46 Cory on New Species of Birds from Santo Domingo. 



Rupornis ridgv/ayi. 



Female : Top of the head and neck brownish-ash, becoming darker on 

 the back ; the feathers of the back and tertiaries edged with rufous ; 

 under parts dark rufous, the feathers narrowly banded with white ; thighs 

 showing the rufous much brighter, the feathers banded with very fine 

 pale lines ; crissum white, with rufous bands near the tips ; upper part 

 of breast slat^^ shading into dull white on the throat ; the shafts of 

 the feathers on the throat and breast dark brown, showing in hair-like 

 lines ; wings and tail dark brown, imperfecth' banded with white ; the 

 tail tipped and banded with white, and showing various shadings of 

 dull rufous ; all the primaries imperfectly banded with white, gradually 

 becoming fainter on the outer webs until just perceptible on the sixth ; 

 the rest of primaries and secondaries having the outer web dark brown 

 and the inner webs thickl}^ banded with white, showing traces of rufous. 



Length, 14.50; wing, 10; tail, 6.50; tarsus, 2.75; bill, 1.25. 



Since the foregoing description was written, I have re- 

 ceived two males from the same locahty; the general plu- 

 mage is similar to the female, with the exception that there 

 is much less rufous on the under parts, which have a 

 much more slaty cast; the thighs show the rufous somewhat 

 brighter; and the bird is somewhat smaller. 



Length, 13.75; wing, 9; tail, 6; tarsus, 2.75; bill, 1.20. 



CEdicnemus dominicensis. 



Male : Top of the head, back, wing-coverts, and tail, brown ; feathers 

 with ver}' pale edging giving a mottled appearance to the back ; the 

 tail feathers showing a band of dull white, succeeded b}' a broad black 

 tip ; breast slaty, becoming dull white on the throat ; abdomen white, 

 tinged with very pale rufous ; a line of black passing from the top of 

 the eye along the sides of the head to the neck ; under surface of wings 

 white, becoming dark brown at the tips ; tlie shafts of the feathers on 

 the breast and throat dark brown, showing numerous hair-like lines on 

 the surface of the plumage ; legs and feet greenish-3'ellow ; upper man- 

 dible black, under mandible, base green, shading into black at the tip ; 

 iris 3'ellow. 



Length, 14.50; wing, 8.50; tail, 3.75; tarsus, 3.75; bill, 1.50. 



