J. f. O. 1878, p. 158 (Porto Rico).

Pandion haliaetus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 12 (1850). — Lawr. Pr. U. S.
Nat. Mus. I, p. 65 (1878) (Dominica) ; ib. p. 194 (St. Vincent) ; ib.
p. 236 (Antigua) ; ib. p. 273 (Grenada). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p.
131 (18S1). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. no (1881). —
Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 125 (1885). — Wells, List
Bds. Grenada, p. 6 (1S86).

Pandion haliaetus carolinensis CoRY, List Bds. \V. I. p. 22 (1885).

Pandion ridgwayi Maynard, .-Ym. Ex. & Mart. Jan. 15, 1887.
Common throughout the Bahamas and Antilles.

Genus Circus Lacep.

Circus Lacepede, Mem. de 1' Inst. Ill, p. 506, 1801.

Circus hudsonius (Linn.).

Falco hudsonius Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 128 (1766).

Circus cyaneus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 19 (1840)

Circus hudsonicus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist VII, p. 306 (i860)
(Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885).

Circus hudso?tius Gv^m^. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p, 224 (1865). — Bry-
ant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 65 (1867) (Bahamas). — Gundl.
J. f. O. 187 1, p. 369 (Cuba).

Circus cyaneus var. hudsonius Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 128 (1880).
Cuba and Bahamas.

Genus Rupornis Kaup.
Rupornis Kaup, Classif. Saug. u. Vog. 1844.

Rupornis ridgwayi Cory.

Rupornis ridgivayi CoRY, Journ. Bost. Zool. Soc. II, p. 46 (1S83) ; ib.
Auk, I. p. 4 (1884) ; '■*• Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 121 (1885) ;
i^.. List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above slaty brown; shafts of the feathers of the head
and upper back dark brown ; underparts slaty, faintly touched with

Cory ou the Birds of the West Iiidicy. 1 97

rufous on the belly and abdomen ; chin dull white ; shoulders and
thighs rufous, the latter much the brighter, and faintly pencilled
with indistinct pale lines; wings and tail dark brown, imperfectly
banded with dull white, and showing various shadings of a rufous
tinge; all the outer primaries imperfectly banded with white, grad-
ually becoming fainter on the outer webs, until just perceptible on
the sixth, the rest of the primaries and secondaries with the outer
web dark brown, and the inner webs thickly banded with white,
showing traces of rufous.

Length, 13.75; wing, 9.15; tail, 6. ; tarsus, 2.75; bill, 1.20.

Female:— Top of the head and neck brownish ash, becoming
darker on the back ; the feathers of the back and tertiaries edged
with rufous ; underparts dark rufous, the feathers narrowly banded
with white; thighs showing the rufous much brighter, the feathers
banded with very fine pale lines; crissum white, with rufous bands
near the tips; under part of breast slaty, shading into dull white on
the throat; the shafts of the feathers on the throat and breast dark
brown, showing in hair-like lines ; the rest as in the male.

Length, 14.50; wing 10. ; tail, 6.45; tarsus, 2.65; bill, 1.25.

Immature Male: — In general appearance much like Buteo fenn-
sylvanicus. Underparts dull white, the feathers slightly tinged with
rufous, the centre of the surface feathers showing a stripe of brown,
giving the body a striped appearance; thighs rufous, but paler
than in the adult ; above much resembling the adult; the white wing-
and tail-bands replaced by rufous bands on the terminal half of the
feathers.
Habitat. San Domingo.

Mr. Gurney mentions Rtipornis 7nagnirostHs from tlie Island
of Martinique (Ibis, 1876, p. 482), butsaysthat it might have pos-
sibly belonged to one or the other of the two Central American
forms, which at that time had not been separated from it.

Genus Buteo Cuvier.
Buteo "Cuv. Leij. d'Anat. Comp. I, tabl. ii, Ois. 1799-1880."

Buteo borealis (Gmel.).

Falco borealis Gmel. Syst. Nat. II, p. 226 (17S8).

Buteo borealis GossE Bds. Jam. p. 11 (1S47). — Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 18
(1S50;.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60)
(Cuba). — Albuecht, J. f. O. 1S62. p. 203 (Jamaica). — March, Pr.
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 151 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisi-
co-Nat. Cuba I, p. 223 (1865).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hfst.
XI, p. 64 (1867) (Bahamas).— Gundl J. f. O. 1871, p. 365 (Cuba) ;
tb 1S78, p. 158 (Porto Rico) ; ib. Anal Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p.

J Q(S Cory ou the Birds of the West Indies.

159(1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 131 (1880).—

A. & E. Newton, llandb. Jamaica, p. no (iSSi). — Cory, Lit^t Bds.

W. I. p. 22 (1S85).

Recorded from Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, and Baliamas.

Mr. J. H Gurney writes me he has an example of this species

from Haiti.

Buteo latissimus (Wils.).

Falco latissimus Wils. Am. Orn. I, p. 92 (1S12).

Buteo latissimus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 19 (1S50). — Cory, Ibis, 18S6, p.
473 (St. Vincent)

Buteo penmylvanicus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860)
(Cuba).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, 1, p. 223 (1865); ib.
J. f. O. 1871, p. 366 (Cuba).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 194
(1878) (St. Vincent) ; ib. p. 236 (Antigua) ; ib. p. 273 (Grenada). —
GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p i6o (187S) (Porto Rico) ;
ib. J. f. O. 1878, p. 15S (Porto Rico).— Allen, Bull Nutt. Orn.
Club, V, p. 169 (1880) (Santa Lucia). — Lister, Ibis. 1880, p. 43
(St. Vincent). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1S85).— Wells, List
Bds. Grenada, p. 6 (1886).
Common winter visitant, and possible resident in the Lesser

Antilles.

Recorded from Cuba, Porto Rico, and Lesser Antilles.

Genus Accipiter Briss.

Accipiter Brisson, Orn. I. p. 310. 1760

Accipiter gundlachi Lawr.

Astur cooperi Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 17 (1850). — Cab J. f O. 1854,
Ni.'ius pileatus Lemb. Aves Cuba, Suppl. p. 125 (1S50).
Accipiter coo/crz Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).
Accipiter pileatus Brewer, Pr. Bo.st Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i86o)(i*)
Accipiter vicxicanus Brewer, Pr. Bost Soc. Nat. Hist VII, p 306 (1S60).
Accipiter gundlachi Lawr. Ann. Lj'c. N. Y. 1862, p. 252. — Gundl.

Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 224 (1865). — Scl. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 120 (1873). — Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p.

137 (1874).— Cory, List Bds W. I. p. 22 (1885).
Cooperastur gundlachi Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 33 (1869).
Nisus cooperi xar. gundlachi 'Bx> BwR. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill,

p. 22.'iS74).
Nisiis gundlachi RiVGW. Studies Am. Falc. p. 104 (1876)

'^ Adult male: — 'Front, crown and occiput sooty-black; upper
plumage dull bluish ash, the feathers of the back with brownish

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margins ; tail of the same color as the back, partly tinged with dull ru-
fous and crossed with four brown bars, three of which are imperfect,
being but little developed on the outer webs, the outer bar. however,
crosses both webs, and is narrowly tipped with white ; quill feath-
ers brown, having the shafts, as are also those of the tail-feathers,
reddish brown; cheeks dusky ash; space forward of the eye pale
dull rufous ; a line of whitish feathers runs along the edge of the
crown and extends over the eye; throat ashy white tinged with
rufous; sides of the neck, upper part of the breast and a band run-
ning to the hind neck, grayish ash; lower portion of the breast and
upper part of the abdomen rufous, the feathers very narrowly edged
with dull white, lower part of abdomen of a paler rufous, with trans-
verse bars of dull white; long feathers of the sides grayish ash
tinged with rufous and destitute of bars or spots ; sides just above
the junction of the tail plain rufous; thighs of a bright but rather
pale rufous, the feathers having darker sub-marginal ends, termi-
nating with very narrow edgings of dull white; under wing-coverts
and axillars bright rufous barred with white; the feathers of the
throat, breast and sides have their shafts dark brown; upper tail-
coverts grayish ash, lower white; bill horn color, with a whitish
mark on the tooth and also on the edge of the lower mandible near
its base ; legs greenish yellow.

"Length about iS inches ; wing from flexure 9! ; tail 'j'i ; tarsus 2%."
(Lawr., orig. descr., 1. c.)
Habitat. Cuba.

Accipiter fringilloides Vig.

AccipHer fringilloides ViG. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 434 (1828). -Denny,
P. Z. S. 1847, p. 38.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.
306 (i860).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 32 (1869).— Gundl. J. f. O.
1871, p. 368.— ScL. &. Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 120 (1873).—
Sha^pe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p. 135 (1874).— Cory, Bds. rlaiti
& San Domingo, p. 120 (18S5) ; /<&. List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885).

Nisus fringilloides D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. iS
(iS4o).-Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 128 (1S50).— Ridgw. Studies Am.
Falc. p. 117 (1876).

iV^/..:«5 /«.';c«5 Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 128 (1S50).— Gunwl. J. f. O. 1854.—
Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (1881).

Accipiter fuscus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).

Nisus fuscus y^x fringilloides Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill,
p. 223 (1874).

Sp. Char, i^cwrt/c.-— Resembles Accipiter fusciis, but plumage much paler;
above brown, the concealed portions of the feathers showing much
white ; concealed feathers of the back regularly marked with broad
spots of white; tail pale brown, showing five somewhat indistinct

200 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

bands of darker brown ; under surface of tail dull white, regularly
banded with brown ; breast and belly white, the shafts of the feath-
ers dark brown, showing hair-like lines over the Avhole surface ; these
lines are in many cases bordered with pale brown, gi\'ing the appear-
ance of arrow-shaped markings; under tail-coverts white; quills
brown, barred with white on the inner webs; under surface of wings
white, barred with brown.

Length, 11.50; wing 7. ; tail, 5.50; tarsus, 1.75.
Habitat. Cuba, Haiti, and San Domingo.

Dr Gundlach has a fine adult male of this species in his col-
lection. It is smaller than the female, as would be expected, and
has the cheeks and sides of the throat tinged a beautiful orange
brown, the color also showing in the breast marking.

The female described was killed a few miles from Port au
Prince, Haiti, during March, 1881. It was the only one seen.

Accipiter velox (Wils.).

Falco velox "Wils. Am. Orn. V, p. 116 (1S12)."

Accipiter fusctis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 105 (1859;

(Bahamas). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 128 (1S80) ; ib. List Bds.

W. I. p. 22 (1S85).

Accidental in the Bahamas.

Genus Urubitinga Less.
Urubitinga Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 132.

Urubitinga anthracina (Light.).

Falco anthracinus Light, in Mus. Berol. unde Nitzsch. Pteryl. p. S3

(1840).
Morphtius urubitinga I emb. Aves Cuba, p. 14 (1S50). — AlbrechtJ. f O.

1862, p. 204 (Jamaica).
Hypomorphtis gutidlachi Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306

(i860) (Cuba).
Hypomorphnus gutidlachi Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 223

(1865) ; ib. J. f O. 1871, p. 365 (Cuba).
Urubitinga anthracina Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p. 215 (1S74)

(Cuba).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 194 (187S) (St. Vincent).

— Lister, Ibis, 1880, p 43 (St. Vincent). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.

22 (1885).— Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 6 (1S86) (?) —Cory,

Ibis, 1886, p. 473 (St. Vincent).

Records from Cuba, Jamaica, St. Vincent, and Grenada ( })

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 20I

Genus Falco I.inn.
Falco LiNN^us, Sjst. Nat. I, p. 124, 1766.

Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.).

Falco afiattim Bp. Geog. & Comp. List, p. 4 (1S34). — GossE, Bds. Jam.
p. 16 (1847).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 105 (1859)
(Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer, p. 306 (:86o) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O.

1862, p. 204 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863,
pp. 152, 304 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p.
225 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 371 (Cuba) ; ib. 1878, p. 158 (Porto
Rico) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VH, p. 161 (i878)(Porto Rico).

Falco peregrinus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. II (1S50). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 64 (1867) (Bahamas). — A. & E. Newton,

Handb. Jamaica, p. no (iSSi).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885).
Falco comtnunis SuNDKV. Oefv. Af. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p. 586 (St.

Bartholomew). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 129 (18S0).
Falco communis var. anatum Lawk. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (1878)

(Antigua) ; ib. p. 240 (Barbuda).

Many records from the Antilles; specimens have been taken in
the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, Porto Rico, and
St. Bartholomew.

Falco columbarius Linn.

Falco columbarius Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 90 (1758) ; ib. 12th ed.
p. 128 (1766). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p 23
(1840). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 17 (1847). — Sundev. Oefv. Af. K.
Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 601 (Porto Rico). — A. & E. Newton,
Handb. Jamaica, p. no (18S1). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,
p. 123 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 22 (18S5)

Hypotriorchis columbarius Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306
(i860) (Cuba). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 79 (Jamaica). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1862, p. 203 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.

1863, p. 152 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p.
225 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 372 (Cuba) ; ib. 1878, p. 158 (Porto
Rico) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 162 (1878) (Porto Rico).

y^salon columbarius Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 6 (18S6).

Recorded from San Domingo, Porto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica,
Grenada, and St. Thomas.

Falco sparverius Linn.

Falco sparverius Linn. Syst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 90 (1758) ; ib. 12th ed. p.
128 (1766).— Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 284 (17S8).— Lath. Ind. Orn.

202 Cory o« the Birds of the West Indies.

p. 42 (1790). — ViEiLL. Enc. Mdth. Ill, p. 1234 (1S20). — Wagl. Isis,

1831, p. 517. — AuD. Bds. Am. I, p. 94 (1839). — Cassin, in Baird's

Bds. N. Am. p. 13 (1S60).— Salv. P. Z. S. 1S67, p. 158.— Sundev.

Oefv. Af. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 586.— Schleg. Rev. Accipitr.

p. 45 (1873). — CouES, Kej N. Am. Bds. p. 537 (1S84). — Cory, Bds.

Bahama I. p. 103 (1S80) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1S85).
Falco noveboracensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 284 (1788).
Tinnunculus sfarveriusYiKii.1^. Ois. Am. Sept. pis. XII, XIII (1807). —

Bp. Consp. I, p. 27 (1850).— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1855,

p. 278. — Strickl. Orn. Sjn. I. p. 99 (1855). — Bryant, Pr. Best.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 105 (1859);/^. Brewer, p. 306 (i860). — ScL.

& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 121(1873). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1878, p.

158 (.?).— GuRNEY, List Bds. Prey, p. 98 (1S84).— Wells, List Bds.

Grenada, p. 6 (1886).
Cerckneis sparveriusBv. List Eur. & N. Am. Bds. p. 5 (1838).
Falco isabellinus SwAiNS. An. Menag. p. 281 (1S38).
Tiuniinciilus fhalcena Less. Mam. et Ois. p. 178 (1847).
Pacilornis sparverius Kaup, Mon. Falc Cent. Orn. p. 53 (1850). — Gray,

Handl. Bds. I. p. 23 (1S69).
Tinminciilus sfarverius var. isabel/i^msKiDGW. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.

1870, p. 149. — Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 171

(1874).
Cerchneis sparveria Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p. 437 ( 1874).
Cerchneis isabeUina Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I. p. 441 ( 1S74)
Falco {Tinnunculus') sparverius "Bt). Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

III. p. 169 (1874).
Tinminciilus isabellinus Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 561 ; ib. List Bds. Prey,

p. 99(1884).
Falco sparverius isabellinus Coues, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 53S (1884).

Several forms of this species occur in the West Indies, hut vary
nuich in different localities I have a specimen in my cabinet
from San Domingo which is apparently true F. sparverius.

Falco dominicensis Gmel.

Falco dominicensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 28S (1788).— Bryant, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 90 (1866).
Falco sparverius D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 25 (1840).

—Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P- 231— Sundev. Oefv. Af. K. Vet. Alvad.

For. 1869, p. 5S6.
Tinnunculus dominicensis Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 100 (1855). — Brewer,

Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-

Nat. Cuba, I, p. 225 (1865).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 24 (1869).—

GuxDL. J. f. O. 1871, p. 373; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p.

163 (1878).— Gurney, List Bds. Prey, p. 99 (1884).
Tinnunculus sparverius Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S60, p. 374.

Cory oji the Birds of the West Indies. 2O3

Falco Icucophrys Ridgw. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S70, p. 147.
Tiunu.iculus leucophrys Ridgw. Pr. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 1870, p. 149. —

ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 121 (1S73). — Bd. Bwr. &

Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Til. p. 161 (1S74).
Tinnunculus sparverius var. do7ninicensis Ridgw. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.

Phila. 1870, p. 149.
Cerchneis leucophrys Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. ISIus I, p. 442 (1874).
Falco sparverius var. doini/iicefisis Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.

in, p. 167 (1874).
TiiDiunculiis sparverius {?) Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (18S1).
Falco sparverius isabellitius Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 124

(1875).
Falco sparverius dominicensis Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (18S4).

Sp. Char. Alale: — Top of head slate color; forehead whitish; throat
white ; a maxillai-j and auricular black stripe ; breast rufous ; back
dark rufous brown ; tail rufous brown, tipped with white, and hav-
ing a sub-terminal band of black ; outer web of outer tail-feather
white; wing-coverts slate color ; abdomen and bellj white ; a patch
of black on the side of the neck.

Fetnale: — Top of head slate color, showing a patch of rufous; en-
tire upper parts rufous brown, banded with dull black; underparts
very pale rufous, delicately streaked and spotted with brown ; throat
white.

Length, 10.; wing, 7.; tail, 5. tarsus, 1.20.
Habitat. Cuba.^ Haiti, San Domingo, and Porto Rico.

Falco sparverioides Vig.

Falco sparverioides Vig. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 436 (1S2S). — D'Orb. in La
.Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p, 30 (1840). — Ridgw. Pr. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phila. 1870, p. 149. — Coues, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 538 (1884).

Tinnunculus sparverioides Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 21 (1844). — Bp. Consp.
I, p. 27 (1850). — Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 100 (1855). — Lawr. Ann.
Lye. N. Y. 1S60, p. 247.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VIII,
p. 306 (i860). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 121 (1873). —
Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p, 565; ib. List Bds. Prey, p. 100 (1884).

PcBcilornis sparverioides Kaup, Contr. Orn. p. 53 (1850). — Bp. Rev. Mag.
Zool. 1854, p. 537. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 24 (1S69.)

Cerchneis sparverioides Siiarpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p. 443 (1874).

Falco (^Tinnunculus) sparverioides Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N.Am.
Bds. Ill, p. 162 (1874).

Falco sparverius sparverioides Cory, List Bds. \V. I. p. 22 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above entirely slate blue in the adult bird ; most spec-
imens seen have the back chestnut brown mixed with slaty; rump,
upper tail-coverts, and tail chestnut brown ; tail with a sub-terminal

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band of black; inner secondaries gray; sides of the face and throat
white; a streak of black on sides of throat; slight mark on the nape
and a patch near the ear-coverts black; breast pale chestnut, and
becoming vvhitisli, tinged with chestnut on the belly and vent;
flanks showing a grayish tinge, and a few faint black spots.

Length (skin), about lo; wing, 6.50; tail, 470; tarsus, 1.50;
bill, .60.
HABtTAT. Cuba.

Falco caribbaearum Gmel.

Fiilco caribbcearum Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. p. 284 (1788).

Ftdco cEsalon, var. p. Lath. Ind. Orn. L P- 49 (1790)-

Cerchneis carribcearum (?) Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p. 442 (1874).

Ttnnunctilus sparverius var. antillarum Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus I, p.

487 (1878).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (1880).
Tinntuiculus antillarum Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 547.
Tinnnnciilus caribbcearum Grisdale, Ibis, 1S82, p. 491.— Gurney, List

Bds. Prey, p. 99 (1884). — Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172

(18S4).
Falco sparverius caribbaearujn Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885); ib.

Ibis, 1886, p. 474.

Sp. Ch.\r. Male: — General plumage above chestnut brown, heavily banded
with black; forehead grayish; top of head chestnut brown, show-
ing faint lines of black; underparts dull white, tinged with rufous
on the breast, and spotted and streaked with black, heaviest on the
sides of the body; primaries heavily blotched with white on the
inner webs; under surface of tail brown, showing numerous bands
of black, a wide subterminal band of black, and narrowly tipped
with grayish white.

Length (skin) 9.50; wing, 6; tail, 4.50; tarsus, i; bill .55.
Habitat. Lesser Antilles.

Genus Elanoides Vieill.

Elanoides ''Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. XXIV, p: loi, i8t8. Type Falco furca-
ius ^ F. forficatus Linn."

Elanoides forficatus (Linn.).

Falco forficatus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 89 (1758).

Nauclerus furcatus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 19 (1847). — Brewer, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60) (Cuba).— Albrecht, J. f. O.
1862, p. 204 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863,
P- 153 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 225
(1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 370 (Cuba).— A. & E. Newton, Handb.
Jamaica, p. no (1881).

Elanoides forficatus Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885).
Recorded from Cuba and Jamaica.

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Genus Rostrhamus Less.

Rostrhaimis Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 55, 1831.

Rostrhamus sociabilis (Vieill.).

Hcrfetothcrus sociabilis ViEiLL. Nouv. Diet. XVIII, p. 31S (1818).
Rostrhamus sociabilis D'Orb in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 15

(1840).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860)

(Cuba). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 222 (1865); ib.

J. f. O. 1S71, p. 362 (Cuba).
Rostrhainus hamattis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60)

(Cuba).
Rosthramiis sociabilis Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 22 (1885).
Cuba.

Genus Regerhinus Kaup.
Regerhinus Kaup, Mus. Senck. Ill, p. 262, 1845.

Regerhinus wilsonii (Cass.).

Cymindis w//5c7«« Cassin, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. new ser. I, p. 21,
pi. vii (1S47). — ^P- Consp. I, p. 21 (1850).— feAWR. Ann. Ljc. N.
Y. VII, p. 257 (1S60). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 122

(1873)-
Regerhinus -ivilsonii Kaup, Arch. f. Naturg. 1S50, p. 40. — Buewer, Pr.

Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 ( 1S60).— Gundl. J. f. O. 1871. p.

360. — RiDGw. Studies Ain. Falc. p. 159(1876). — Cory. List Bds.

W. \. p. 23 (1885).
Cymiiidis uticinatus Lemb. Aves Cuba, Suppl. (1S50). — Brewer, Pr. Bo«t.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p, 306 (1S60).
Regerhinus uncinatus Cab. J. f. O. 1854, p. 80.
Regerhinus -wilsoni Gk\y, Handl. Bds. I, p. 28 (1869).
Leptodon w/Zf^;// Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p. 333 (1S74).

'■'■Male: — Body above entirely dark brown, paler on the head;
beneath white, every feather from the chin to the under tail-coverts
crossed by several bars of bright rufous, and these colours extend-
ing upwards into a collar around the neck; 4th, 5th, and 6th pri-
maries longest and nearly equal, external webs nearly black, internal
webs of outer primaries white at base, and for nearly half their
length, remaining part reddish inclining to chestnut, every primary
(on its inner web) having two irregularly shaped black marks, and
tipped with black. Tail of the same colour as the back, but paler,
white at base, and crossed by about four broad bars, Avhich are
nearly black, the second bar from the tip accompanied by a narrow
rather indistinct bar of rufous; tip of tail narrowly edged with
white. Bill very large, larger than that of any other species of

206 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

this genus, yellowish white, inclining to bluish horn-colour at
base. Total length 17 inches.

'■'■Female: — Body above entirely light bluish ash-colour, paler on
the head, beneath barred with the same, the bars having a ferrugi-
nous tinge" (Cassin, 1. c).
Habitat. Cuba.

Regerhinus uncinatus (Temm.).

Falco uncinatus Temm. PI. Col. 103, 104, 105 (1824).

Cymindis uncinatus Less. Man. d'Orn. I, p. 91 (1828). — Gray, Gen. Bds.

I, p. 25 (1844).— Bp. Consp. I, p. 21 (1850).— BuRM. Th. Bras. II,

p. loS (1856).— Leot. Ois. Trinid. p. 36 (1866).— Gray, Handl.

Bds. I, p. 136 (1S69). — Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 5, 398 (1871). — Schleg.

Rev. Accipitr. p. 136 (1S73). — Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 419. — ScL.

& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 122 (1873). — Wells, List Bds.

Grenada, p. 6 (1S86).
Falco vitticaudus Max. Beitr. Ill, p. 178 (1830).
Cymindis cuculoides Sw.mns. Classif. Bds. II, p. 209 (1837).
Regerhinus uncinatus Kaup, Mus. Senckenb. Ill, p. 262 (1845). — Cab. in

Schomb. Reis. Guian. Ill, p. 736 (1848). — Gukdl. J. f. O. 1871, p.

284.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885).
Rostrhamus uncinatus Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 136 (1855).
Cymindis fucherani 'L.kot. Ois. Trinid. p. 40 (1866). — Gray, Handl. Bds.

I, p. 25 (1869).— FiNSCH, P. Z. S. 1S70. p. 557.
Cymindis boliviensis Burm. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 635. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I,

p. 28 C1869).
Cytnindis vitticaudus Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 6, 398 (1S71).
Leptodon uncinatus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. I, p. 330 (1S74).

'■'■ Toung: — ^ Above brown, the dorsal feathers and wing-coverts
margined with pale rufous, the upper tail-coverts broadly barred
and tipped with buif ; quills dark brown, with rufous-buff tips, the
primaries barred with dark brown above, the secondaries more or
less distinctly barred with rufous or rufous buff; the under surface
of the wing ashy brown, barred with darker brown, the bases of the
feathers creamy buff, washed with rufous near the tips; tail ashy
brown, tipped with whitish, barred across with dark brown bars,
the interspaces on the inner web creamy buff, more or less mottled
with brown above, at the base barred above and below with creamy
buff, like the upper tail-coverts; crown of the head dark brown,
with no pale margins; sides of the face and a collar around the
neck white, slightly spotted with pale brown, the ear-coverts inclin-
ing to bluish grey; under surface of body white, the throat indis-
tinctly spotted, and the breast narrowly barred with pale brown,
the bars almost linear on the under tail-coverts, those on tlie

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 207

thigh-feathers broader and more rufous: under wing-coverts and
axillaries white, barred with pale rufous. Total length 17 inches,
culmen 1-65, wing 10-4, tail 8-6, tarsus 1-45.

"Another specimen still quite young, agrees with the foregoing
in the coloration of the wings and tail, but has the edgings to the
feathers of the upper surface very much broader, and a broad white
tip to the tail; the sides of the face and coll;ir round the neck are
creamy white, without any brown spots; the under surface of the
body is also more free from spots, with here and there a feather
appeariag broadly barred with tawny rufous, indicative of the next
change in the plumage.

"i1/(7/'«/-e;— Altogether different from the preceding stage. Above
leaden brown, the head more slaty, the sides of the face and chin
clear slaty blue; around the neck a rufous collar; quills brown,
with narrow apical margins of pale rufous or buffy white, the outer
secondaries rufous for nearly their whole extent, the under surface
of the wing greyish, creamy white near the base, all the quills
barred above and below with blackish brown ; tail ashy gi-ey,
crossed by two very broad bars of black, tippec^ with creamy white,
before which an indistinct subterminal line of ashy grey is visible,
some of the outer upper tail-coverts and base of tail slightly mottled
with whitish ; under surface of body tawny rufous, crossed with
b»oad bars of ochraceous buff, the under wing-coverts similarly
marked, the lower ones ochraceous buff, with greyish black cross-
bars.

"The next change seems to be in the undersurface, where the
ochre-coloured become quite white, and whitish bars appear on the
grey throat. From this stage (to judge by our specimens) it
changes by a partial moult, and by a gradual change of feather at
the same time ; for the bars on the breast lose by degrees their
rufous tint and become grey, while the back also becomes slaty
grey instead of brown; the nuchal collar gradually disappears.
This gradual development seems lo be satisfactorily traced, with
the exception of the tail, which, instead of agreeing with that of
the rufous or "mature" stage, has four rather narrow black bars,
like the yoimg specimen first described. This can only be ac-
counted for by the fact that Hawks have really no fixed laws of
change in plumage, and that it is impossible for anyone to define
exactly the regular sequence of the variations. No two birds are ex-
actly alike; for one has the head more advanced another the tail,
vice versa. Thus the bird last noticed as donning iiis grey dress
is very far advanced as regards his body-plumage, but has not
moulted his tail, whereas those in the rufous dress are not so
forward in their body-plumage, but have already the tail of the
adult (one being in the act cf moulting").

"^f/«///c;««/t';— Slaty blue above and below; no trace of a nuchal
collar; under surface narrowly but irregularly barred with white,

208 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

the under tail-coverts clear buff; under wing-coverts grey, thickly
barred with bufFy white- quills blackish, shaded with slatj grey
above, the secondaries entirely of this colour, the under surface
greyish white, with black bars and tips, less conspicuous on the
upper surface ; tail alternately crossed with two bands of black
above, with a broad intermediate band of ashy grey between, nar-
rowly tipped with ashy grey, barred with ochraceous buff and black
below, the bars very broad. Total length 17 inches, culmen 1-6,
wing 1 1-7, tail 7-5, tarsus 1-4.

'■'Adult Male: — A little smaller than the female. Total length 16
inches, culmen 1-55, wing 11, tail 7-5, tarsus 1-4." (Sharpe, 1. c.)

I have quoted Mr. Sliarpe's admirable description of this
species in full ; as the series of specimens at my command is
totally inadequate to enable me to properly describe the various
stages of plumage.

The bird is recorded from Grenada, and is probably accidental
in the Antilles.

Genus Polyborus Vieill.

Polyboras Vieillot, Analyse, p. 22, 1816.

Polyborus cheri^vay (Jacq^.).

Falco c he rizv ay ].\CQ^ Beitr. p. 17, tab. 4 (17S4).

Polyborus vulgaris D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 9 (1S40).

—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 306 (i860) (Cuba).
Polyborus tharus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VHI, p. 306 (1S60)

(Cuba"). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 221 (1865).
Polyborus cheriway Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VHI, p. 306 (i860)

(Cuba).— GuNDL. J. f O. 1871, p. 284 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds.

W. \. p. 23(1885).
Polyborus brasiliensis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860)

(Cuba)
Polyborus auduboni Gv^D-L. J. f O. 1S71, p. 357 (Cuba) (.?).
Accidental in Cuba.

Family CATHARTID^.
Genus Cathartes Illiger.

Cathartes Illiger, Prodr. p. 236, 181 1.

Cathartes aura (Linn.).

Vultur aura LiNN. Syst. Nat. L p. 86 11 758V

Cathartes aura D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 4 (1S40). —

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2O9

GossE, Bds. Jam. p. i (1S47). — Bryaijt, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.
VII, p. 104 C1859) (Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer, p. 306 (i860) (Cuba).
— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 203 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 150 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat.
Cuba, I, p. 221 (1S65) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 253 (Cuba).— Cory,
Bds. Bahama I. p. 134 (18S0). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica,
p. Ill (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885).

Recorded from the Bahamas, Cuba, and Jamaica.

Genus Catharista Vieill.

Catharista Vieillot, Analyse, p. 21, 1816.

Catharista atrata (Bartr.).

Viiltnr atratusBiXK-TR. Trav. Car. p. 285 (1792).

Cathartes atratus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 151 (Ja-
maica). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. iii (1881).
Catharista atrata Cory, List Bds. W. 1. p. 23 (1885).

This species is claimed to have occurred in Jamaica. No
other West Indian record.

Family COLUMBIDAE.

Genus Columba Linn.
Columba Linn^us, Sjst. Nat. 1735, and Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 162 (1758).

Columba leucocephala Linn.

Columba leucocephala Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 164 (1758).— Nutt. Man.
Orn. I, p. 625 (1832). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 299 (1S47). — Salle,
P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 235. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat^ Sci. Phila. 1863, p.
301. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 96 (1S66). — Sundev.
Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, pp. 585, 600. — Scl. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. & Rinow. Hist. N. Am.
Bds. Ill, p. 363 (1874).— Lawr. Pr. U. S.Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (187S)

2 I O Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

— Cory, Bds. Baliama I. p. 137 (iSSo). — A. <& E. Newton, Handb.

Jamaica, p. 114 (1881).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154

(1881) ; lb. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 134 (18S5) ; ib. List Bds.

W. I. p. 23 (1SS5).— CouES, Key N. Am. Bds- p. 565 (1884).
Patugioznas Ic.ucocepJialus Reich. Sjst. Av. (1851). — Bp. Consp. II, p. 54

(1854). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 253-
Patagioenas leucocephala Reich. Sjst. Nat. p. 25 (1851). — Bp. Consp. II,

p. 54 (1S54). — C.\B. J. f. O. i8.s6, p. 107. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc.

Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (iSrx)).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 80.— Albrecht,

J. f. O. 1862, p. 204. — ib. GuNDL. 1874, p. 28S; lb. Anal. Soc. Esp.

Hist. Nat. VII, p. 345 (187S).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish blue, showing slight reflections; crown
pure white, bordered at the nape by a band of dark purple, and be-
low it a cape extending upon each side of the neck of metallic green,
showing blue in some lights, the feathers bordered with black;
quills dark brown, becoming lighter upon the secondaries ; under-
parts grayish blue ; crissum plumbeous ; tail very dark brown.
The female resembles the male, but is somewhat paler.
Length, 12.50; wing, 7. 25; tail, 2 25; tarsus, .80.
Habitat. Bahamas and Antilles.

Columba corensis Gmel.

Columba corensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 783 (178S). — Sall^, P. Z. S.
1857, p. 235. — A. «& E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 252. — Cassin, Pr.
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 377. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. XI, p. 96 (1866).— SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p.
601. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Bd. Bwr.
& RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 360 (1874).— Lawr. Pr. U. S.
Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (1878).— Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 42. — Allen, Bull.
Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (1S80).— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Do-
mingo, p. 136 (1885); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885). — Wells,
List Bds. Grenada, p. 6 (1886).

Columba portoriccnsis Temm. Hist. Gen. Pigeons, I, pi. 15 (1813). —
D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 172 (1S40).

Columba moniicolorXi^WA.. Nouv. Diet. XXVI, p. 355 (1818).

Columba imbricata Wagl. Syst. Nat. No. 48 (1827).

Patagioenas corensis Bp. Consp. II, p. 54 (1854). — Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p.
108. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). —
Gundl. Repert Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 299 (1866); ib.]. f. O. 1874,
p. 289; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 344 (1878).

Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage slaty; top of head, throat and breast
pale purple ; a broad cape extending from the sides of the neck, over
the upper back, of beautifully rounded feathers, showing bright,
metallic purple when held in the light, each feather narrowly edged
with dark brown at the base of the skull.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 211

The sexes are similar, the female being slightly paler.
Length, 13. 50; wing, 7.50; tail, 5.50; tarsus, i.
Habitat. Antilles.

Columba caribaea Linn-

Columba caribcea Linn. Sjst. Nat. I (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. T, p. 773
(1788). — Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 603 (1790). — Temm. Hist. Gen. Pig-
eons, 450 (1813-15). — Shaw, Gen. Zool. XI, p. 37 (1819). — Sundev.
Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 601. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium
Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p.
359(1874). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (1881). —
Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885).

Columba caribbcsa Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, P- 39-

Columba caribbea GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 291 (1S47).

Patagivenas caribtvaBp. Consp. II, p. 54 (1854). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 80.
— Albkecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 204. — Reich. Handb. p. 65, tab. 230. —
Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 234 (1870).

Columba carribea March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 301.

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and cheeks showing a faint olive, the rest of
the head a dull purplish tinge; chin dull white; featheis of the nape
and upper back showing golden greep reflections when held in the
light; rest of upper parts dull olive; breast showing a dull purplish
tinge; rest of underparts pale reddish brown; upper surface of tail
dark slaty brown, almost black, to within two inches of the tin,
which is very pale brown ; upper tail-coverts nearly covering the
dark brown of the basal portion ; under surface of tail dull white ;
primaries dark brown, narrowly edged with white on the outer
webs, showing brightest on the second, third, and fourth feathers.
The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 14; wing, 8.50; tail, 6; tarsus, .90.
Habitat. Jamaica and Porto Rico.

Columba inornata Vig.

Columba inornata Vig. Zool. Journ. 1S27, p. 446. — D'Orb. in La Sagra's
Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 173 (1840;. — Denny, P. Z. S. 1S47, P- 39 —
Scl. p. Z. S. 1861, p. 80.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863,
p. 301. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Bd.
BwR. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 360 (1S74).— A. & E.
Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (18S1). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San
Domingo, p 136 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1SS5).

Columba rufina Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 296 (1847).

Chlorocnas inornata Bp. Consp. II, p. 53 (1S54). — Cab. J. f O. 1856, p.
106. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). —
Sclater, p. Z. S. 1S61, p. So. — ALBRtcuT, J. f O. 1862, p. 204. —

212 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 298 (1S66) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S74,
pp. 286, 312 • ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 343 (1S78).

Sp. Char. Male: — Head, neck, underparts, and some of the wing-coverts
dull purple ; rest of plumage slaty ; edges of outer webs of some of
the wing-coverts white, distinctly marking the wings; chin dull
white.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 14.50; wing, 8.50; tail, 5.50; tarsus, i.io.
Habitat. Greater Antilles.

Genus Engyptila Sundev.
Engyptila Sundevall, Stockholm Acad. Handl. 1S35.

Engyptila jamaicensis (Linn.).

Columba jamaicensis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 283 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat.

I, p. 782 (17S8). — Temm. Hist. Gen. Pigeons, p. 495 (1S13--15).
Columba frontalis TemjsI. Hist. Gen. Pigeons (1813-15).
Goura jamaicensis Shaw, Gen. Zool. XI, p. 126 (1819).
Peristera jamaicensis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 313 (1847). — Albrecht. J. f. O.

1862, p. 204.
Leptoptila jamaicensis Sloane, Jam. pi. 262. — Bp. Icon. Pig. t. 119; ib.

Consp. II, p. 73 (1864).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p.

302. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 242 (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom.

Avium Neotr. p. 133 (1873).
Engyptila jamaicensis A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (1881). —

Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead dull white, shading into slaty gray on the
top of the head; a cape of metallic purple, blue and gray, when
held in the light; rest of upper surface olive; throat dull white,
becoming slaty on the underparts ; flanks and belly dull white ;
under surface of wings bright rufous ; tail feathers slaty, tipped Avith
white, except the two central ones, which are pale brown ; primaries
pale brown.

Length (skin), 10; wing, 6; tail, 4.25; tarsus, i; bill .75.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Engyptila wellsi Lawr.

Enn-yftila ii'cllsi Lawr. Auk, I. No 2, p. 180 (18S4). — Cory, List Bds.
W. I. p. 23 (18S5); ib. Revised List (18S6).— Wells, List Bds.
Grenada, p. 7 (1S86).

Sp. Char. Female: — "The front is whitish, with a slight tinge of fawn
color on the anterioi' portion, and is of a bluish cast on the posterior :

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2 I 3

the crown and occiput are dark brown ; the hind neck is of a rather
lighter brown ; the back, wings, and upper tail-coverts are of a dull
olivaceous green ; the first outer tail-feather is brownish-black, nar-
rowly tipped with white; the second is dark brown for two-thirds its
length, terminating in blackish; all the other tail-feathers are dark
umber brown above, and black underneath ; the chin is white ; the
neck in front and the upper part of the breast are of a reddish fawn
color ; the middle and lower parts of the breast and the abdomen
are creamy white; the sides are of a light fulvous color; the under
tail-coverts are white, tinged with fulvous; the quills have their
outer webs of a clear warm brown ; the inner webs and under wing-
coverts are of a rather light cinnamon color; the bill is black; the
tarsi and toes are bright carmine red.

"Mr. Wells says the sexes are alike.

"Length, 12.25 inches; wing, 6.00; tail, 4.00; bill, .63; tarsus,
1.25." (Lawr., 1. c, orig. discr.)
Habitat. Grenada.

Engyptila collaris Cory.

Engyftila collaris Cory, Auk, III, pp. 498, 502 (18S6).

Sp. Char. — Forehead dull white ; top of the head dark, gray, showing a
metallic tinge of purple on the nape ; a cape of metallic purple
showing greenish red reflections where it joins the back; back dark
brownish olive; throat dull white; breast dull vinaceous, shading
into dull white on the belly; sides dull red brown; under wing-
coverts and under surface of wing rufous brown; primaries brown,
having the inner webs heavily marked with rufous brown ; tail slaty
brown, two or three outer feathers tipped with white; feet red ; bill
black ; iris dull white.

Length, 9.50; wing, 5.75 ; tail 3.50; tarsus, 1.25 ; bill, .75.
Habitat. Grand Cayman.

Genus Zenaidura Bonap.

Zeyiaidura "Bonaparte, Consp. H, 1854, p. 84."

Zenaidura macroura (Linn.).

Columbn macroura Linn. S. N. ed. 10. p. 164 (175S), part.

Columba carolinensis Linn. Syst. Nat. \, p. 286 (1766).— D'Orb. in La

Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 176 (1840).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet.

Akad. For. 1869, p. 601 (Porto Rico).
Zenaidura carolinensis Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 235 (San Domingo). —

Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (iSSi) (Haiti); il>. Bds.

Haiti & San Domingo, p. 129 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885).
Perissura carolinensis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. H;st. VII, p. 307 (i860)

214 Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies.

(Cuba). — GiNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 301 (1865); ib.
J. f. O. 1S74, p. 29S (Cuba).
Columba (^Zciiadura) carolincnsis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI,
p. 96 (1S67) (San Domingo).

Recorded from Haiti, San Domingo, Cuba, and Porto Rico.
Genus Ectopistes Swains.

Ectopisfes SwAiNSON, Zool. Jour. Ill, p. 362, 1827.

Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.).

Columba migratoria Linn. Svst. Nat. I, p. 285 (1766).

Ectopistes migratoria SwAiNS. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 362 (1827). — Gundl.
J. f. O. 1856, p. 112 (Cuba) ; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 302
(1865); ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 300 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.
24 (1885).
Accidental in Cuba.

Genus Zenaida Bonap.
Zenaida Bonaparte, Geog. and Conip. List. p. 41, 183S.

Zenaida zenaida (Bonap.).

Columba ze7iaida Bp. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. V, p. 33 (1825). —
Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 744. — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba,
Ois. p. 177 (1840). — AuD. Bds. Am. V, p. i (1842). — Bryant, Pr.
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 257 (1866).

Zenaida amabilis Bp. List, 1838; ib. Consp. II, p. 82 (1854).— GossE,
Bds. Jam. p. 307 (1847). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.
120 (1859). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 253. — Brewer, Pr.
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 120 (i859).^A. & E. Newton, Ibis,
1859, p. 253. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). —
Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 37S.— ScL. P. Z. S.
1861, p. 80. — Albrecht, J. f, O. 1862, p. 204. — March, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 302. — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I,
p. 301 (1865); ib. J. f. O. 1874, pp. 298, 312; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp.
Hist. Nat. VII, p. 346 (1878).— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr.
p. 132 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (1881). —
Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 138 (1880) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,
p. 128 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 24 (1S85).— Coues, Key N. Am.
Bds. p. 569 (1884).

Sp. Char. Male : — Above olive brown ; top of the head and underparts
pale purplish brown; sides of the body and under wing-coverts
bluish; tail-feathers, with the exception of the central ones bluish,

Cory oh t/ic Birds of the West Indies. 215

with a black band about an inch from the tip ; a slight streak of
metallic blue below the ear; quills dark brown; secondaries tipped
with white; feet red.
The sexes are similar.

Length, lo; wing, 6; tail, 4.30; tarsus 80; bill, .55.
Habitat. Antilles.

Zenaida spadicea Cory.

Zenaida spadicea Cory, Auk, III, pp. 49S, 502 (18S6).

Sp. Char. — General upper plumage dark olive brown, rufous brown on
the forehead and showing a tinge of very dull purple on the crown,
apparently wanting in some specimens; a sub-auricular spot of
dark metallic blue; sides of the neck and nape rich metallic purple;
chin pale buft", shading into rich rufous chestnut on the throat and
• breast; belly brown, showing a slight vinaceous tinge; upper sur-
face of tail brown, the feathers showing a sub-terminal band* of
black, and all the feathers except the central ones tipped with gray;
primaries dark brown, almost black, faintly tipped with dull white ;
the secondaries broadly tipped with white ; under wing-coverts gray ;
bill black ; feet red.

Length, 9.60; wing, 6; tail, 3.75; tarsus, .75; bill, .50.
Habitat. Grand Cayman.

A specimen of Zenaida taken in Little Cayman differs some-
"what from Z. spadicea^ being lighter colored and having the
metallic feathers of the neck somewhat differently colored — paler
and less in extent. I have separated the Little Cayman bird pro-
visionally and with much hesitation, and have proposed the name
Zenaida richardsoni for it (see Auk, IV, p. 7? 1887), should
further investigation prove them specifically separable.

Zenaida martinicana Bonap.

Zenaida martinicana, Bp. Consp. II, p. 82 (1S54). — Taylor, Ibis, 1S64,
p. 171. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 241 (1S70).— Scl. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Lawr. Pr. U. S- Nat. Mus. I, p. 487
(187S).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (1S80).— Lister,
Ibis, 18S0, p. 43. — Grisdale, Ibis, 1882, p. 49?. — Cory, List Bds.
W. I. p. 24 (1885).— Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 7 (1886).

Columba (^Zenaida') martinicana Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869,
P- 585-

Sp. Char. — Top of head, cheeks, and upper throat pale rufous brown:
narrow line of dark blue on the cheek; chin dull white; feathers of

2 I 6 Cory on the Birth of the West Indies.

the sides of the neck tipped with metallic purple; throat tinged
with pale lavender; underparts dull bluish white; back olive brown,
shading into chestnut brown on the rump; central tail-feathers
brown; rest of tail-feathers slate color at the base, succeeded bj a
band of black, and tipped with white; quills dark brown, showing
an indistinct white edging on the outer primaries, tipped with white ;
bill black.

Length, lo; wing, 6; tail, 4; tarsus, .75; bill, .50.
Habitat. Lesser Antilles,

Zenaida rubripes Lawr.

Zenaida rubripes Lawr. Auk, II, p. 357 (1885). — Cory, Revised List
Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1886).— Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 7 (1886).

Sp. Char. Female ; — "The front is of a light brown tinged with vinace-
ous ; the upper plumage is olivaceous-brown, with a dull reddish tinge,
which is most observable on the back; the hind part and sides of the
neck are grajish, the latter glossed with golden changing to light
violet; the two central tail-feathers are olive brown; the outer web
of the first lateral feather is pale rufous ; the bases of the four outer
ones are brownish-cinereous, with their ends largely pale rufous,
the two colors separated by a black bar; the other tail-feathers are
dark cinereous with a subterminal black bar, on the under side the
color of the basal portion of the tail-feathers is blackish cinereous;
the primaries are dark umber-trown, the secondaries brownish-
black, both narrowly edged with white ; the tertials are the color of
the back, and are marked with four conspicuous oval spots of black ;
the under wing-coverts are light bluish-ash, the flanks dark ashy-
blue ; behind the eye is a small spot of black, and another below the
ears; sides of the head and the chin pale vinaceous, the latter lighter
in color; the under plumage is of a reddish cinnamon color, rather
dull on the throat and breast, but somewhat brighter on the abdo-
men and under tail-coverts; bill black; tai-si and toes carmine red,

"The color of the feet in the dried specimen is quite bright; in
the living bird it is doubtless much more so. The tail has fourteen
rectrices.

"Length, fresh, 9.50 inches ; wing, 5.25; tail, 3. 38; bill,. 62; tar-
sus, .75." (Lawr.. 1. c. , orig. descr.)
Habitat. Grenada,

Genus Melopelia Bonap.

Melofelia Bonaparte, Consp. II, p. 81, 1854.

Melopelia leucoptera (Linn.).

Coliimba leucoptera LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 164 (1758).
Turtur leucoptera Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 304 (1847J.

Cory ott the Birds of the West Indies. 2 I 7

Zenaida leucoptera ScL. P. Z. S. iS6i p. So, (Jamaica). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1862, p. 204 (Jamaica).

Melopelia leucoptera March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 302
(Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 301 (1866) ; ib.^
J. f. O. 1874, p. 297 (Cuba). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica
p. 114 (1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti cS: San Domingo, p. 131 (1SS5) ; ib.
ListBds. W. I. p. 24 (1885).

This species has been recorded from Cuba, Jamaica, and San
Domingo.

Genus Columbigallina Boie.

Columbigalliua Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 977.

Columbigallina passerina (Linn.).

Columba passerina LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 285 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I,,
p. 787 (1788). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 179
(1840). — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, pp. 586, 601.

Columbigallina passerina Zeledon, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mas. VIII, p. 112
(1885). — Cory, Ibis, 1886, pp. 472, 474; ib. Auk, III, p. 502 (1886).

'•'■Columba (Goura) passerina Bp. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 181. — Nutt. Man.
I, p. 635 (1832)."

^'Chcemepelia passerina Sw Alias. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 358 (1827)."

Chamcppelia passerina Bp. List, 1838, p. 41. — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 311
(1847).— Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 336.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat.
Hist. VII, p. 120 (,1859) ; i^>- XI, P- 96 (1866).— Wells, List Bds. Gre-
nada, p. 7 ( 1 886). —Brewer, ib. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Scl. P. Z. S.
1861, p. 80; ib. 1874, p. 175. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204. —
March. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 302. — Scl. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. 133 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. «& Ridgw. Hist. N. Am.
Bds. Ill, p. 389 (1874).— GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p.
349 (187S).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (1878).— Lister,
Ibis, 1880, p. 43.— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (1880).
— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jaimaca, p. 114 (iSSi). — Cory, Bds.
Bahama I. p. 139 (1880); ib. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154
(1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 127 (1885) ; ib. List Bds.
W. I. p. 24 (1885).— Coues, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 569 (1884).—
Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884).

ChamcBpelia trochila A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 253. — Cassin, Pr.
■ Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S60, p. 378.— Scl. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 653.

Columba {C/iatna^pelia^ passerina Bryai<;t, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X,
p. 257 (1866).

Chamocpelia bahamensis Maynard, Am. Exch. & Mart, Jan. 15, 1887.

Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish olive, showing a bluish tinge upon the
nape and crown ; underparts reddish purple, becoming ashy on the

2 I 8 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

sides; under wing-coverts and quills showing reddish brown, the
latter margined and tipped with dark brown; middle tail-feathers
like the back, the others dark brown, two outer feathers tipped with
white; upper surface of wing showing large spots of bluish purple;
bill and feet yellowish, the former becoming dark at the tip.

The sexes are similar.

Length, 6.30; wing, 3.30; tail, 2.60; tarsus, .50; bill, .50.
Habitat. Bahamas and Antilles.

Genus Geotrygon Gosse.
Geotrygon Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 316, 1S47.

Geotrygon cristata (Temm.).

Columba cristata Temm. Hist. Gen. Pigeons, p. 449 (1813-15). — Shaw,
Gen. Zool. XI, p. 40 (1819).

Geotrygon sylvatica Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 316 (1S47). — Alrrecht, J. f. O.
1862, p. 204.

Geotrygon cristata Bp. Consp. II, p. 70 (1854V — March, Pr Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 300.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 243 (1870). —
ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 134 (1S73).— A. «& E. New-
ton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (iSSi). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 24
(1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead black, shading into grayish olive on the
top of the head; a malar stripe of pale rufous; breast, sides of the
neck, and upper back forming a broad collar of beautiful metallic
purple; held in the light it shows bright golden green; back and
wing-coverts dark purple, tinged with blue, showing chestnut in
some lights; rump dark green; under surface of wings rufous
brown; bellv slate color; sides and flanks rufous brown; the first
six primaries bright rufous, shading into green on the tips and inner
webs; secondaries green ; upper surface ot tail green.

Length (skin), 11; wing, 6.75: tail, 4; tarsus, 1.05; bill, .90.
Habitat. Jamaica.

Geotrygon mystacea (Temm.).

Columba mystacea Temm. Hist. Gen. Pigeons, p. 473 (1814-15).— Shaw,
Gen. Zool. XI, p. 56 (1819).— "Reich. Syst. Av. t. 257, b. f. 3382."

Geotrygon mystacea Bp. Consp. II, p. 71 (1854).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II,
p. 243 (1870). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 134 (1873). —
Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (1878).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1879,
p. 765.— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (1S80).— Cory,
List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1885) ; ib. Ibis, i886, p. 475.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2 1 9

Sp. Char. — Forehead brownish, shading into green on the top of the
head; sides of the neck and upper back bright metaUic green,
becoming bright purple with bluish reflections on reaching the
back; stripe of white on the cheeks, passing from the lower man-
dible ; rest of upper parts dark olive green ; upper portion of throat
dull white; becoming brown with greenish reflections on the breast;
underparts dull purplish white, becoming dull w-hite on thebellj;
under tail-coverts chestnut brown, tipped with white; primaries
deep rufous chestnut, olive at tips; tail-feathers, except the two
central ones, chestnut, shading to dull olive at the tip.
Length, 11; wing, 6.50; tail. 5; tarsus, 1.25; bill, .70.
Habitat. Guadeloupe, Santa Lucia, and Grand Terra.

Geotrygon caniceps Gundl.

Columba caniceps Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 315 (1852).

Geotrygon caniceps Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. no. — Brewer. Pr. Bost. Soc.
Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba,
I, p. 300 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 295. — ScL. & Salv. Nom.
Avium Neotr. p. 134 (1S73). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead whitish, shading into slate color on the top
of the head; the feathers of the nape showing greenish and purple
reflections when held in the light; back purple ; rump steel blue,
showing greenish reflections in the light; throat pale, becoming
slaty on the breast, with slight reflections in the light; underparts
pale slate color, showing rufous on the abdomen, and deep ruious
brown on the crissum ; under surface of wing reddish brown ; pri-
maries olive brown, showing rufous brown on the inner webs.

The sexes are similar.

Length (skin), 10.50; wing, 6 ; tail, 3.50; tarsus, 1.20.
Habitat. Cuba.

Geotrygon montana (Linn.).

Columba montana Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 2S1 (1766).— Gmel. S\-st. Nat. I,

p. 772 (1788).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 601.
Peristera montana Gray, Gen. Bds. II, p. 475 (1844-49).
Geotrygon montana GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 320 (1S47). — Bp. Consp. II, p. 72

(1854). —Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 109.— Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 235.—

Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Scl. P. Z. S.

1861, p. 80. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204. — March, Pr. Acad.

Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 300. — Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 171.— Gundl.

J. f. O. 1874, p. 2()\\ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 34S (1878).

— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1, p. 487 (1878).— Lister, Ibis, iSScp.

43.— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (1880).— A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San

2 20 Cory on the Birds of, the West Indies.

Domingo, p. 132 (1S85) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (18S5) ; ib. Ibis,
1SS6, p. 473. — Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p, 7 (1S86).
Colitinba {Gcotrygoi/^ montana Bryant Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI p.
96 (1S66); ib. X, p. 257 (1866).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above purplish brown, becoming light brown on the
wings ; throat dull white, becoming pale purple on the breast ; bell v
pale brown, becoming brownish white on the under tail-coverts.

Female: — Upper parts greenish brown • forehead light brown, the
color extending upon the cheeks and sides of the head : breast chest-
nut brown.
Length, 9.25; wing 6', tail, 3.25; tarsus, i.
Habitat. Antilles.

Geotrygon martinica (Gmel.J.

Columba martinica Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, P 781 (1788).

Coliunba montana AuD. Orn. Biog. II, p. 3S2 (1834). — NuTT. Man. I, 2nd

ed. p. 756 (1840) (not of Linn.).
Zenaidii montana Bp. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838.
Oreopeleia mai tintcana Reich. Sjst. Nat. Av. p. 25 (1S51).
Geotrygon martinica Bp. Consp. II. p. 74 (1854). — Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p.

108. — Brewer, Pr. Bost Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — Scl.

& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 134 (1873). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1874.

p. 293; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 347 (1878). — Cory,

Bds. Bahama I. p. 141 (iSSo) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p.

133 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1885).— CouEs, Kej N. Am.

Bds. p. 571 (1884).
Oreopeleia martinica Baird, Bds. N. Am. p. 607 (1858). — Gundl. Repert.

Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 299 (1866). — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 242

(1870).— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGVv. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 393 (1S74).
Columba {Geotrygon) martinica Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p.

96 (1 866).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above chestnut rufous; crown and neck with metallic
reflections of green and purple ; back showing brilliant purple re-
flections, becoming less distinct on the rump ; a band of white from
the base of the lower mandible, under the eje, to the side of the
neck, bordered below by a streak of dull purple; underparts showing
the breast pale purple, becoming dull white on the throat and abdo-
men ; primaries bright rufous, becoming darker at the tips; tail
rufous; legs light red ; bill red, tip horn color; iris light brown.

The sexes appear to be similar.

Length, 10.75 '' wing. 6; tail 4.25 ; tarsus, 1.05; bill, .90.
Habitat. Bahamas and Antilles.

Genus Starncenas Bonap.
Starncenas Bonaparte, Geog. & Comp. List, 41, 1838.

Cory oti the Birds of the West Indies.

221

Starnoenas cyanocephala (Linn.).

Coltimha cya7iocephala Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 2S2 (1766). — D'Okb. in La
Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 174 (1840).

Slarncenas cyanocephala GosSE, Bds. Jam. p. 324 (1S47). — Cab. J. f. O.
1856, p. 108 (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.
307 (1S60) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204 (Jamaica). —
GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 299 (1865) ; tb. J. f. O. 1874,
p. 291 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1885).

Sp. Char. — Top of the head bright blue; a narrow line of black extend-
ing through the eye, meeting at the nape, immediately joining a
band of white which passes under the eye from the lower mandible
and chin ; throat glossy black, narrowly banded with white on the
last black feathers of the lower throat, forming a white edging to
the black throat; the feathers on the sides of the neck narrowly
tipped with blue; upper parts purplish brown on the back, shading
into olive brown on the lower back and rump ; wings and tail brown ;
breast tinged with purple, shading into rufous brown on the belly;
under .surface of tail-feathers dark brown, almost black; basal por-
tion of bill and feet deep red.

Length, 11; wing, 6; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25; bill, .50.

Habitat. Cuba,

This species
is common in
parts of the
interior. On
several occa-
sions I have
seen the liv-
ing birds of-
fered for sale
in the markets
of Havana.
Albrecht re-
cords it from
Jamaica.

2 2 2 Cory on the Birds of the West /tidies.

Turtur risoria of authors is claimed to have been introduced
into the West Indies many years ago ; I have a specimen in my
cabinet labelled " San Domingo." It has also been recorded
from St. Bartholomew, Cuba, and Jamaica.*

BY CHARLES B. CORY.

\Coiilhiued from p. 120.]

Family PHASIANID^.
Genus Numida Linn.

Numida LinN/EUS, Sjst. Nat. I, 1766.

Numida meleagris Linn.

Numida meleagris Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 273 (1766). — Gosse, Bds. Jam.
p. 325 (1S47). — Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 39 (Jamaica). — Salle,
P. Z. S. 1857, p. 236 (San Domingo).— Sol. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 80
(Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204 (Jamaica). — March,
Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 303 (Jamaica). — Bryant, Pr.
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 97 (1S66) (San Domingo'). — Gundl
Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 397 (1866). — Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet.
Akad. For. 1869, p. 601 (Porto Rico).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.
I. p. 487 (1878) (Barbuda). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p.
117(1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 16 (1885) ;i'd.
List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1885).
Common in Cuba, San Domingo, Jamaica, Porto Rico, and

Barbuda.

Ortalida rrificauda is mentioned as occurring in the Grena-
dines, and is supposed to have been introduced {Lawr. Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. I, p. 278 (1878).

Family TETRAONID.^.

Genus Colinus Less.
Colinus Lesson, Man. d'Orn. II, p. 190. 1S28.

Colinus cubanensis (Gould).

Ortxx vtrginianus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 182
(1840).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p. 601.

* Turtur risoria SUNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Acad. For. 1869, p. 586 (St. Bartholomew).
Turtur risorius March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 302 (Jamaica).
Turtur rlsorus A. & E. NEWTON, Handb. Jamaica, p, 117 (1881).

Cory Ofi the Birds of the West Indies. ^^3

Ortyx cudanensis Govi.D,'Mon. Odont. (1850). — Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 337.
— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1861, p. 213. — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Xat. Cuba, I, p. 303
(1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 273 (1870).— Guxdl. J. f. O. 1S74,
p. 300; ib. 1875, p. 293; id. 1878, p. 161; i5. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist.
Nat. VII, p. 350(1878).

Ortyx cube/tsis ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 137 (1S73).

Ortyx virginianus var. cubanensis Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds.
Ill, p. 468 (1S74).

Colintis ctibanetisis Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (18S5).

Sp. Ch.\r. — Upper portions of throat and superciliary stripe white; band
of neck passing from the mandible, under the eye, down the sides of
the neck ; breast and lower portion of throat black ; back chestnut,
variegated with dull brown ; the feathers on the nape heavily spotted
with white; under parts variegated, dull brown, rufous, white, and
dark brown; sides of the body dull rufous, heavily spotted with
white and black; primaries dull brown.

The female differs from the male in having the white stripe and
throat tawny buff, and in lacking the chestnut on the breast to a
great extent.

Length, 8; wing, 4; tail, 2.50; tarsus, i ; bill, .45.
Habitat. Cuba and Porto Rico.

Colinus virginianus (Linn.).

Tetrao virginianus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 277 (1766).

Ortyx virginiana GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 328 (1847). — CoRY, Bull. Nutt.
Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (1881) (Haiti).

Ortyx virginianus A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, P- 254 (St. Croix). — Bry-
ant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 120 (1859) (Bahamas). — Scl.
P. Z. S. 1861, p. 80 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 205
(Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 303
(Jamaica).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 237, 487 (1878) (An-
tigua). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 142 (1880). — A. & E. Newton,
Handb. Jamaica, p. 117 (iSSi). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo,
p. 1 38 (iSSs).

Colinus virginianus CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1S85).

Sp. Char. Male: — Above rich brownish red, mottled with black ; crown
black, shading into brown at the base of the skull, and mottled with
black and white on the nape ; a white superciliary line passing from
nostril to nape ; throat white, bordered broadly with black; upper
breast and sides reddish brown, shading into white on the belly, the
feathers thickly banded with black; crissum reddish brown ; tertials
and some of the wing-coverts edged with yellowish white ; bill en-
tirely black.

2 24 Cory on the Birds of the West hidies.

Female: — Resembles the male ; the white of the head and throat
replaced bj tawny, without black edging.

Length, 8.50; wing, 4.50; tail, 2.50; tarsus, i ; bill, .52.
Habitat. Bahamas, Haiti, San Domingo, Jamaica, St. Croix,
and Antigua.

The forms represented in the different islands vary considera-
bly, and it is possible that they represent good geographical races.
The Bahama bird differs from that found in Florida in having
heavy chestnut stripings on the side much broader than in the
Florida birds. Tiie black on the throat is more restricted ; the
lower throat showing considerable chestnut, separating the black
from the upper breast ; the red on the back is paler. The feath-
ers on the underparts are very heavily banded with black, about
equalling some specimens oi Jloridanus in this respect, but the
underparts are never mottled gray as in some specimens of C7tba-
nensis. The Bahama bird differs even more from that found in
San Domingo, which has the underparts covered with narrow
black arrow-shaped markings, somewhat obsolete in the female ;
the male having a patch of black on the throat succeeded by pale
chestnut; the general chestnut coloring is paler than in the Baha-
ma bird.

Genus Eupsychortyx Gould.

Etipsychortyx Govt.T), Mon. Odontophorinze, p. 15-16, 1S50. Type, Tetrao
cristatus Linn.

Eupsychortyx sonninii (Temm.).

Perdix sonniuii Tumm. Pig. et Gall. Ill, p- 451 (1S15) ; ib. PI. Col. 75

(1820-29).
Bnpsyc/iortyx son nimt 'Hkw'TOS, Ibis, i860, p. 308 (St. Thomas). — Cas-

siN, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 378 (St. Thomas).— Cory,

Revised List Bds. W. 1. p. 24 (1S85).
Ortyx sonninii Newton (Reinhardt), Ibis, 1861, p. 114 (St. Thomas).

Char. Male: — Face dull white ; head crested ; feathers of the crest dull
buff brown ; throat and superciliary stripe passing down the sides of
the neck dull brownish red; sides of the neck mottled with black
and white; upper back mottled with reddish brown, buff, and black;
rest of upper surface marked with chestnut, black, and gray, mar-
gined with buff; tail slaty dotted and marked with buff and dark
brown; primaries brown; chest grayish, mottled with brown; rest

Cory 07t the Birds of the West Indies. 225

of under surface, sides, and under tail-coverts chestnut brown, the
feathers dotted with white ; bill black.

Female: — Top of the head and crest brown ; throat and super-
ciliary stripe dark gray, tinged with pale brown; flank marking
paler than in the male; general plumage somewhat paler than in
the male, and the black patches somewhat heavier.

Length, 7.50; wing, 4.30; tail. 2.55; tarsus, 1.30; bill, .54.
Habitat. St. Thomas.

In 1S60 Professor Newton mentions this species as occurring in
St. Thomas. The bird undoubtedly still exists in the Island of
St. Thomas. I have lately seen a specimen in the collection of
Mr. Geo. N. Lawrence, from that Island. It was probably in-
troduced from South America.

Cassin writes (I.e.), "Mr. Swift has had the kindness to inform
me that this species was introduced into the Island of St. Thomas
some years since, from Venezuela, and that it has now become of
frequent occurrence, quite naturalized, and rearing young freely
throughout the Island. The present specimens are exactly the
species figured by Mr. Gould under this name, and identical
with specimens in Acad. Mus. labelled 'Venezuela' and 'Cu-
mana.'"

Family CEDICNEiMID^.

Genus CEdicnemus Temm.

CEdicnemus Temminck, Man. d'Orn. 1S15.

CEdicnemus dominicensis Cory.

CEdiciietnus dominicensis Cory, Journ. Bost. Zool. Soc. II, p. 46 (18S3) ;
ib. Auk, I, p. 4 (1884) ; ib. Bds. Haiti and San Domingo, p. 140
(1885); ib. List Bds. W. L p. 25 (1885).— Thompson, Auk, II, p.
110(1885).

Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head, back, wing-coverts, and tail brown;
feathers with very pale edgings, giving a mottled appearance to the
back; the tail-feathers showing a band of dull white, succeeded bj^
a broad black tip; breast slaty becoming dull white on the throat ;
abdomen white tinged with very pale rufous; a line of black passing
from the top of the eye, along the sides of the head to the neck;
under surface of wings white, becoming dark brown at the tips;
the shafts of the feathers on the breast and throat dark brown, form

226

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ing numerous hair-like lines on the surface of the plumage; legs
and feet greenish yellow; upper mandible black; under mandible
green at the base, shading into black at the tip.

The sexes appear to be similar.

Length, 14.50; wing, 8. 50; tail, 3.75; tarsus, 3.75; bill, 1.50.
Habitat. San Domingo.

This peculiar
species is ap-
parently re-
stricted to the
eastern portion
of the island of
Santo Domin-
go. Mr. M. A.
Frazar, who dis-
co V e r e d the
species, says,
"Although I
found it feed-
ing during the
day, it seems
somewhat noc-
turnal in its
habits, as I saw
them in com-
parative abun-
dance in the
large savanna

Oedicnemus dominicensis Cory. through wllich

I passed at midnight on my return from La Vega. . . . Their note
is a repetition of the syllable ' tu ' repeated very rapidly." He also
says the natives tame the birds and keep them in the houses for
the purpose of killing the spiders and bugs which abound in large
numbers, and which it greedily kills and eats. It is known to the
natives by the name of Boukera.

Cory on the Birds of the West Indies, 22 7

Family CHARADRIID^.

Genus Charadrius Linn.

Charadrius Linn^us, Syst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 150, 1758; ib. I2th ed. p.
253, 1766.

Charadrius dominicus Mull.

Charadrius dominicus MtJLL. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 116 (1776). — Cassin,
Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 241 (Jamaica).— A. & E. Newton,
Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 (18S1). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 25 (1885).
— Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 7 (18S6).

Charadrius virginia7ius GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 333 (1847). — GuNDL. J. f. O.
1856, p. 423 (Cuba).— A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 255 (St.
Croix).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 66 (Jamaica).—
GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 358 (1866). — Lawr. Ann.
Lye. N. Y. VIII, p. 98 (1S67) (Sombrero).— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1875,
p. 333 (Cuba).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 67 (1878) (Do-
minica) ; ib. p. 197 (St. Vincent) ; ib. p. 238 (Antigua) ; ib. p. 241
(Barbuda) ; ib. p. 276 (Grenada) ; ib. p. 461 (Gaudeloupe).— Gundl.
Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 381 (1878) (Porto Rico).

Charadrius marmoratus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 105 (1S50). — Brewer. Pr.
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VIT, p. 308 (1S60) (Cuba).

Charadrius virginiacus Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 205 (Jamaica).

Charadrius fluvialis Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p. 58S (St.
Bartholomew).

Charadrius pluvialis americanus SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. i86g
p. 602 (Porto Rico).

Charadrius fulvus van virginiacus Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 145 (1886^.
Antilles in Winter.

Charadrius squatarola (Linn.).

Tringa squatarola Linn. Syst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 149 (1758) ; ib. 12th ed.

p. 252 (1766).
Tringa helvetica Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 250 (1766).
Fa«e//«5 5<7Ka/aro/«i- D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 242

(1840).

228 Cory 07i ike Birds of the West Indies.

Squatarola helvetica Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 333 (1S47). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121 (1859) (Bahamas). — Albrecht, J. f. O.
1862, p. 205 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64,
p. 66 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat Cuba, I, p. 358
(1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S75, p. 232 (Cuba).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.
I, p. 197 (1878) (St. Vincent).— Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.
VII, p. 380 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahamas I. p. 144
(1880). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica,, p. 115 (1S81). — CoRV,
List Bds. W. I. p. 25 (1885). — ^VELL.s, List Bds. Grenada, p. 7
(1886).

Charadrius helveticus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860)
(Cuba).

Found in winter in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico,
St. Vincent, and Grenada.

Genus .ffigialitis Boie.
yEgialitis Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 558.

.ffigialitis vocifera (Linn.).

Charadrius vociferus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 150 (1758). — D'Orb.
in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 246 (1840). — Brewer, Pr.
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba).— Sundev. Oefv.
K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 602 (Porto Rico).

^gialitis vociferus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 330 (1847). — Albrecht, J. f. O.
1862, p. 205 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864,
p. 66 (Jamaica).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 145 (i88q) ; ib. Bds.
Haiti & San Domingo, p. 141 (1885) ; /^. List Bds. W. I. p. 25 (1885).

Oxyechiis vociferus Gundl. J. f. O. iS56,p. 424 (Cuba) ; ib. Repert. Fisico-
Nat. Cuba, I, p. 359 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. Ziz (Cuba) ; ib.
Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 382 (1S78) (Porto Rico).

yEg-ialites vociferus Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 236 (San Domingo). — Bry-
ant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. i2i (1S59) (Bahamas). — New-
ton, Ibis, 1S60, p. 307 (St. Thomas).

Charadrius {^gialitis) vociferus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI,
p. 97 (1867) San Domingo).

^gialitis vocifera A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881).

Oxychecus vociferus Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 7 (1SS6).

Recorded from the Bahamas and Greater Antilles.

.ffigialitis wilsonia (Ord).

Charadrius -wilsonius Ord, ed. Wils. IX, p. 77 (1825). — Lemb. Aves
Cuba, p. 106 (1850).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.
30S (i860) (Cuba).

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.^gialitis wilsonius Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121 (1859)
(Cuba).

/Egialitis -wilsonius Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 378 (St.
Thomas).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 66 (Jamaica).
—Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 147 (iSSo) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Do-
mingo, p. 143 (18S5); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 25 (18S5).

Ochtkodromus xvilsonius Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 359
(1866) ; ib.]. f. O. 1874, p. 313 (Porto Rico) ; ib. 1875, p. 333 (Cuba) ;
ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 381 (1878) (Porto Rico).

j:^gialitis vjilsonia A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881).

Common in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles.
Egialitis semipalmata (BoxAr).

Charadrius semipalmattis "Bp. Obs. Wils. No. 219 (1S25)." — L'emb. Aves

Cuba, p. 107 (1850).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.

308(1860) (Cuba).— SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p.

588 (St. Bartholomew) ; ib. p. 602 (Porto Rico).
^.gialitis semipalmata GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 333 (1847). — March, Pr.

Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 66 (Jamaica).— Scl. P. Z. S. 1S76, p.

14 (Santa Lucia).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 197 (1S78) (St.

Vincent) ; ib. p. 241 (Barbuda) ; ib. p. 261 (Guadeloupe).— Allen,

Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 (i88o) (Santa Lucia).— A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881).— Cory, Auk, III, p. 502

(18S6) (Grand Cayman).
yEgialitis setnipalmatus 'Bk\ant,'Pi-. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121

(1859) (Bahamas).
ySgialeus semipalmattis GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 359 (1866) ;

ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 335 (Cuba) ; ib Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII,

p. 384 (1878) (Porto Rico).
yEgialitis semipalmatus Gvsdl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 88 (Cuba). — Albrecht,

J. f. O. 1862, p. 205 (Jamaica). — Lawr. Ann Ljc. N. Y. VIII, p. 100

(1867) (Sombrero).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 148 (iSSo) ; ib. Bds.

Haiti & San Domingo, p. 144 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 25

(1885).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168 (San Domingo).
yEgialites semipalmata Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 7 (1SS6).

Abundant in winter in many parts of the West Indies. Re-
corded from Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, San Domingo,
Porto Rico, Santa Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbuda, Gaudeloupe,
St. Bartholomew, Sombrero, Grenada, and Grand Cnyman.

i^gialitis nivosa Cass.

yEgialitisnivosa Cassin, in Baird's Bds. N. Am. p. 696 (1858).
Egialitis tenuirostris Lawr. Ann. Ljc. N. Y. VII, p. 455 (1862) (Cuba).

270 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

/Sgialeus tenuirostris GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 359 (1866);

/Zi.J. f. O. 1875, p. 336CCuba).
^■Effialitis nivosus CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 25 (1885).

Accidental in Cuba.

iEgialitis meloda (Ord).

Charadrius wclodus ORT),ed. Wils. VII, p. 71 (1824). — Brewer, Pr. Bost.

Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba).
^^.gialitis melodus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 330 (1847). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p.

80 (Jamaica). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 88 (Cuba). — Albrecht,

J. f. O. 1862, p. 205 (Jamaica). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 148 (1880) ;

ib. List Bds. W. \. p. 25 (1885).
y^gialites melodtis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121 (1859)

(Bahamas).
yEgialeus melodus GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 359 (1S66) ;

ib. J. f. O. 1075, p. 386 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII,

P- 385 (1878) (Porto Rico).

Winter visitant to the Bahamas and Greater Antilles.

Family HyEMATOPODID.E.

Genus Haematopus Linn.

H<£matopus Linnaeus, Sjst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 152, 1758; ib. 12th ed. p.
257, 1766.

Haematopus palliatus Temm.

Hcsmatopus palliatus Temm. Man. d'Orn. II, p. 532 (1820). — Lemb. Aves
Cuba, p. 104 (1850). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 423 (Cuba). — Bryant,
Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121 (1859) (Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer,
p. 308 (i860) (Cuba). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 358
(1866).— SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Al<ad. For. 1S69, p. 5S8 (St. Bar-
tholomew). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 379 (1878)
(Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 150 (1880) ; ib. Bds. Haiti
& San Domingo, p. 145 (18S5) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 25 (1885).

Records of the occurrence of this species in the Bahamas,
Cuba, Haiti, San Domingo, Porto Rico, and St. Bartholomew.

Family APHRIZID^.

Genus Arenaria Briss.
Arenaria Brisson, Orn. V, p. 132, 1760.

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Arenaria interpres (Lixn.).

Tringa tnterfres LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 148 (175S) ; ib. 12th ed.
p. 248 (1766).

Slrepsilas interpres Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 333 (1847).— Lemb. Aves Cuba,
p. 100 (1850).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121 (1859)
(Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba).— Albrecht, J. f. O.
1862, p. 205 (Jamaica).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p.
66 (Jamaica).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba!, p. 357 (1866).—
Lawr. Ann. Ljc. N. Y. VIII, p. 100 (1867) (Sombrero).— Sundev.
Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 588 (St. Bartholomew) ; ib. p. 602
(Porto Rico).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 67 (187S) (Domin-
ica) ; ib. p. 197 (St. Vincent).— GuxDL. J. f. O. 1875, p. 331 (Cuba) ;
ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 379 (1878) (Porto Rico).—
Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 151 (1880).— A. & E. Newton, Handb.
Jamaica, p. 115 (iSSi ).— Tristram, Ibis, i88|, p. 168 (San Domin-
go).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 25 (18S5).— Wells, List Bds.
Grenada, p. 7 (18S6).
Arenaria interpres Cory, Auk, III, p. 502 (1886) (Grand Cayman).

Bahamas and Antilles in winter.

Family RECURVIROSTRID^.
Genus Himantopus Briss.

Himantopus Brisson, Orn. V, p. 33, 1760.

Himantopus mexicanus (Mull.).

Charadritis mexicanus MiJLL. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 117 (1776),
Himantopus niffricollis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 386 (1847).— Lemb. Aves

Cuba p. 102 (1850).— A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 258 (St. Croix).

—Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121 (1859) (Bahamas) ;

ib. Brewer, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba ,\ —March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci.

Phila. 1864, p. 67 (Jamaica).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For.

1869, p^. 602 (Porto Rico).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 197

(1878) (St. Vincent) ; ib. p. 238 (Antigua) ; ib. p. 242 (Barbuda).—

Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 153 (1880).— A. & E. Newton, Handb.

Jamaica, p. 115 (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 26 (1SS5).
Macrotarsus nigrirollis Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 422 (Cuba) ; ib. Repert.

Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 357 (1866); ib.}. f. O. 1874, p. 113 (Porto

Rico); ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 377 (1S78) (Porto

Rico).
Himantopus mexicanus Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P- 237 (San Domingo).

Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 97 (1867) (San Domrngo).

— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 146 (1885).

Common in the Bahamas and Antilles.

232 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Genus Recurvirostra Linn.

Recurvirostra Linn^us, Sjst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 151, 1758.

Recurvirostra americana Gmei..

Recurvirostra americana Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 693 (178S). — GossE,
Bds. Jam. p. 387 (1847).— Brewer, P«". Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p.
308(1860) (Cuba).— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1S62, n.88(Cuba).— Albrecht,
J. f. O. 1862, p. 206 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
1864, p. 67 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 357
(1866) ; ib. J. f. p. 1S75, p. 330 (Cuba) —A. &.E. Newton, Handb.
Jamaica, p. 115 (iSSi).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 26 (18S5).

Recor-ded from Cuba and Jamaica.

Family SCOLOPACID^.

Genus Gallinago Leach.
Gallinago Leach, Sjst. Cat. Brit- Mam. & Bds. p- 31, 1816.

Gallinago delicata (Ord).

Scolopax delicata Ord, Wils. Orn. ix, 1S25, p. ccxviii.

Scolopax ■wilsoiii Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, v. 5S7 ^St.
Baitholomew) ; ib. p. 601 (Porto Rico).

Scolopax gallinago D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 231
(1840).

Gallinago ivihoni GossE. Bds. Jam. p. 353 (1847). — Bryant, Pr. Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 121 (1859) (Bahamas); ib. Brewer, p. 338
(i860) (Cuba). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 85 (Cuba).— March, Pr.
Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila. 1864, p. 67 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fis-
ico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 353 (1866); ib.]. f. O. 1875, p. 321 (Cuba).—
Lawr. Pr.'U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 197 (1878) (St. Vincent); ib. p.
238 (Antigua); /'i^. p. 242 (Barbuda). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp.
Hist. Nat. VII, p. 368 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama L
p. 156 (1880). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. n6 (1S81).
—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 26 (1885).

Gallinago ■wihonii K. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1S59, p. 258 (St. Croix).— ScL.
P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 80 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 205
(Jamaica). •

Gallinago media zvilsouiWKhi.s, List Bds. Grenada, p. 8 (1886).

Bahamas and Antilles during migrations.

Philohela minor (Gmel.).

Scolopax minor A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 116 (18S1).
Rusticola minor Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 354 (1847) (Hill).— March, Pr.
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 68 (Jamaica).

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Recorded by Gosse and others from Jamaica. The bird inight
occasionally wander to Cuba, and possibly Jamaica, as it is not
uncommon in some parts of Florida in winter.

Genus Macrorhamphus Leach. -
Macrorhamphtis "Leach, Cat. Brit. Birds, iSi6."

Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.).

Scolofax grisea Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 56S (1788).

Limnodramus ffrisens Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 91 (1850).

Macrorhamphus griseus Gundl. J. f. O. 1S62, p. 85 (Cuba); ib. Repert.

Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 353 (1866); ib,]. f. O. 1875, p. 322 (Cuba).
Macrorhamphus griseus Cory, Eds. Bahama I. p. 157 (iSSo). — A. & E.

Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 116 (iSSi). — Cory, List Bds. W. I.

p. 26 (18S5).

Recorded from Bahamas, Cuba, and Jamaica.

Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say).

Limosa scolofacea Say, Long's Exp. 1S23, p. 170.

Macrorhamphus scolopaceus Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S61, p. 213 (Cuba); ib.

GuxDL. 1862, p. 85 (Cuba) ; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 354

(1866), ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 322 (Cuba).
Macrorhamphus scolopaceus Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 26 (1SS5).

Cuba and Antilles during- misfrations.

Genus Micropalama Baird.
Micropalama Baird, Birds N. Am. p. 726, 1S58.

Micropalama himantopus (Boxap.),

Tringa himantopus Bp. Ann. Ljc. N. Y. II, p. 157 (1S26). — Brewer, Pr-
Host. See. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 30S (i860; (Cuba).

Totanus himantopus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 95 (1850). — March, Pr. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 67 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-
Nat. Cuba, I, p. 356 (1S66). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica,
p. 116 (iSSi).

Ereunetes himantopus Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 587 (St.
Bartholomew) ; ib. p. 602 (Porto Rico).

Micropalma himantopus Moore, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XIX, p. 241
(1877) (Bahamas).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 26 (18S5).

Micropalama himantopus Gundl. J. f. O. 1875, p. 326 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal.
Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII. p. 373 (1878). — Cory, Revised List Bds.
W. I. p. 26 (18S5).— Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 8 (1SS6).

Found throusfhout the Antilles.

234 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies.

Genus Ereunetes Illig.
Ereunetes IhLiGKR, Prodromus, p. 262, iSii.

Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.).

Tringa pusilla Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 252 (1766).

Pelidna pHsilla GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 348 (1S47) .''

Hemipalama s