370 cucxJLiDji;. 



2. Saurothera vetula. 



Cuculus vetula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 169 (1766). 



Saurotliera vetula, <Si!ey«. Gen. Zool. xiv. p.. 216 (1826); Gosse, B. 



Jamaica, p. 273 (1847) ; id. III. B. Jamaica, pi. 74 (1849) ; Bp. 



C'oHsp. Av. i. p. 96 (18501 ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 90 



(1862) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 323 (1862) ; Alhreolit, J.f. 0. 1862, 



p. 202 ; March, Froc. Acad. Philud. 1863, p. 283 ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 208, no. 8896 (1870) ; Scl. S,- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 107 (1873) ; A.8f E. Neivton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 109 (1881) ; 



Cory, List B. W. Ind. p. 18 (1885) ; id. Auk, iii. p. 363 (1886) ; 



id. B. W. hidies, p. 157 (1889). 

 Saurothera jamaicensis, Lafr. liev. et Mag. Zool. 1847, p. 354. 

 Coccyzus vetulus, Schl. 3Ius. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 39 (1804). 



Adult. Very similar to 8. dominicensis, but differing in having the 

 upper half of the head and upper hind neck brown, contrasting 

 strongly with the mantle ; cheeks, lower portion of the ear-coverts, 

 chin, and throat white, slightly tinted -with grey on the sides of the 

 throat ; entire under surface of the body rufous buff ; the under tail- 

 coverts occasionally white. Bare skin round the eye very small. 

 Total length 14-7 inches, culmen 2, wing 4-9, tail 8, tarsus 1-25. 



Mab. Jamaica. 



a. Ad. sk. Moneague, Jamaica (0. 6'a/w«). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. (S ad. sk. Spanish Town, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( TV. T. March). 



c. Ad. sk. Jamaica Seebohm Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Tweeddale Coll. 



e. /. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Sclater Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Capt. Hamilton [P.]. 



/*. 5 ad. sk. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. 



i. 5 ad. sk. Moneague, Feb. Bryant Coll. 



3. Saurothera merlini. 



Saurothera merlini, D'Orb. Hist. Nat. Cuba, p. 152, pi. 25 (1839) ; 

 Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 359 ; Bp. Cotisp. i. p. 97 (1«50) ; Gundl. 

 J.f. O. 1856, p. 104; id. Journ. Bost. 8oc. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 319 

 (1857) ; Brewer, Froc. Bost. iSoc. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 307 (I860) ; 

 Cab. 4 Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 91 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 

 p. 208, no. 8899 (1870) ; Gundl. Rep. Fisico Nat. Cuba, i. p. 208 

 (1870); Scl. Sr Salv. Norn. Av. Neotr. p. 107 (187.3); Gundl. 

 J.f 0. 1874, p. 158; Cory, ListB. W. Ind. p. 18(1864): id. Auk, 

 iii. p. 363 (1886) ; id. B. West Indies, p. 158 (1889). 



Coccyzus merliui, Schl. Mus. Fays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 40 (1864). 



Saurothera gigantea, Lafr. MS. 



Saurothera havanensis, Wurtt. MS. 



Adidt. Above rufous, shaded with brown on the crown, back, and 

 mantle, and with a more olive gloss on the secondaries and tail- 

 feathers, the latter with white ends and rather broad subterminal 

 black bars to all but the centre ones ; primaries bright rufous with 

 olive-brown ends ; sides of the head slightly greyer than the crown ; 



