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and suggested that there might be two forms, one in the western 

 and one in the eastern part of the island. However in view of the 

 fact that Cory's type which was not in too good condition was the 

 only bird available from Haiti he followed Cory and called his 

 specimens montanus. Ridgway was likewise impressed with the 

 difference shown by the type specimen of montanus, which he identi- 

 fied erroneously as Myadestes solitarius of Jamaica, and named the 

 birds collected by Cherrie in the Dominican Republic Myadestes 

 genibarbis cherriei (type locality Catarrey). Wetmore has exam- 

 ined the type of montanus and finds that it is unquestionably the 

 same form as all others taken in Hispaniola but is aberrant in 

 having the malar stripe rufous below the gape while the white spot 

 normally found on the chin is also obscured by rufous, the bases of 

 the feathers here only being lighter. The ear coverts are streaked 

 with white as is normal in the Hispaniolan bird. The rufous of 

 the malar region occupies the same position as the white normally 

 found in the Hispaniolan race. In several specimens from the 

 Dominican Republic and Haiti now available there is a mixture of 

 rufous in the white of the malar region while the white of the chin 

 is also somewhat obscured. It appears that there is only one form 

 of solitaire on Hispaniola which will be known as Myadestes geni- 

 barbis montanus Cory. 



Following are measurements in millimeters of birds from 

 Hispaniola. 



Thirteen males, wing 86.5-92.8 (89.5) ; tail, 78.5-9L0 (84.4) ; 

 culmen from base 11.3-12.3 (11.9) ; tarsus 21.^-24.2 (22.3). 



One female, wing 89.0, tail 84.8, culmen broken, tarsus 22.0. 



Type of montanus, female, wing 85.0, tail 85.2, culmen from base 

 13.0, tarsus 23.5. 



Myadestes solitarius Baird of Jamaica, according to Ridgway 28 is 

 larger the male having the wing 91.5 to 96.5 mm., and tail 92.0-99.0 

 and the female the wing 88.5-95.5, tail 86.5-95.0. The bird is also 

 blacker on the side of the head. 



A juvenile bird taken by James Bond on Morne Malanga, Haiti 

 January 20, 1928 has some traces of the juvenal dress remaining, 

 there being a few feathers on the crown that are tipped with black 

 and spotted subterminally with cinnamon buff. The greater wing 

 coverts are tipped faintly with whitish-buff, and there are tear- 

 shaped spots of cinnamon buff on the shafts of the scapulars beyond 

 which the tip of the feather is black. The lesser wing coverts have 

 subterminal spots of whitish buff, there are a few feathers in the 

 center of the abdomen that are whitish, barred narrowly with black 

 at the tip, and a few on the upper breast that are dull cinnamon- 



28 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 4, 1907, p. 174. 



