19. SAUEOTHEHA. 37] 



tliroat brownish white, i)alest on the chin and centre ; lower clicst, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts golden chestnut; under Aving- 

 coverts rufous bull' ; under surface of the quills bright rufous, vnth 

 brown ends to tlio feathers. Total length 22 inches, culmcn 2-2 

 wing 7-cS, tail 13, tarsus 1-8. 

 J/ab. Cuba. 



rt. Ad. St. Cuba. Edward Wilson, 



/ Aj 1 ... Esq. rr.]. 



A A ^ • o"^'?; Salvin-Godman C„I1 



c. Ad sir. SauCnstoval(&'. 7''.r,V/«»,(v). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Cuba. Sclater Coll. 



4. Saurothera bahamensis, 



Saurothera vetula (iiec Lhm.), Bryant, I'roc. Bost. i>uc. Nat Hist 



vii. p. 106 (185U). 

 Saurothera baliauiensis, Bri/ant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 280 



(1804) ; Cvry, B. Bahama Is. p. 116, cum tab. (1880) : id. List B. 



IV. Ind. i.p. 18 (188.J); id. Auk, iii. p. 364 (1886); id. B. W 



Indifis, p. 159 (1889). 



" Above pale olive, showing slightly greenish reflections ; throat 

 and breast dull greenish white, belly and crissum tawny ; primaries 

 mostly rufous ; tail-feathers, except the two centre ones, tipped with 

 pale brownish white ; legs slate-blue ; soles of the feet yellow ; 

 eyelids vermilion-red ; upper mandible brownish, shading into slate- 

 colour at the base ; iris brown. Total length IS inches, win"- G-25 

 tail 9-5, tarsus 1-8." (C B. Cory.) 



Ilah. Eahama Islands. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Bahamas {Governor Blake). Sclater Coll. 



o. Saurothera vieilloti, 



Saurotliera vetula {nee Linn.), Vicill. N. Diet, x.wii. p .34s • id Gal 

 Ois. i. p. 25, pi. 38 (1825) ; Less. Man. Orn. p. 121 ( 18-'8) ■ id 

 _ Traite, p. 144 (1831); Lafr. Rev. et May. Zool. 1847, p. 357. 



Saurothera vieilloti, Bjk Comp. i. p. 97 (1850) ; id. P. Z. S 1857 

 p. 234; A. .i,'- E. Neioton, Ibis, 1859, ]>. 378; Sel. Cat. Amer. B p 3^4 

 (1862) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 91, note (1862) ; Tat/lor 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 170 ; Stmdev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Ak. Fbrh. 1869, p. 699 • 

 Gray, Haml-l. B. ii. p. 208, no. 8898 (1870) ; Sel. 8,- Sal v. Nom 

 Av. Aeolr. p. 107 (1873); Giindl. An. Soe. Esp. Hist. Nat. vii 

 p. 2:30(187H); Cnri/, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi. p. 155 (1881)-' 

 Corij, List B. W. Ind. i. p. 18 (1885) ; id. Auk, iii. p. 363 (1880) • 

 td. B. W. Lidies, p. 158 (1889). 



Adult. 'EuiuG upper parts nearly uniform brown, all but the two 

 centre tail-feathers having white" ends and a subtorminal black 

 baud ; throat and fore part of chest brownish white : remainder of 

 the under surface of the body and the under tail-coverts golden 

 chestnut; under wing-coverts and basal portion onlv of the inner 



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