i886.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 1^1 



Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. io6 (1881). — Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. 

 Mus. VIII, p. 313 (1S83).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1S85). 

 Laletes osburnii Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 383 (1S64). — Gray, Handl. 

 Bds. I, p. 3S4 (1S69.) 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head grayish olive, becoming olive green on the 

 back; undei-parts dull greenish yellow; wings and tail pale brown, 

 narrowlj' edged with olive ; under wing-coverts yellowish white. 

 Length (skin), 5.25; wing, 3; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Family AMPELID^^. 



Genus Dulus Vieill, 

 Dtiliis ViEiLLOT, Analyse, p. 42, No. 131, 1S16. 



Dulus dominicus (Linn.). 



Tanagr-a dominica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 316 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I, p. 894 (1788). 



Dulus fahnarum "Vieill. Nouv. Diet. X, p. 438 (1S17)." — Bp. Consp. 



I> P- 331 (1850). 

 Dulus dominicus SxRiCKh. Contr. Orn. p. 103 (1851). — Salle, P. Z. S. 



1857, p. 231. — Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 403 (1864). — Bryant, Pr. 



Bost Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 92 (1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 



365 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 13 (1873). — 



Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (1881); ib. Bds. Haiti & 



San Domingo, p. 51 (18S5) ; i5. List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (1885).— 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 218 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male:- — -Above dull olive brown ; throat dull white; feathers 

 of the throat and underparts dark brown in the centre, broadly 

 edged with dull rufous white, giving the bird a heavily streaked ap- 

 pearance ; rump green; primaries and secondaries dark brown, the 

 outer webs edged with green, the inner webs becoming very pale 

 on the edges ; tail dark brown, the feathers very narrrowly edged 

 with green ; iris orange. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 6.20; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.10; tarsus, .80; bill, .55. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Dulus nuchalis Swains. 



Dulus nuchalis Swains. Anim. in Menag. p. 345 (1837) ; il>. Classif. Bds. 



II, p. 238 (1837). — Strickl. Contr. Orn. p. 104 (1851). — Baird, 



