42. CALYPTOPniLUS. 



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42. CALYPTOPHILUS. 



Calyptnpliilus, Corij, Aitk, i. p. 1 (1884) 



Type. 

 C. friwivorus. 



Structure of Cali/ptojjJnlus. 



This singular genus, also peculiar to San Domingo, is cvidentlj- 

 allied to PluenicopMlm, but easily distinguished by its much more 

 compressed bill and much rounded tail. 



1. CalyptopMlus fmgivorus. 



rhoenicopbilus frugivorus, Cnnj, Jouni. Bost. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 45 



(1888). 

 Calyptophilus frugivorus, Cori/, Auk, 1884, p. 3 ; td. Birds of San 



JJomiiiffo, p. 50, pi. ix. 



Above olive-brown ; head dark cinereous, with a slight yellow 

 loral spot : below white, flanks and crissum passing into brownish 

 cinereous ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale lemon-yellow ; 

 bill above plumbeous, below whitish ; feet hazel : whole length 

 7-3 inches, wing 3-G, tail 3-5. Female similar, but rather smaller 

 and duller in colour. 



Hah. San Domingo. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



Arenoso, San Domingo 

 (McGrcf/or). 



Salvin-Godmaa Coll. 



