78 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (18S1). — Gadow, Cat. Bds. Biit. 

 Mus. VIII, p. 313 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885). 

 Laletes osburnii Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 3S3 (1S64). — Gray, Handl. 

 Bds. I, p. 384 (1869.) 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head grayish olive, becoming olive green on the 

 back; underparts dull greenish jellow; wings and tail pale brown, 

 narrowly edged with olive ; under wing-coverts yellowish white. 

 Length (skin), 5.25; wing, 3; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Family AMPELID^^. 



Genus Dulus Vieill. 

 Z>«/«5 ViEiLLOT, Analyse, p. 42, No. 131, 1816. 



Dulus dominicus (Linn.). 



Tanagra domitiica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 316 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I, p. 894 (178S). 

 Dulus falmarum "Vieill. Nouv. Diet. X, p. 438 (1817)." — Bp. Consp. 



I, p. 331 (1850). 



Dulus dominicus SrRiCKh. Contr. Orn. p. 103 (1S51). — Salle, P. Z. S. 

 1S57, p. 231. — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 403 (1864). — Bryant, Pif. 

 Bost Sec. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 92 (1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 

 365 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 13 (1873). — 

 Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (iSSi); il>. Bds. Haiti & 

 San Domingo, p. 51 (18S5) ; id. List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 218 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above dull olive brown ; throat dull white; feathers 

 of the throat and underparts dark brown in the centre, broadly 

 edged with dull rufous white, giving the bird a heavily streaked ap- 

 pearance ; rump green; primaries and secondaries dark brown, the 

 outer webs edged with green, the inner webs becoming very pale 

 on the edges ; tail dark brown, the feathers very narrrowly edged 

 with green; iris orange. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 6.20; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.10; tarsus, .80; bill, .55. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Dulus nuchalis Swains. 



Dulus nuchalis Swains. Anim. in Menag. p. 345 (1S37) '■> ^^- Classif. Bds. 



II, p. 238 (1837). — Strickl. Contr. Orn. p. 104 (1851). — Baird, 



