200 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [April 



Phcenicophilus palmarum (Linn.). 



Turdus palmariim LiNN. Svst. Nat. I, p. 295 (1766). 



Tachyphomis falmariim "Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. XXXII, p. 359." 



At'remon palmarum Gkw, Gen. Bds. Suppl. p. 16. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. XL p. 92 (1S66). 



Duliis palmarum "Bp. R. Z. 1S51, p. 78." 



Dulus poliocepkaliis ''Bv. R. Z. 1851, p. 78." 



P/ianicophiliis palmar/tm Stricki^. Contv. Orn. p. 104 (1851). — ScL. P. 

 Z. S. 1856, p. 84.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 72 (1870).— Scl. & 

 Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 25 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, VI, p. 152 (1881) ; il>. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 56 

 (1885); //'. List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1885).— Tristram, Ilsis, 1S84, 

 p. 168. 



Ph(S)iicophihis palmarum Bouc Cat. x\vium. p. 247 (1876). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head and cheeks black; a spot of white on 

 each side of the forehead ; a white stripe touching the upper ejelid, 

 commencing at the centre of the eye, passing backward on the head ; 

 a patch of white on the lower ejelid; a gray collar on the nape, 

 extending upon, and joining the gray of the sides ; sides slaty gray ; 

 throat white, the white extending in a narrow line down the middle 

 of belly to the vent; the back, rump, tail, outer webs of secondaries 

 and coverts bright yellowish green; quills brown: bill and feet 

 bluish black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 6.70; wing, 3.70; tail. 3; tarsus, .85; bill, .70. 

 Habitat. Haiti and vSan Domingo. 



Phcenicophilus dominicensis Cokv. 



Pha;uicophilus dominicensis CoRY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 129 

 (18S1); //'. Bds. Haiti and San Domingo, p. 58 (1SS5) ; /i^. List 

 Bds. W. I. p. 12 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and sides of the head black; a spot of white 

 above and below the eye, and on each side of the forehead; chin 

 white, extending in two stripes down the sides of the throat to the 

 breast, bordering the black of the head; the rest of the head, neck 

 and imderparts grayish plumbeous; back, wing-coverts, tail and cov- 

 erts, and outer edges of wing-feathers bright yellowish green ; inner 

 webs of primaries and secondaries brown, pale on the edges; legs 

 and lower mandible dark slate color; upper mandible black; iris red- 

 dish brown. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 6.80; wing, 3.50: tail. 2.30; tarsus, .82; bill. .68. 



Habitat. San Dominsfo. 



