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PhcEnicophilus palmarum (Lixn.). 



Turdns palmarum Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 295 (1766). 



Tachyphoiius falmarum "ViEiLL. N. D. d'll. N. XXXII, p. 359." 



Arre»ion palmarum Gkay-, Gen. Bds. Suppl. p. 16. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 93 (1866). 



Dulus palmarum "Bp. R. Z. 185 i, p. 78." 



Dulus poliocephalus "Bp. R. Z. 185 1. p. 78." 



PAcenicophilus palmarum Stkicki^. Cor\tr. Orn. p. 104 (1S51). — ScL. P. 

 Z. S. 1S56, p. 84.— Gray, Hand!. Bds. II, p. 72 (1S70).— ScL. & 

 Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 25 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn.. 

 Club, VI, p. 152 (18S1); ib. Bds. Haiti & Sun Domingo, p. 56 

 (1885) ; /<5. List Bds. W. I. p. i3 (1885).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, 

 p. 1 68. 



Pkcenicophilus palmarutn Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 247 (1876). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head and cheeks black; a spot of white on 

 each side of the forehead ; a white stripe touching the upper evelid, 

 commencing at the centre of the eye, passing backward on the head ; 

 a patch of white on the lower ejelid; a gray collar on the nape, 

 extending upon, and joining the gray of the sides ; sides slaty grav ; 

 throat white, the white extending in a narrow line down the middle 

 of belly to the vent; the back, rump, tail, outer webs of secondaries 

 and coverts bright yellowish green ; quills brown ; bill and feet 

 bluish black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 6.70; wing. 3.70; tail, 3 ; tarsus, .85 ; bill, .70. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Phoenicophilus poliocephalus (Bona?.). 



Dtdus poliocephalus'^V. Rev. Zool. p. 78 (1851). 



Phanicophilus poliocephalus Strickl. Contr. Orn. p. 194 (1851); Scl. Cat. Bds. 



Brit. Mus. p. 234 (1886). 

 Phccnicophilus palmarum ScL. P. Z. .S. 1856, p. 84. 

 Phoenicophilus dominicensis CoRY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 129 (1881); 



ib. Bds. Haiti and San Domingo, p. 58 (1S85); ib. List Bds. W. L p. 12 



(1885); ?-J. Auk, III, p. 200 (1886). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and sides of the head black; a spot of white 

 above and below the eye, and on each side of the forehead; chin 

 white, extending in two stripes down the sides of the throat to the 

 breast, bordering the black of the head; the rest of the head, neck 

 and underparts grayish plumbeous; back, wing-coverts, tail and cov- 

 erts, and outer edges of wing-feathers bright yellowish green ; inner 

 webs of primaries and secondaries brown, pale on the edges ; legs 

 and lower mandible dark slate color; upper mandible black; iris red- 

 dish brown. 



The .sexes are similar. 



Length, 6.S0; wing, 3.50; toil, 2.30; tarsus, .82; bill, .63. 

 Habitat. San Dominfjo. 



