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marked with white. Tail brownish plumbeous crossed by four, not 

 very clearly denned, dusky bands (five showing on the outermost pair 

 of rectrices) and narrowly tipped with white. The primaries and 

 greater wing coverts are dusky brownish with a shading of slate or 

 plumbeous. The sides of the head (below the eye) and neck are 

 light chestnut brown without markings. Chin and throat whitish, 

 with a very light shading of brownish chestnut, and the shafts of the 

 feathers dusky brownish or blackish. The remaining lower parts are 

 white transversely marked with narrow wood brown bands on the 

 breast, belly, sides of body and tibias; thickest and most sharply de- 

 fined on the upper breast, becoming farther apart and less distinct 

 posteriorly, finally disappearing on the crissum and under tail coverts, 

 which are immaculate. The under surface of the wing is white barred 

 with dusky brown. In the fresh bird the bill is dusky at tip and 

 plumbeous at the base; cere, legs and feet olive green; eye lemon yel- 

 low; claws black. 



Wing, 7.10; tail, 6.50; tarsus, 2.00. 



Adult male. No. 1842, Field Columbian Museum. Honduras, 

 San Domingo, W. I., April 2, 1895. Similar to the female, but col- 

 ors brighter, and the transverse banding below is in rather bright 

 chestnut instead of wood brown. The male is considerably smaller, 

 as shown by the following measurements: 



Wing, 6.12; tail, 5.40; tarsus, j.8o. 



Young male. No. 1841, Field Columbian Museum. Catare, San 

 Domingo, W. I., Feb. 6, 1895. Above, dusky brownish, the feathers 

 tipped and edged with russet. Feathers of the hind neck marked 

 with white basally; feathers of the back without concealed white mark- 

 ings. Sides of face and neck buffy brownish streaked with dusky 

 brownish or blackish shaft lines. Chin and upper throat whitish with 

 a slightly buffy shading marked with dusky brownish shaft lines. 

 Remaining lower parts white marked with irregular longitudinal shaft 

 streaks of a dark wood brown color, and that becoming narrower 

 and finally obsolete along the sides and lower breast. The crissum 

 and under tail coverts are pure white. The tibias are transversely 

 barred with dusky brownish. 



Wing, 5.85; tail, 5.25; tarsus, 1.80. 



60. Falco dominicensis Gmel. Individuals probably belong- 

 ing to this species were frequently seen while riding over the savan- 

 nas, but none were collected. 



61. Columba leucocephala Linn. Immense numbers of the 

 White-headed Pigeon were being brought into the markets of San 

 Domingo City during the first week of May. 



