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Females, four specimens, wing 181.0-184.5 (183.1), tail 270.0-285.0 

 (277.8), culmen from base 40.5-45.9 (43.8), tarsus 43.0-45.0 (44.3) 

 mm. 

 Gonave Island : 



Males, four specimens, wing 163.0-173.0 (168.0), tail 246.0-269.0 

 (254.3), culmen from base 37.1-12.1 (38.8), tarsus 38.7-45.3 (41.3) 

 mm. 



Females, five specimens, wing 180.0-185.0 (183.0), tail 270.0-280.0 

 (274.8), culmen from base 12.2-44.2 (43.2), tarsus 42.5-46.0 (44.6) 

 mm. 



The present species measures from 430 to 525 mm. in total length, 

 nearly two-thirds of this being given to the long tail. The upper 

 surface is grayish brown except for the end of the tail which is 

 black, tipped with white and a wash of chestnut on the wing. The 

 breast, throat and sides are chestnut, the abdomen cinnamon-buff, 

 and the under surface of the tail black, the individual feathers 

 tipped widely with white. The bill is strongly decurved with 

 minute serrulations along the cutting edges. 



SAUROTHERA LONGIROSTRIS LONGIROSTRIS (Hermann) 

 KISPANI0LAN LIZARD-CUCKOO, PAJARO BOBO, TACOT 



Cuculus longirostris Hermann, Tab. Afiin. Anim.. 17S3, p. 186 (Hispaniola). 



Tacco, Montbeillard, in Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 6, 1779, pp. 402-407 

 (part; habits). 



Cuculus Jamaicensis longiroster Brisson, Ornith., vol. 4, 1760, pp. 116-118, 

 pi. 17, fig. 2 ("S. Domingue"). 



Cuculus vetula, Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 155 

 (Haiti, specimen). 



Saurothera vetula, Hartlaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed). 



Saurothera Vicilloti, Salle, Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 234 (Domini- 

 can Republic). 



Saurothera vieillotii P, Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 

 1867, p. 95 (Dominican Republic). 



Saurothera domingensis " Herz. v. Wiirttemberg " Hartlaub, Naumannia, 

 1852, p. 55 (Dominican Republic). 



Saurothera dominigeneis, Ciferbi, Segund. Inf. An. Est. Agr. Moca, 1927, 

 p. 6 (listed). 



Saurothera Dominicensis Lafbesnaye, Rev. Zool., vol. 10, November, 1847, 

 p. 355. (Based on Cuculus Jamaicensis longiroster Brisson, from " S. Do- 

 mingue.") 



Saurothera dominicensis, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 234 (listed). — 

 Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, p. 95 (Dominican 

 Republic, Haiti).— Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 154, (Haiti) ; Birds 

 Haiti and San Domingo, July, 18S4, pp. 98-99, col. pi. of head (Petionville, 

 Puerto Plata, specimens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 102 (Haiti, Domini- 

 can Republic). — Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, p. 168 (Dominican Republic) ; Cat. Coll. 

 Birds belonging H. B. Tristram, 1889, p. 272 (Dominican Republic, specimen). — 

 Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, pp. 318, 322 (listed). — Cherrie, Field 

 Columbian Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, p. 19 (Dominican Republic, abun- 



