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 



