430 CTTCTJLID^. 



White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 619 ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. (2nd ed.) 



p. 472, fig. 323 ( 1884) ; Cory, B. S. Domingo, p. 100 (1884) ; 



Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vii. p. 172 (1884) ; id. op. cit. viii. 



p. 577 (1885) ; Tacz. ^' Bert. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 108 ; Berl. ^- Jhering, 



Zeitsehr. yes. Orn. ii. p. 161 (1885) ; Cory, Auk, 1886, p. 361 ; 



Tacz Orn. Perou, iii. p. 180 (1886) ; A. O. U. Check-l. p. 206 



(1886) ; Wells, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 261 (1887) ; Cory, 



Auk 1887, p. 96 ; Eidyw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 272 (1887) ; Sclater 



& Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 31 (1889) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1889, 



p. .395 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1889, p. 372, 1890, p. 88. 

 P Crotophaga ambulatoria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 155 (1766) ; Wald. 



Ibis, 1869, p. 327. 

 Petit Bout-de-Petun, Daubent. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 102. fig. 2. 

 Lesser Ani, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 360, pi. xiii. (1781). 

 L'Ani des Savanes, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 420 (1789). 

 The Savanna Blackbird, Browne, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, p. 474 (1789). 

 Anno, .4sa?-a, Apmit. ii. p. 344 (1805) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 17 (1847). 

 Crotophaga minor, Less. Traite, p. 130 (1831). 

 Crotophaga rugirostra. Swains. An. in Menay. p. 321, fig. 65 b (1837) ; 



Jard. I Selby,Ill. Orn. (n. s.) pi. xli. (1843); Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p 458 (1845) ; Cah. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 713 (1848) ; B]}. 



Consp. Av.'i. p. 99 (1850) ; Burm. Th. Bras. ii. p. 255 (1856) ; Baird, 



B. N. Amer. p. 71, pi. 84. fig. 1 (1860). 

 Crotophaga Isevirostra, Swains. An. in Menay. p. 321, fig. 65 a 



(1837); Gray, Gen.B.il^. i58 (ISio); B2}. Consp. Av.i.Tp.99 (1860). 



Adult. Black, with metallic edges to the feathers of the head, 

 neck mantle, and breast ; the edges of the feathers of the head and 

 neck of a more coppery bronze shade, and striped on the head and 

 throat, owing to the feathers being narrow and forked; on the 

 mantle and chest the margin becomes arched and of a steel-blue 

 shade ; back nearly uniform black ; wings and tail more shaded 

 with violet and blue ; under surface of the body, as well as the 

 under tail- and wing-coverts, tinted with violet ; under surface of 

 the quills glossy blue -black shaded with green ; a large bare 

 patch round eye connected with the bill : bill and legs black ; iris 

 hazel. Total length 12-.5 inches, length of bill in a straight line 

 1-15, wing 5-4, tail 6-6, tarsus 1-25. 



Hah. Southern United States, Central America, and West Indian 

 Islands, extending over a great portion of South America. 



« /> e rT ad sk St. Vincent, W. I., Feb., Oct. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



' ' ■ ■ {F.A. Ober). 



d e. Ad. sk. Santa Lucia (Semper). Sclater CoU. 



f! (S ad.'sk. Santa Lucia, March (Ra- West Indian Com- 



' ' mage). mittee Brit. Assoc. 



a h. (S 2 ad. sk. Tortola, Nov. (C. S. Winch). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



f'/t'cT2adsk Virgin Gorda, Dec. (C. S. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



' " Winch), 



l-o. Ad. sk. Puerto Rico, Oct. (Z>/-. Bry- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ant), 



no r? ad sk Puerto Plata, S. Domingo, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



^' ^ ■ ■ Dec, June (G B. Cory). 



r s Ad. sk. Haiti. Baron Maltzam [C.]. 



t'u. 6 ad. sk. St. Croix, Jan.; July (0. S.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



