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. 



