268 Notes on some Cuban Birds, 



olive ; tlie under plumage is of a paler yellow than in the adult, 

 the chin and throat only are black, 



Remar'ks. — The young male was sent me about three years 

 ago by Dr. G., who supposed it was Bullockii. I wrote it was 

 not that species, but probably the young of I. sfurhis in one of 

 its changes. Since then Mr. Forns obtained the more adult 

 bird. 



The following note from Dr. Gundlach refers to this spe- 

 cies : — 



"I believe that tlie young sent yon in 1856 is the same with the one 

 since sent by Mr. Forns. There is at present a man travelling about 

 the island who exhibits a small collection of birds. I saw it in Matan- 

 zas and noticed a specimen of this bird, brought, as I was told, from 

 Caraccas ; this was some time before I had seen Mr. Forns's bird. I sup- 

 posed that the one in the collection was X. cucullatus. My bird was 

 found in April, 1852, near Cardenas, on a plain in which are seen several 

 small streams. The friend that sent it assured me that it was a male. 

 The one shot by Mr. Forns, near Havanna, was found about the same 

 time last year." 



16. Icterus Doininicensis, (liinnaeus.) 



Oriolus Dominicensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1Y66, i., p. 163. 



Xanthormis " D'Orb. (R. de le Sagr.) Hist. Cub. 1 840, p. 1 1 5 ; 



Lemb. Av. Isl. Cub. 1850, Cat. p. 130 ; Gund. 



Jour. f. Orn. Jan. 1856, p. 10. 



Mr. P. L. Sclater, in the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857, p. 7, states 

 that P. Dominicensis of Bon. Consp. Av. vol. i. p. 432, is 

 distinct from the present bird, and describes it as a new species, 

 under the name of Wagleri. Prof Baird in Pacific P. P. Pep. 

 vol. ix., cites Bonaparte's name as a synonym, under Wagleri: 

 this has induced Dr. Gundlach to inquire wherein the two spe- 

 cies differ. I have therefore thought a short description of 

 them might not be out of place. 



