iS86.] Cory oi the Birds of the West Indies. IQ^ 



Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1S76).— 

 Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (1S81) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & 

 San Domingo, p. 54 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. n (1S85). 

 Tanagra (^S/iizaiiipelis) dotninicensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 XI, p. 92 (1866;. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Head black ; a superciliary stripe from the forehead to 

 the nape; a broad stripe of black from the bill, through the eje, to 

 the neck ; chin white, the white extending in a stripe below the 

 blackof the cheek to the neck; rest of throat black, with a yellow 

 stripe in the centre, reaching the white of the chin; breastchestnut, 

 slrading into yellow upon the underparts and sides; a collar of 

 bright orange yellow upon the nape, joining the white stripe of 

 the throat; back olive; rump chestnut; abdomen and crissum white ; 

 tail brownish black, the inner webs of the two outer tail-feathers 

 broadly marked with white; wings dark brown, with white edgings 

 to the coverts and secondaries; lesser wing-coverts chestnut; bill 

 and feet bluish black. 



The female is dull colored ; olive on the back and yellowish on 

 the rump; underparts grayish, whitening at the vent. 

 Length, 6.40; wing, 3.35; tail, 3.30; tarsus, .75; bill, .40. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Spindalis portoricensis (Bryant). 



Tanagra {Spindalis) portorice>isis JiKWiiT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, 

 p. 252 (1866). — SuNDEv. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869. p. 596. 



Spizampelis portoricensis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 63 (1870). 



Spindalis portoricensis ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 21 (1S73). — • 

 Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 244 (1876). — Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. 

 Nat. VII, p. 188 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. ii (1S85). 



Pyrrhulagra portoricensis GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, P- S'-^- 



Sp. Char, il/rt/e; — Head black; a white superciliary stripe from the nos- 

 tril to the nape; a white stripe passing down the sides of the throat; 

 a yellow stripe from the chin to the breast, where it becomes orange 

 chestnut, separated from the white of the cheek bv a black patch, 

 which nearly reaches the bill; a narrow cape of orange chestnut; 

 breast vellow, becoming dull whTte on the abdomen; back green; 

 wing-coverts showing a patch of chestnut at the carpus; rump and 

 tianks yellowish green. 



Female: — Top of head dull olive green, shading into yellowish 

 green on the back, brightest on the nape and rump; underparts 

 ashy, showing dull yellow on the breast; whole under surface indis- 

 tinctly striped with pale brown. 



Length, 6.50; wing, 3.50; tail. 2.50. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



