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Following is a description of the type specimen: 



Type, U.S.N.M. No. 327924, male adult, in slightly worn plumage, 

 collected on lie a Vache, Haiti, April 28, 1931, by A. Wetmore and 

 F. C. Lincoln (orig. no. 8637). Anterior portion of crown, lores,»and 

 sides of head black, with white spots on each side of forehead, and 

 on both upper and lower e3^elids; posterior portion of crown and 

 hind-neck neutral gray; back and scapulars warbler green; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts similar with the feathers tipped lightly with pyrite 

 yellow; wing feathers dusky brown, with exposed portions warbler 

 green, edged externally with pyrite yellow; wing coverts warbler 

 green, edged with pyrite yellow; chin white with this color extending 

 back as a broad malar stripe on each side of the throat; under surface 

 neutral gray washed with whitish on the abdomen and median under 

 taU-co verts ; bend of wing pyrite yellow; under wing-coverts light 

 mouse gray, with the feathers edged with whitish. Bill black, becom- 

 ing slate color at the base of the lower mandible; tarsus and toes 

 blackish slate (from dried skin). 



The series available has the following measurements: 



Males (four specimens): Wing 82.2-90.5 (85.9), tail 69.5-72.8, 

 (70.8), culmen from base 20-20.8 (20.2), tarsus 22.3-23.7 (23) mm. 



Females (four specimens): Wing 81.4-83.7 (82.5), tail 67.5-69.5 

 (68.7), culmen from base 19.5-21.2 (20.3), tarsus 21-22.8 (21.9) mm. 



Type, male: Wing 85.9, tail 72.8, culmen from base 20, tarsus 23.6 

 mm. 



The four-eyes, as this bird is called locally, was found in thickets 

 feeding through the branches or near the ground indifTerently. While 

 sprightly in actions, at times it appeared rather indolent, moving 

 slowly with frequent pauses. 



PHAENICOPHILUS PALMARUM PALMARUM (Linnaeus) 



HisPANiOLAN Palm Tanageu 

 Turdus palmarum Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 295 (Hispaniola). 



This palm tanager was seen at Dessalines on March 25, and at 

 Trou the following day a breeding female was taken. Near Terrier 

 Rouge, from March 27 to 30, they were common in areas grown with 

 thickets, and two more specimens were collected. They have con- 

 siderable curiosity and often come near to peer at an intruder or to 

 scold at some snake or other animal that worries them. We saw one 

 near Miragoane on April 5. 



On May 6 we recorded one at Las Matas, and between San Juan 

 and Azua on May 7 saw several. Between Barahona and San Juan 

 on May 19 we recorded a number and took one north of Haba- 

 nero. On May 23 near L'Arcahaie we found them fairl}^ common and 

 collected one young bird in juvenal plumage. 



