T^fiCy Cory o?/ the Birds of the West Indies. [J"ly 



under it; quills and under wing-coverts yellowish brown; outer tail- 

 feathers black, tipped with white, and showing slight bronze reflec- 

 tions ; the others lighter, except the central ones, tipped with white; 

 under mandibles yellow, except at the tip. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, ii.So; wing, 5.20; tail, 6.50; tarsus, i.oS; bill, .90. 

 Habitat. Bahamas and Antilles. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wii.s.). 



Cucitlus erythrophihalmiis Wilson, Am. Orn. IV, p. 16 (1811). 



Coccyzus erythrofihthahmts Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 73 (1S50). — Brewer, Pr. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).— Gunol. Repert. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 295 (1866); ib.}. f. O. 1S74, p. 157 (Cuba). 

 Coccyzus erythrofhthalmus Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 104 (Cuba). — Cory, 



ListBds. W. I. p. 19 (18S5). 

 Accidental in Cuba. 



Genus Hyetornis Scl. 



Hyctornis Sclater, Cat. Am. Bds. p. 321 (1S62). 



Hyetornis pluvialis (Gmel.). 



Cuculus fluvialis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 411 (17S8). 



Piaya civnawomciveutris Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1S46. p. 321. — Des Murs. 

 Icon. Orn. pi. 65. 



Piaya pluvialis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 277 (1S47). — ^^- Consp. I, p. iii 

 (1S50). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 79.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 203. 

 —March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 2S3. 



Hyctoy?iis pluvialis ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 321 (1862).— Scl. & Salv. 

 Nom. Avium Neotr. p, loS (1S73).— x\. & E. Newton, Ilandb. Ja- 

 maica, p. 109 (18S1). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 19 (1S85). 



Hyctorma7itis pluvialis Cab. J. f. O. 1862, p. 203. 



Coccygus pluvialis Sciileg. Mus. Pays-Bas. I, p. 39 (1864). 



Hyetornis pluvianus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 212 (1870). 



Sp. Char. — Top of the head smoky brown ; rest of the upper surface 

 olive; throat dull white showing a tinge of chestnut; rest of under- 

 parts dark chestnut brown; under wing-coverts rufous chestnut; 

 primaries dull olive brown, with a slight metallic tinge of green on 

 the inner webs of the primaries and distinctly perceptible on the sec- 

 ondaries; tail dull black, showing a slight purplish tinge; all of the 

 tail-feathers tipped with white. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 18; wing, 7; tail 10; tarsus, 1.60; bill, 1.25. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



