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smaller crest, with less crimson on the greater wing-coverts ; the 

 red tips to the tail narrower ; primaries with a small white spot at 

 the end of the outer web, the secondaries with a tiny spot of crimson 

 at the end of the outer web. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen U-45, 

 wing 4-1, tail 1-9, tarsus 0'75. 



Hub. Eastern Siberia, Japan, and Northern China. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b,c. S2 ad. sk. 

 d, e. S 2 ad. sk. 



Hakodadi, Nov. 28, 1865 



{H. Whitely). 

 Nagasaki. 

 Japan. 



Gould Collection. 



F. Ringer, Esq. [P.l. 

 C. Manes, Esq. [C.J. 



2. DULUS. 



Dulus, Vieillut, Analysf, p. 4i' (181G) . . . 



D. douiiniciis. 



Bill of Dulus dominicus, to show position of nasal aperture and 

 form of chiu-angle. 



Range. Antilles. 



1. Dulus dominicus. 



Le Tangara de S. Domingue, Briss. Orn. iii. p. .37, pi. ii. fig. 4 (1760) ; 



Daubent. PI. Enl. v. pi. 156. fig. 2. 

 Tanagra dominica, Linn. St/st. Nat. i. p. 316 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. 



i. p. 895 (1788). 

 L'Esclave, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 263 (1778). 

 St. Domingo Tanager, Lath. Gen. Zool. ii. pt. 1, p. 226 (1783). 

 Dulus palmarum, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. p. 435 (1817) ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 331 (1850, pt.); Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 585. 

 Arremon palmarum. Gray, Gen. B. iii! Apj). p. 16 (1849). 

 Dulus dominicus, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 103; Scl. Cat. Amer. 



B. p. 41 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 385, no. 5827 (1869) ; 



Scl. &; Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 13 (1873) ; Con/, B. S. Domingo, 



p. 51 (1884). 



Adult. General colour above dark brown, the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts dull olive ; wing-coverts brown, the greater series edged 

 with olive ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts and quills blackish, 

 edged externally with olive-yellow, broader on the secondaries and 

 brighter yellow on the primaries ; the innermost secondaries browner ; 

 tail-feathers brown, edged with olive, the centre feathers washed 

 with ashy grey ; head and neck dark olive-brown, with dusky centres 

 to the feathers ; lores, feathers below the eye, and ear-coverts 

 blackish brown ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body yellowish 

 white, broadly streaked with dark brown down the centre of the 

 feathers, rather more narrowly on the abdomen ; lower flanks and 



