g I Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1S76). — 

 Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (1S81); ib. Bds. Haiti & 

 San Domingo, p. 54 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 1 1 (18S5). 

 Tanagra {Shizampelis) dominicetisis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 XI, p. 92 (1866). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Head black; a superciliary stripe from the forehead to 

 the nape; a broad stripe of black from the bill, through the eye, to 

 the neck ; chin white, the white extending in a stripe below the 

 black of the cheek to the neck; rest of throat black, with a yellow 

 stripe in the centre, reaching the white of the chin; breast chestnut, 

 shading into yellow upon the underparts and sides; a collar of 

 bright orange yellow upon the nape, joining the white stripe of 

 the throat; back olive; rump chestnut; abdomen and crissum white ; 

 tail brownish black, the inner webs of the two outer tail-feathers 

 broadly marked with white; wings dark brown, with white edgings 

 to the coverts and secondaries; lesser wing-coverts chestnut ; bill 

 and feet bluish black. 



The female is dull colored ; olive on the back and yellowish on 

 the rump; underparts grayish, whitening at the vent. 

 Length, 6.40; wing, 3.35; tail, 330; tarsus, .75; bill, .40. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingro. 



Spindalis portoricensis (Bryant). 



Tanagra {Spindalis) portoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, 

 p. 252 (1866).— SuNDEv. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 596. 



Spizampelis portoricensis Gkay, Handl. Bds. H, p. 63 (1870). 



Spindalis portoricensis ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1S73). — • 

 Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1876). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. 

 Nat. Vn, p. 188 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885). 



Pyrrhulagra portorice7isis Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, P- 3^-- 



Sp. Char. Male: — Head black; a white superciliary stripe from the nos- 

 tril to the nape ; a white stripe passing down the sides of the throat ; 

 a yellow stripe from the chin to the breast, where it becomes orange 

 chestnut, separated from the white of the cheek by a black patch, 

 . which nearly reaches the bill ; a narrow cape of orange chestnut; 

 breast yellow, becoming dull white on the abdomen; back green; 

 wing-coverts showing a patch of chestnut at the carpus; rump and 

 flanks yellowish green. 



Female: — Top of head dull olive green, shading i>;to yellowish 

 green on the back, brightest on the nape and rump; underparts 

 ashy, showing dull yellow on the breast; whole under surface indis- 

 tinctly striped with pale brown. 



Length, 6.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.50. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico^ 



