with Descri/ptions of New Species. 269 



/. Dominicctisis is black, Laving the lesser wing-coverts, the bend of 

 the shoulders, the under wing-coverts, the rump, upper tail-coverts, and 

 thighs golden yellow, paler under the wings; the lower part of the 

 abdomen between the thighs is dull orange. 



Length 8 in. ; wing of ; tail 3f ; tarsus 1. 



/. Wagleri has the entire head, neck, upper part of the back, wings, 

 and tail black; the lesser and middle wing-coverts, the middle and lower 

 part of the back, rump, breast, and abdomen are orange-yellow. Length. 

 9i in. ; wing 4i; tail A\ ; tarsus \\. 



17. FyrrhoBMitris cstcull^tiis, (S^vamsom.) 



*' Carduelis cucullatus, Sw." Zool. Ills. 1820-1, pi. Y. 



^^Fringilla Cuhae^ Gerv." Lemb. Av. Isl. Cub. 1850, p. 130; Gund. 



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

 Pyrrhomitris cucullatus, Bon. Cons. Av. 1, 1850, p. 517. 



This species, Dr. Giindlacli writes me, is not considered to 

 be an inhabitant of the island, the few obtained have been 

 supposed to be birds which had escaped from confinement ; but 

 in the Museum of the Phila. Acad, are two or three specimens 

 from the north side of Cuba, from a section to which this sus- 

 picion would not attach ; it probably is a resident of the island, 

 but restricted to certain localities. 



Dr. Gundlach's specimen is labelled F. Cubae, which he sus- 

 pected was not correct, and wished to ascertain its true name. 



18. 8pizella sociaSis, (Wilson.) 



Fringilla socialis, Wils. Am. Orn. 11, 1810, p. 127, pi. xvi. 

 Emheriza pallida, Lemb. Av. Isl. Cub. 1850, p. 54; Gund. Jour. f. 



Orn. Jan. 1856, p. 1. 

 Spinites pallidus, Cab. " " " 



I suspected the true S. pallida did not exist in Cuba, and 



