234 TANAGRID^. 



This very remarkable form, peculiar to San Domingo, somewhat 

 reminds one of Arrcnwn in its plumage, but is at once distin- 

 guishable by its long straight beak, short tarsi, and squared tail. 



lu'u to the Species. 



Cap black 1. pahiianini. p. 234. 



Cap grey 2. puliocq)hulus, p. 234. 



1. Phcenicophilus palmarum. 



Turdus palmarum, Linn. S. N. i. p. 295; Vivill. Ois. de VAm. mer. 



ii. p. 16, pi. Oy c? , 70 2 . 

 Tacliypliouus palmarum, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxii. p. 359 ; id. Enc. 



Mcfh. p. 803. 

 rhcenicophilus palmarum, Stricld. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 104; Sclater, 



P. Z. S. 1856, p. 84, et 1857, p. 232 ; id. Si/n. Ai\ Tan. p. 22 ; id. 



Cat. A. B. p. 92 ; Scl. et Salv. Noniencl. p. 25 ; Salv. Cat. StricM. 



Coll. p._198; Tristram, Ibis, 1874, p. 168; Cory, Bull. Xutt. Orn. 



Cbib, vi. p. 152 ; id. Birds of San Domingo, p. 56. 

 Arremon palmarum. Gray, Gen. B. Siippl. p. 16 ; Bryant, Pr. Bast. 



Soc. N. H. xi. p. 92 (1866). 



Above bright olive ; head black, a spot above the lores on each 

 side, another (larger) above the eye, and a narrow stripe below the 

 eye pure white ; neck cinereous : beneath white, sides passing into 

 cinereous ; bend of wing yellow ; under wing-coverts white ; bill 

 black ; feet plumbeous : whole length 7-3 inches, wing 3-7, tail 2-7. 

 Female similar, but slightly smaller. 



ifah. San Domingo. 



a-c. Ad. sk. San Domingo {Salle). Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. San Domingo (Salic). Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. San Domino;o. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. PhcenicopMlus poliocephalus. 



Dulus poliocephalus, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1851, p. 78; id. Note s. I. Tang. 



Phoenicophilus poliocephalus, Stricld. Contr. Orti. 1851, p. 104. 

 Phoenicophilus palmarum § , Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 84 ; id. Sy?i. 



Av. Tan. p. 22. 

 Phoenicophihis dominlcensis, Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi. p. 129 



(1881) ; id. Birds of San Domingo, p. 58, pi. viii. 



Like P. palmarum, but with the cap greyish plumbeous like the 

 neck. Female similar. 



Ilab. AVestern coast of San Domingo. 



This species was first characterized by Bonaparte, but subse- 

 quently gcnerallj' supposed to be the female of P. j)(dmarvni. 

 There can be no doubt, however, from Mr. Cory's observations, that 

 it is distinct. ♦ 



