v.). sAURormiKA. fjQj^ 



19. SAUEOTHERA. 



Saurothera, Viem. Anah,,e, p. 28 (ISIG) ^ . y.'^'^tui.^. 



liamjc. Bahamas and Greater Antilles, 



Key to the Species, 

 a. Primaries bright rufous. 



a'. SmaUer: wingless than G inches, tail less 

 than 9 inches. 

 a". Upper throat rufous buff; crown ashy 



liKe the back. . /•••.„„ 



h". Upper throat white ;' criw^ brown," con-' '^'''"'''"^^'' P" -^^O- 



trasting with the back „g^,,/., ^ -.^^^ 



6 . Larger : wing more than 6 inches, tail more ' ^^ ' ^^ 



tlian 9 inches, 

 c". Crown and mantle rufous-brown ; size 



larger. . . ;• . ,^ 



vieilloti, p. a71. 



1. Saurothera dominicensis. 



Cuculus vetulus _(«ec Linn.), Less. Man. Orn. i. p. 121 (18-^8) 

 Coccyzuspluvialis («ec Gm.), Tenim. Tahl. Metli.v,. 53 183G) 

 Si'T/Tl''9T''^>^'^';,f'!:- '' ^«^- ^-^-184^ p. 355; 



^loox;, la. u.jiaitlii- lSannomimio,yi. 98 (1885~) • VZ r?V » 



v'^^Usn ? «^ 'T/7f •:,^'^^ 1^'^' p- i6sVk.;f is if 



_ p. dbJ (188b) ; id. B. West Lndies, p. 157 (1889). 

 Coccyzus dommicensis, Schl. Mm. Pays.Bas,Cnm\i, p. 40 (1864). 



Adult. Above ashy brown, slightly glossed with olive on the wings 



Ixllnt' "J^^^ ^''T ?^^*^5' '^""^'^ ^^^"^ '^^«^'^' l"-™«"es 

 h v.- r ' , ^'"''f f ^y-°li^« e°^^«' '-1 fe^ of the outer secondaries 



aving a portion chestnut; tail-feathers with broad black ends to 

 the centre ones which band becomes subterminal on the remaining 



cctnces, these being broadly tipped with white ; sides of the head and 

 the underparts rufous buff, with the exception of the lower throat 

 and the tront half of the chest, which 'arc ashy whitrind the 

 under surface of the quills, which is similar to their uppei' "rfaco 

 -Ba c skin round the eye bright red : bill and legs slaty (C. B. Ooru). 

 Total length 1, mches, ciilmen 2, wing 5-4, tail S-(y, tarsus 1-5. 



±lab. H. Domingo. 



a, b Ad. sk. San Domingo. Purchased 



c. V act. 8k. San Domingo, Jan. (C. B. Cory). Schiter Coll 



d, e. cJ ad. sk. San Domingo, Nov.; Dec. '^ Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 . . , , (t. B. Cory). 



/,/7. Ad.sk. Haiti. IBarunMaltzam. 



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