346 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. XIII. 



•Saurothera merlini merlini DVrbigny. Cuban Lizard Cuckoo. 



Saurothera merlini D'Orbigny, in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1839, p. 152, 

 pi. 25 (Cuba); Cory, Auk, 1886, p. 363; Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, p. 158, 

 Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XIX, 1891, p. 370. 



Saurothera merlini merlini RiDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, 

 p. 60. 



Range: Island of Cuba. 

 6: Cuba. 



Saurothera merlini decolor Bangs and Zappey. Isle of Pines Cuckoo. 

 Saurothera merlini decolor Bangs and Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, April, 1905, 

 p. 199 (La Vega, Isle of Pines, Cuba); Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 

 50, VII, 1916, p. 61. 



Range: Isle of Pines, Cuba. 

 *Saurothera vieilloti Bonap. Porto Rican Lizard Cuckoo. 



Saurothera vieilloti Bonaparte, Consp. Av., I, 1850, p. 97 (Porto Rica'); Gund- 



LACH, Journ. fur Omith., 1874, p. 312; Cory, Auk, 1886, p. 363; Id., Bds. 



West Indies, 1889, p. 158; Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XIX, 1891, p. 



371; Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 62 (cut, pi. 



VI, fig. I). 

 Range: Porto Rico, Vieques Island, and St. Thomas, West Indies. 

 8: Porto Rico. 



*Saurothera vetula Linn. Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo. 



[Cucm/ms] vetula LiNNiEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, p. iii (Jamaica). 

 Saurothera vetula Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXXII, 1819, p. 348 



(part); Gosse, lUustr. Bds. Jamaica, 1849, pi. 74; Cory, Auk, 1886, p. 362; 



Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, p. 157; Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XIX, 



1891, p. 370; Scott, Auk, 1892, p. 273; Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 



50, VII, 1916, p. 63. 



Range: Island of Jamaica, West Indies. 

 3 : Jamaica. 



*Saurothera dominicensis Lajresnaye. Haitian Lizard Cuckoo. 



Saurothera dominicensis Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., X, 1847, p. 355 (Santo Do- 

 mingo); Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, p. 154; Id., Bds. Haiti and 

 San Domingo, 1885, p. 98 (coll. pi.; head, fig. 5); Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, 

 p. 154; Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XIX, 1891, p. 369; Ridgway, BuU. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 64. 



Range: Haiti and San Domingo, Island of Haiti. 



ti2o: Haiti (Le Coup, Aux Cays, Jacmel) 9; San Domingo (Catare, 

 Maniel, Honduras, San Domingo City, Puerto Plata, Samana, La Vega 

 and San Cristobal) iii. 



* Based on 5. vetula (not Cuculus vetula Linn.) Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 

 1819, p. 348, part (Porto Rico) and Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 1847, p. 357. 



