i886.] Cory on the Birds of tlie West Indies. 2 2^ 



Corvus solitarius Wurt. 



Corviis solitarius WiJRT. Naumannia, II, p. 55. — Bp. Compt. Rend. 37, p. 



S29. — Cory, Bds. Haiti i^ San Domingo, p. 75 (1SS5) ; ib. List Bds. 



W. I. p. 14 (1SS5). 

 Corvus palmarum "WiJRT. Reis. p. 73." 

 Corvus Jamaicensis Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 232. ^Bryant, Pr. Bost. See. 



Nat. Hist. Xr, p. 94 (1SS6). 

 Frugilegiis solitarius Gray, Handb. Bds. II, p. 13 (1S70). 

 Microcorax solitarius Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 49 (1877). 



Sp. Char. Alale: — General plumage blaclv. witli a purple gloss to the 

 feathers; coverts and primaries black; tail black, outer surface 

 showing a tinge of purple; bill and legs black. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length, 15; wing, to; tail, 6; tarsus, 1.75; bill, 1.75. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Corvus nasicus Temm. 



Corvus nasicusT^m^i. PI. Col. II, p. 413 (1820-39).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. 



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



Cuba, I, p. 290 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 137.— Bd. Bwr. & 



RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 234 (1874).— Cory, List Bds. W. 



L p. 14 (i88s). 

 Corvus americamis Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 65 (1850). 

 Corvus jamaicensis Cab. J. f O. 1856, p. 16. — Thienem. J. f. O. 1857, 



p. 152. — Gundl. J. f O. 1859, P- 296; ib. 1861, p. 414. 

 Frugilegus nasicus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 13 (1870). 

 Microcorax nasicus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 49 (1877). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage glossy black, showing a purplish 

 tinge; basal portion of feathers grayish; nasal bristles short. * 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 17; wing, 10.75; tail, 7.60; tarsus, 1.90; bill, 2.35. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



' Corvus minutus Gundl. 



Corvus minutus Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 315 (1852). — 

 Cab. J. f O. 1S56, p. 97.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, 

 p. 307 (i860). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 290 (1866) ; 

 ib. 1. f. O. 1874, p. 139. — Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. II, p. 297. 

 — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 23^ (1874). — Cory, 

 List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1S85). 



Frugilegus minutus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 13 (1870). 



Colceus minutus Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. Ill, p. 29 (1877). 



