A Cory oft Netv Birds from Santo Domingo. [Janu-.ry 



ext:nding upon the carpus; eye encircled by a very narrow line of bright 

 yellow, and a spot of yellow in front of the eye at the base of the man- 

 dible ; upper mandible dark brown ; lower mandible yellowish-brown, 

 darkest at the base. 



Length, 8.00; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.50; tarsus, i.oo; middle toe, .82; 

 bill, .70. 



The female is perhaps somewhat duller, and some specimens 

 appear slightly smaller, but otherwise resembles the male. 



Rupornis ridgwayi. ^ 



Rufornis ridgtvayi Cory, Journ. Boston Zool. Soc, II, No. 4, Oct. 

 1883, p. 46- 



Female : Top of the head and neck brownish-ash, becoming dai-ker on 

 the back; the feathers of the back and tertiaries edged with rufous; under- 

 parts dark rufous, the feathers narrowly banded with white; thighs 

 showing the rufous much brighter, the feathers banded wiih very fine pale 

 lines; crissum white, with rufous bands near the tips; under part of breast 

 slaty, shading into dull white on the throat; the shafts of the feathers 

 on the throat and breast dark brown, showing in hair-like lines; wings 

 and tail dark brown, imperfectly banded with white, and showing various 

 shadings of dull i-ufous ; all the primares imperfectly banded with white, 

 gradually becoming fainter on the outer webs, until just pei-ceptible on 

 the sixth ; the rest of primaries and secondaries with the outer webs dark 

 brown and the inner webs thickly banded with white, showing traces of 

 rufous. 



Length, 14.50; wing, 10.00; tail, 6.50; tarsus, 2.75; bill, 1.25. 



Male : Since the above description was written I have received two 

 males from the same locality. In general plumage they are similar to 

 the female, with the exception that there is much less rufous on the under- 

 parts, whei-e this color is replaced by a slaty cast; the thighs have the 

 rufous somewhat brighter, and the bird, as would be expected, is smaller. 



Length, 13.75; wing, 9.00; tail, 6.00; tarsus, 2.75; bill, 1.20. 



Immature male: In general appearance much like Buteo pennsylvanicus; 

 underparts dull white, the feathers slightly tinged with rufous, the centre 

 of the surface feathers showing a stripe of brown, giving the body a 

 striped appearance; thighs rufous, but paler than in the adult; above 

 much resembling the adult; the white wing and tail bands replaced by 

 rufous bands on the terminal half of the feathers. 



I have named this species in compliment to Robert Ridgway, 

 Esq., of Washington, D. C. 



CEdicnemus dominicensis. 



CEdic7temus dominicensis Cory. Journ. Zool. Soc, II, No. 4, Oct. 1883, 

 p. 46. 



Male : Top of the head, back, wing-coverts, and tail brown ; feathers 

 with very pale edgings, giving a mottled appearance to the back; the tail 



