iSS6.] Cory o« the Birds of the West Ittdtes. 345 



Cypselus I'radii I^kmh. Aves Cuba, p. 50 (1850). 



Cypselus phcenicobia Bp. Consp. I, p. 66 (1850). 



Cypselus cayenne.nsis Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P* 232. 



Tachornis ^r«(^// Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860). 



Cypselus phcenicobius ScL. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 604. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. 



Avium Neotr. p. 94 (1873).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 



153 (18S1) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 87 (1885) ; ib. List 



Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885). 

 Tachornis iradii GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 2S2 (1866) ; ib. 



J. f. O. 1874, p. 116. 

 Cypselus cay(incnsis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 95 (1866). 

 Tachornis phcenicobius Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 64 (1869). 



Sp. Char. Male; — General plumage dull greenish black ; throat, rump, 

 abdomen, and a narrow line in the centre of the belly white; bill 

 and feet black. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length, 3.75; wing, 3.70; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .20; bill, .15. 

 Habitat. Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo. 



Genus Cypseloides Streubel. 



Cypscloides Streubel, Isis, 184S, p. 360. 



/ 



Cypseloides niger (Gmel.). 



Hirundo niger Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 1025 (17S8). 



Cypselus niger GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 63 (1847). — Gundl. & Lawr. Ann. 



N. Y. Lye. VI, p. 268 (1858).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



VII, p. 306 (1S60). — Albrecht, J. f O. 1861, p. 207; ib. 1S62, p. 



194. —March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 287. — A. & E. 



Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p, 108 (1881). 

 Cypselus tiigra Bp. Consp. I, p. 66 (1850). 

 Cypselus borealis Kenn. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857, p. 202. — ScL. 



P. Z. S. 1S65, p. 615. 

 NephoccEtes niger Baird, Cass. & Lawr. Bds. N. Am. p. 142 (1858). — 



Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 68 (1869). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 115; 



ib. Anal. Soc.Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 200 (187S). 

 Cypseloides niger ScL. P. Z. S. 1865, P- 615. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium 



Neotr. p. 95 (1873). — La\vr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 459, 487 



(187S).— ScL. Ibis, 1880, p. 74. 

 NechopcBtes niger Gundl. Repeit. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 281 (1866.) 

 Nephcecetes ?iiger Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, p. 349 (1S70). — Bd. Bwr. & 



RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 429 (1874).— Cory, Bds. Haiti & 



San Domingo, p. 88 (1885) ; ib. List Birds W. I. p. 17 (1S85). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage dark brown, showing slight greenish 



