20, SPINDALIS. 167 



2. Spindalis portoricensis. 



Spindalis portoricensis, Bryant, Boston Soc. N. H. x. p. 252 (1866) ; 

 Gtmdl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 311, 1878, pp. 159, 168 ; id. Anal. Soc. Esp. 

 ■ H. N. 1878, p. 188 ; Set. et Salv. Xomeiicl. p. 21. 

 Tanagra (Spindalis) portoricensis, Sund. K. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869, 

 p. 596. 



Above olive ; head black ; superciliaries white ; uape orange- 

 yellow ; wings and tail brownish black, with slight white margins 

 to the greater coverts and outer secondaries, and slight olive margins 

 to the lesser coverts, primaries, and rectrices ; bend of wings bright 

 chestnut : below yellow, a large spot on centre of breast orange ; 

 throat black ; large chin-spot while varied with black and yellow, 

 and bordered on each side by a broad white mystacal stripe ; lower 

 belly, crissum, and under wing-coverts white ; bill and feet blackish : 

 whole length 6 inches, wing 3'3, tail 2-5. Female. Above olive ; 

 wings and tail brown edged with olive ; beneath greyish white, with 

 blackish shaft-stripes on breast and beUy. 



Hah. Porto Eico. 



Much smaller than 8. nigricepJiala, and also recognizable by its 

 distinct yellow nape and the chestnut spot on the bend of the 

 wing. 



a,b. cT 2 sk. Porto Rico (Sicifi). Sclater Coll. 



c, d. d sk. Porto Eico {Swift). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 5 sk. Porto Rico (Swift). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f,9- d 2 ad. sk. Porto Rico (Sivtft). Smiths. Inst. [P.J. 



3. Spindalis nmlticolor. 



Tanagi'a multicolor, Vieill. Enc. Metli. p. 775 ; id. Gal. Ois. i. p. 100, 



pi. 76. 

 Spindalis multicolor, Bp. Consp. i. p. 240 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, 



p. 230 ; id. Si/n. Av. Tan. p. 57 ; Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 231 ; 



Corij, Bidl. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi. p. 152 ; id. B. of Haiti, p. 54, 



tab. 7 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 21. 

 Tanagi-a dominicensis, Bn/ant, P-oc, Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 92 



(1866). 



Above olive, rump chestnut, nape yellow ; head black, with long 

 white superciliaries ; wings black, with white edgings to the greater 

 coverts and secondaries and a dark chestnut spot on the bend of the 

 wing ; tail brownish black : below, chin and broad mystacal stripe on 

 each side white ; middle of throat yellow ; sides of throat black ; 

 breast chestnut ; belly yellow ; flanks grey ; crissum and under wing- 

 coverts white ; bill and feet plumbeous : whole length 6 inches, 

 wing 3-4, tail 2-8. Female. Above olive ; back slightly striated ; 

 wings and tail blackish brown, edged with olive ; outer margins 

 of wing-coverts whitish : beneath greyish white, clearer on the 

 beUy ; with blackish shaft-stripes on the breast. 



Hah. San Domingo. 



EasUy known from its allies by the yeUow belly. 



a,h. c? 2 ad. sk. San Domingo. M. Sall^ [C.]. 



c, d. cJ jr. sk. Sau Domingo {McGregor-). Salvin-Godman CoU, 



