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Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



[Tanagra'] dominica Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 316 (based on Tangara, 

 de St. Domingue, Tanagra dominicensis Brisson, Orn., iii, 37, pi. 2, fig. 4; 

 Daubenton, PI. Enl., pi. 156, fig. 2).— Gmelin, Syst. Nat, i, pt. ii, 1788, 895. 



Ihdiis dominicus Strickland, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1851, 103. — Lafresxaye, 

 Rev. Zool., 1851, 583 (habittJ, affinities, etc.). — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 

 1862, 41 (Santo Domingo) .—Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1866, 403 (Jeremie 

 and Portau Prince, Haiti; Santo Domingo). — Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 

 xi, 1866, 92 (Santo Domingo).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 188.1, 152 

 (Haiti); Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 51, pi. 21, fig. 4; Auk, iii, 1886, 191; 

 Birds W. I., 1889, 78; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 115, 131.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 218.— Cherrie, Contr. Orn. San Dom., 1896, 13 (descr. 

 nest). 



[Dulus] dominicus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 385, no. 5827. — Sclater and Salvix, 

 Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 13.- Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 11. 



Dulus palmar um Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., x, 1817, 435. — Boxaparte, 

 Consp. Av., i, 1850, 331. part. — Lafresxaye, Rev. Zool., 2<^ ser. iii, Dec, 

 1851, 585 (habits, affinities, etc.). 



Alrremon} palmarum Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1849, App., p. 16. 



Tanagra mancipium Hermann, Tab. Aff. Anim., 1783, 211 (based on I'esdave 

 Buffon). 



DULUS NUCHALIS Swainson. 

 WHITE-NAPED PALM CHAT. 



Similar to D. dominieus, but smaller and with :i white band across 

 hindneck. 



'•Above olive brown; nape Avith a transverse bar of white; beneath 

 cream color, with distinct stripes of dark brown. 



"Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nostr. 



"Total leng-th T inches [178 mm.]; bill, gape |f Ll^>-5]; front 1% 

 [10.5]; wings SS^l [i. e., 3^^ = 78.5]; tail, beyond [wings]. 1^% [45.5]; 

 [to] base, 3 [76]; tarsus ^f [19].« Edges of quills and tail feathers 

 olive green; ears and lores blackish; tail ver^- slightly forked; the 

 two middle tail feathers cinereous; bill pale." (Original description.) 



Habitat unknown, but probably island of Haiti. Greater Antilles. 



Dulus nuchalis Swaixson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 345 ("Brazil;" coll. W. 



Swainson''); Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 238.— Strickland, Jardine's Contr. 



Orn., 1851, 104.— Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1866, 403, in text.— Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds Brit. :\rus., x, 1885, 219.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 191; Birds W. I., 



1889, 78; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 123. 

 [Dtdus'] nuchalis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 13. — Couv, List 



Birds W. I., 1885, 11. 



« Sharpe (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 219) gives measurements of "the type specimen, 

 in the museum of Cambridge, as follows: Total length 7.2 inches [183 mm.], 

 culmen 0.55 [14], wing 3.2 [81], tail 2.95 [75], tarsus 0.75 [19.5]. 



''Type said by Strickland (Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1851, 104) to be in the Museum 

 "1' Cauil)ri(lge, England. 



