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 



