THE AUK: 



A Q^UARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



VOL. I. 



January, 1884. 



No. I. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL NEW BIRDS FROM 

 SANTO DOMINGO. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 

 Fam. SYLVICOLID^. 



Group GEOTHLYPE^E. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



a. Bill slightly depressed and distinctly notched ; rictal bristles yery 

 short, sometimes wanting"; wings short and rounded, about the length 

 of the tail; first primary shorter than fourth; tail long, rounded or 

 graduated; legs short; tarsus as long as the head; belly yellow; legs 

 yellow. Geothlypis. 



b. Bill elongated, somewhat depressed, distincth' notched at tip; rictal 

 bristles short ; wings rounded and equal in length to the tail; tail long 

 and rounded ; legs and feet stout; tarsus not as long- as the head; belly 

 and legs not yellow. Ligca. 



Ligea* palustris gen. et sp. noy. Plate I. 



Adult male: Crown, nape, and upper portion of back slaty-plumbeous; 

 rest of back and upper surface of wings and tail j'ellowish-green ; throat, 

 breast, and sides grayish-plumbeous, showing a dull orange tinge on the 

 sides, darkest on the flanks; middle of the throat with a slight grayish 

 tinge, and the middle of the belly distinctly white; outer webs of prima- 

 ries, and most of the secondaries yellowish-green, giying to the wing a 



'•'Ai-yeia. 



