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states that he did not observe it on Tortue Island. Poole and Per- 

 rygo in 1929 secured a male at L'Atalaye January 8, and a female at 

 Cerca-la-Source March 24. 



Following are measurements from a small series in the United 

 States National Museum : 



Seven males, wing 61.2-64.3 (62.5), tail 35.2-37.3, culmen from 

 base 6.7-7.9 (7.3), tarsus 13.3-14.9 (14.3) mm. 



One female, wing 59.9, tail 35.4. culmen from base 7.8, tarsus 

 15.2 mm. 



The euphonia is a tiny bird being only from 120 to 125 mm. long. 

 The male is deep steel blue on wings, tail, back, throat, and sides of 

 head, light blue on crown and hindneck, and orange yellow on rump, 

 forehead, and underparts. The female has the forehead yellow, 

 crown and hindneck light green, rest of upper surface dull green, and 

 entire under surface greenish yellow. 



Subfamily Calyptophilinae 



CALYPTOPHILUS FRUGIVORUS FRUGIVORUS (Cory) 

 KISPANIOLAN CHAT-TANAGER 



Phoenicophilus frugivorus Cory, Quart. Journ. Boston Zool. Soc, October, 

 1883, p. 45. (" Santo Domingo "=Rivas, D. R.) 



?Merle olive de Saint-Domingue, Montbetllard, in Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., 

 vol. 3, 1775, pp. 403-404 (description). 



?Merle, de St. Domingue, Daubenton, Planch. Enl., pi. 273 (col. pi.). 



IMerula olivacea Domimcensis Brisson, Ornith., vol. 2, 1760, pp. 296-297, 

 pi. 27, fig. 2 ("St. Domingue"). 



Calyptophilus Cory, Auk, 1S84, p. 3, 1 fig. (new genus for Phoenicophilus 

 frugivorus Cory). 



Calyptophilus frugivorus, Cory, Auk, 1884, pp. 3-4 (republication of original 

 description) ; Birds Haiti and San Domingo, July, 1884, pp. 59-60, col. pi. 

 (Rivas, specimens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 114 (Dominican Repub- 

 lic) ; Auk, 1895, p. 279 (Dominican Republic, specimen). — Tristram, Cat. Coll. 

 Birds Belonging H. B. Tristram, 1889, p. 222 (Arenoso, Rivas, specimens). — 

 Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 321 (listed). — Cherrie, Field Columbian 

 Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, pp. 14-15 (Aguacate, specimens). — Christy, 

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

 delphia, vol. 61, 1909, p. 364 (La Vega, Miranda ) .—Miller, Auk, 1918, pp. 

 356-357 (placed in Tangaridae). — Kaempfer, Journ. fur Ornith., 1924, p. 1S4. 

 (Cotui, specimen). — Lonnberg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 106 (Haiti). 



Calyptophilus frugivorus frugivorus Richmond and Swales, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 37, March 17, 1924, p. 107 (mentioned). 



Resident ; of local occurrence. 



The present species was described by Cory in 1883 from the 

 Dominican Republic as a species of Phaenicophilus but was recog- 

 nized a year later as generically distinct and placed by the original 

 describer in the genus Calyptophilus. Possibly this is the form 



