2l6 Cory on the Birds of Uic West Indies. [April 



PeiiduUnus hypomelas Bp. Consp. I, p. 433 (1850). — Cassin, Pr. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 59. 

 XanthoriiHS hypoinelas Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba. I. p. 287 (1866) ; 



//.-. J. t". O. 1874, p. 12S. 

 Melanopsar hypomelas Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1870). 

 Icterus hypomelas Scl. & Salv. Nom Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1873). — ScL. 



Ibis, 1883, p. 360.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885). 

 Icterus dominicensis var. hypomelas Bd. Bvvr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. 



Bds. II, p. 182 (1874). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage glossy black; lower half of back, 

 thighs and under tail-coverts, and a tinge on the lower belly, bright 

 yellow; wing-coverts, carpus, and under wing-coverts bright yel- 

 low; quills and tail brownish black. 



The young birds of both sexes go through the varied plumages of 

 the young oi Icterus doinii/icoisis. 



Length (skin), 7.75; wing, 362 ; tail, 3.70; tarsus, .90; bill. .60. 



Habitat. Cul)a. 



Icterus dominicensis (Linn.). 



Oriolus do!ii/>iiceiisis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 163 (1766). 



Icterus doniiuiccusis D.\UD. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 335 (1800).— Salle, P. Z. S. 

 1S57, p. 232.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1866).— 

 ScL. «& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1873). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (18S1) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 71 

 (1885); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (18S5). — Scl. Ibis, 1SS3, p. 361.— 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1884, P- i^S. 



Pcuduliuus pla'vi^aster ViiLiL.h. Souv. Diet. \', p. 317. 



Melanopsar dominiceusis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. ^2 (1870). 



Icterus dominicensis var. dominicensis Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. 

 Bds. II, p. 182 (1874). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black; upper wing-coverts, edge of 

 carpus, under Aving-coverts, lower half of back, rump, flanks, crissum, 

 and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; outer surface of wings black; 

 under surface of wings showing the inner webs of the feathers pale, 

 becoming dull white at the base ; bill and legs black. 



Toung: — Throat, cheeks, and a narrow superciliary stripe black; 

 crown, sides of the head and breast showing a brownish tinge; rest 

 of underparts greenish yellow; back ashy green, becoming decidedly 

 greenish on the rump; tail olive, brightest on the edges of the feath- 

 ers; primaries and secondaries brown with pale edgings. 



The sexes are apparently similar. 



Length, 7.10; wing, 3.60; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .80; bill, .70. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



