Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. I 5 I 



under it; quills and under wing-coverts yellowish brown ; outer tail- 

 feathers black, tipped with white, and showing slight bronze reflec- 

 tions ; the others lighter, except the central ones, tipped with white ; 

 under mandibles yellow, except at the tip. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 11.80; wing, 5.20; tail, 6.50; tarsus, 1.08; bill, .90. 

 Habitat. Bahamas and Antilles. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). 



Cuculus erythrofhthalmus Wilson, Am. Orn. IV, p. 16 (181 1). 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 73 (1850). — Brewer, Pr. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba). — Gundl. Repert. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 295 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 157 (Cuba). 

 Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 104 (Cuba). — Cory, 



List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1885). 

 Accidental in Cuba. 



Genus Hyetornis Scl. 



Hyetornis Sclater, Cat. Am. Bds. p. 321 (1862). 



Hyetornis pluvialis (Gmel.). 



Cuculus pluvialis Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 411 (1788). 



Piaya cinnamomeivetitris Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 321. — Des Murs. 

 Icon. Orn. pi. 65. 



Piaya pluvialis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 277 (1847). — ^P- Consp. I, p. iii 

 (1S50). — Scl. p. Z. S. 1S61, p. 79. — Albrecht,J. f. O. 1862, p. 203. 

 — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S3. 



Hyetornis pluvialis ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 321 (1862). — Scl. & Salv. 

 Nom. Avium Neotr. p, loS (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Ja- 

 maica, p. 109 (iSSi). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (18S5). 



Hyetormantis pluvialis Cab. J. f. O. 1862, p. 203. 



Coccygus pluvialis Schleg. Mus. Pajs-Bas. I, p. 39 (1864). 



Hyetornis pluvianus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 212 (1S70). 



Sp. Char. — Top of the head smokj brown ; rest of the upper surface 

 olive; throat dull white showing a tinge of chestnut; rest of under- 

 parts dark chestnut brown; under wing-coverts rufous chestnut; 

 primaries dull olive brown, with a slight metallic tinge of green on 

 the inner webs of the primaries and distinctly perceptible on the sec- 

 ondaries ; tail dull black, showing a slight purplish tinge; all of the 

 tail-feathers tipped with white. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 18; wing, 7; tail 10; tarsus, 1.60; bill, 1.25. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



