9. MICROCORAX. 49 



2. Microcorax solitarius. 



Corvus solitarius, Wiirt. Natnnannia, ii. p. 55; Bp. C. R. xxxvii. 



p. 829 ; Schl Bljdr. Bierk. Amsterd. fol. mi. Corrus, pi. 1. fig. 17 ; 



id. Mits. I'.-B. Coraces, p. 24 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 13. 

 Corvus pabnarum, Witrt. Iteis. p. 73. 



Adult. General colour black, with a strong violet or purplish 

 gloss ; bastard wing, primary-coverts, and primaries steel-black ; 

 tail black, externally glossed with violet ; head aU round and under 

 surface of body glossy black, with slight purplish reflections ; bill 

 and legs black. Total length 15 inches, culmen 1*95, wing 9"35, 

 tail 5-0, tarsus 1-95. 



Hab. S. Domingo. 



a. Ad. sk. S. Domingo. M. A. Salle [C. 



b. Ad. sk. S. Domingo. M. A. Salle [C. 



3. Microcorax leucognaphalus. 



Coitus leucognaphalus, Baud. Traite, ii. p. 231 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 315 ; Schl. Bijdr. Bierk. Amsterd. fol. art. Corvus, pi. 1. fig. id ; 



id. Mus. P.-B. Coraces. p. 32; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 13; Scl. ^ 



Salv. Komencl. Av. p. 40. 

 Coi-vus erythrophthalmus, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. 829 (ex Wiirt. MS.) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 13. 



Adult. Above glossy black, with a faint violet reflection ; the 

 bastard wing, primary-covoits, and primaries steel-black, -with some- 

 what of a purplish gloss ; tail black, glossed with violet, the outer 

 tail-feathers purplish black ; head and neck aU round, as well as the 

 under surface of the body, glossy black, the feathers of the hinder 

 neck rather silky in texture : tbe throat-feathers long, not pointed, 

 but having the ends split into hair-like filaments ; bases of the 

 feathers over the whole body white ; biU and legs black. Total 

 length 18-7 inches, culmen 2-3, wing 12-1, tail 8-3, tarsus 2-05. 



Hab. Porto Rico and S. Domingo. 



a. Ad. sk. Porto Rico, 18G0 {G. Smithsonian Institution [P.]. 



Latimer). 



b. Ad. sk. S. Domingo. M. A. SaUe [C.]. 



4. Microcorax nasicus. 



Cor^Tis nasicus, Temm. PI. Col. ii. pi. 413; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 315 ; 



Baird, Brewer, and Ridyio. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 234. 

 Corvus americanus, Lembeye, Aves de Cuba, p. 05. 



Adult. Nostrils scarcely concealed by the short nasal bristles. 

 Entirely violaceous black, the feathers smoky grey beneath the sur- 

 face. Wing 11-00, tail 7"7o, culmen 2-45, depth of bill -SO. tarsus 

 1*95, middle toe I'oO, graduation of taU about 1-00 ; wing-formula 

 4, 3, 5, 0, 2, first quill shortest. {Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, N. 

 Amer. B. p. 234.) 



Hab. Cuba. 



