I8S6.1 Gory on the Birds of the West Indies, J.C 



Sp. Char, il/.f/e .-—Crown, nape and upper portion of back slaty plumbe- 

 ous; rest of back and upper surface of wings and tail yellowish 

 green ; throat, breast and sides grayish plumbeous, showing a dull 

 olive tinge on the sides, darkest on the flanks; the middle of the 

 throat showing a slight grayish tinge, and the middle of the belly 

 showing distinctly white; outer webs of primaries and most of the 

 secondaries yellowish green, giving the wing a general greenish 

 appearance; inner webs of primaries dark brown, apparently slate 

 color in some lights; under surface of tail dull green; eyelids 

 white. 



Female: — In general appearance like the male, but differs from it 

 by underparts being tinged with olive, mixing with the gray, and 

 top of the head green, showing the slate color faintly. 



Length, 5.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75; bill, .50; mid- 

 dle toe, .40. 

 Habitat. San Domingo. 



Genus Teretistris Caban. 



Teretistris Cabanis, "J. f. O. 1S55. p. 475." 



'Teretistris fernandinae (Lemb.). 



Anabafes feruandincE Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 66 (1S50). — Gundl. Journ. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 317 (1S52). 



Helmithcrus blanda Bp. Consp. I, p. 314 (1850). 



Teretistris fernandinx Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 475. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, 

 p. 236 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1872, p. 418.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 384 

 (1S69).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).— Sharpe. ^^^t. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus. X, p. 36S (18S5). 



Teretristis fernandince Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 234 (1864). — ScL. & 

 Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 11 (1873). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head bright olive green, this color extend- 

 ing to the upper back; rest of upper parts ash-gray; throat and 

 sides of the head bright yellow, tinged with olive on the cheeks 

 and ear-coverts ; eyelids bright yellow ; rest of underparts ash-gray, 

 whitish on the middle of the belly, and tinged with olive on the 

 flanks and sides; a slight tinge of olive on the carpus; under wing- 

 coverts white, slightly tinged with yellow. 



Length, 4.85; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.95; tarsus, .75. 

 Habitat. Western part of Cuba. 



Teretistris fornsi Gundl. 



Teretistris fornsi Gundl. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 274 (185S). — 

 Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i86o). — Albrecht, 



