Cory on Nevj Birds from Santo Dotningo. 



[January 



general greenish appearance; inner webs of primaries dark brown, appar- 

 ently slate color in some lights; under surface of tail dull green; 

 eyelids white. 



Length, 5.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75; bill, .50; middle toe, .40. 



Female: General appearance of the male, but differs from it by under- 

 parts being tinged with oliv.e, mixing with the grajs and top of the head 

 green, showing the slate color faintly. 



Hirundo sclateri, sp. nov. 



Adult male : Above bright bluish-gi-een, showing a golden color in some 

 lights, becoming decidedly blue on the forehead; upper stu-face of wings 

 and tail showing a tinge of dull blue, brightest on the tail; underparts 

 pure white ; primaries brown ; bill and legs veiy dark brown. 



Length, 5.25; wing, 5.75 ; tail, 2.00. 



The present species differs decidedly from Hirundo euchrysea 

 from Jamaica, that species having tlie upper parts bright golden- 

 green, and lacking the blue on the forehead entirely. The Santo 

 Domingo bird is also larger, and the bill is apparently somewhat 

 more slender. 



Dr. Bryant mentions the present bii"d in his list as "//. euchry- 

 sea (var. dominicensis?^ " stating that on account of its smaller 

 bill it might be a variety, but he gives no description by which it 

 can be indentified. 



I have named this species in compliment to P. L. Sclater, Esq., 

 of London, England. 



