DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW FORMS OF BIRDS 

 FROM HISPANIOLA 



By ALEXANDER WETMORE 



Continued studies of birds from Haiti and the Dominican Republic 

 in the National Museum have In'ought to attention three geographic 

 races found on small islands oil the coast that differ sufficiently from 

 the groups inhabiting the main island to merit subspecific distinction. 

 In addition there has been found in the American Museum of Natural 

 History a very distinct species of the peculiar genus Calyptophihis 

 which is described here through the courtesy of Dr. Frank M. 

 Chapman. 



Family MNIOTILTIDAE 

 DENDROICA PETECHIA SOLARIS, subsp. nov. 



Characters. — Similar to Dendroica petechia albicollis (Gmelin)' 

 but lighter in color ; averaging slightly larger. 



Description. — Type, U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 278,738, male, collected 

 at Z'Etroits, Gonave Island, Haiti, March 18, 1920, by Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott. Upper surface slightly brighter than pyrite yellow, rump 

 brighter yellow ; anterior portion of crown somewhat brighter than 

 sulphine yellow, with concealed portions of feathers sudan brown ; 

 wings dusky, the feathers margined externally w^ith sulphine yellow ; 

 wing-coverts pyrite yellow, edged with lemon chrome ; rectrices dusky, 

 lightly edged externally with sulphine yellow, with inner webs exten- 

 sively lemon yellow ; under surface between light cadmium and lemon 

 chrome, with breast and sides streaked with sudan brown. Maxilla 

 dusky neutral gray, mandible deep neutral gray, tarsus and toes dull 

 brown (from dried skin). 



Measurements (in millimeters). — Ten males, wing 64.2-68.0 

 (65.9), tail 50.0-57.0 (52.1), culmen from base 1 2.3-1 3.1 (12.8),' 

 tarsus 20.5-21.5 (21.3). 



Seven females, wing 61.3-63.2 (62.2), tail 48.1-51.0 (48.9), culmen 

 from base 11. 5-12.9 (12.2), tarsus 21.2-22.0 (21.4). 



Type, male, wing 67.0, tail 57.0, culmen from base 12.5, tarsus 

 21.5. 



^Motacilla albicollis Gmelin. Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 983. ("S. 

 Dominici " = Hispaniola.) 

 ■ Average of nine. 



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