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and occasional short scrawling lines and spots of blackish brown. 

 They measure 23.2 by 17.7, and 23.1 by 17.6 mm. (Bond) . A single 

 egg taken May 21 is similar to the last but has the ground color 

 dull green. It measures 22.7 by 17.2 mm. 



This race differs from the form of the mainland in larger size 

 and paler color, the center of the abdomen and breast being white, 

 usually lighter ft under tail-coverts, and slightly brighter yellowish 

 green above. 



Following are measurements of birds in adult plumage: 



Seven males, wing 84.5-93.0 (89.6), tail 65.0-71.7 (68.3), culmen 

 from base 19.0-22.0 (21.1), tarsus 23.8-24.9 (24.4) mm. 



Three females, wing 88.3-89.0 (88.7), tail 69.5-71.4 (70.1), culmen 

 from base 20.5-21.5 (21.0), tarsus 22.8-24.8 (24.0) mm. 



Type, male, wing 92.0, tail 67.6, culmen from base 21.7, tarsus 

 24.6 mm. 



PHAENICOPHILUS PALMARUM PALMARUM (Linnaeus) 



HISPANI0LAN PALM TANAGER, SIGUA DE CABEZA PRIETA, SIGUA 

 MAIMONERA, SIGUA AMARILLA, CUATRO 0J0 



Turdus palmarum Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 295 (" Habitat 

 in Cayennae Palmis "=Hispaniola). — Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., 

 vol. 2, 1807, pp. 16-17, pis. 69-70 (common). — Hitter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. 

 Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 156 (Hayti, specimen). 



Palmiste, Montbeillard, in Bnffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 3, 1775, pp. 400-401 

 (description). 



Palmiste, de Cayenne, Datjbenton, Planch. Enl., No. 539, fig. 1 (in color). 



Merula Palmarum atricapilla Brisson, Ornith., vol. 2, 1760, pp. 303-305, pi. 

 29, fig. 2 ("Cayenne"). 



Arremon palmarum, Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, 

 p. 92 (Dominican Republic, Haiti). 



Phoenicophilus palmarum, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 232 

 (habits).— Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 152 (Haiti, abundant); 

 Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March-July, 1884, pp. 56-57, col. pi. (Petionville, 

 Puerto Plata, specimens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1S92, p. 114 (Haiti, Domin- 

 ican Republic). — Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168 (Dominican Republic, specimen) ; 

 Cat. Coll. Birds Belonging H. B. Tristram, 1889, p. 222 (Samana, specimen). — 

 Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, pp. 320, 321 ( listed ) .— Cherrie, Field Col. 

 Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, p. 14 (Dominican Republic, abundant). — Christy, 

 Ibis, 1897, p. 323 (Sanchez, La Vega).— Verrill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 61, 1909, p. 363 (Dominican Republic). — Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 61, 1917, p. 424 (Monte Cristi, Bulla, Sosua, Choc6, Rfo San Juan, 

 specimens). — Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 141; Beneath Tropic Seas, 

 1928, p. 223 (listed).— Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, 

 p. 518 (Haiti, habits). — Lonnberq, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 109 (Haiti). — 

 Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 326 (Haina, Bonao, San 

 Juan, specimens). 



Phaenicophilus palmarum, Danforth, Auk, 1929, pp. 373-374 (abundant). 



