126 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



tarsus. Tail shorter than distance from bend of wing to tips of sec- 

 ondaries, even or very slightl}^ roanded, the rectrices rather narrow, 

 with broadly rounded tip, their shafts hard and stiff. Tarsus longer 

 than middle toe without claw but shorter than middle toe with claw, 

 about one-fourth as long as wing, stout, the acrotarsium very dis- 

 tinctly scutellate; outer toe reaching to middle of subterminal phalanx 

 of middle toe, its claw reaching beyond base of middle claw; inner toe 

 decidedly shorter, its claw falling short of base of middle claw; hallux 

 equal in length to inner toe, but much stouter, its claw much shorter 

 than the digit, but well developed and strongly curved; basal phalanx 

 of middle toe united to outer toe by greater part of its length, to inner 

 toe bj'' about half its length. 



Ooloration. — Above plain olive; beneath pale yellowish or whitish,, 

 conspicuously streaked with dusky; plumage harsh, very different 

 from the silky blended character of that in Ampelidse and Ptilogona- 

 tidse. 



Nidification. — Nest enormously bulky, composed externally of sticks 

 and twigs (its internal structure unknown), placed in crown of tall 

 palm trees. Eggs unknown. 



Range. — Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. (Monotypic?; possibly 

 two species.) 



KEY TO THE .SPECIES OF DULUS. 



a. No white on upper parts; larger (wing 83-87). (Haiti. )..Diiltis dominions (p. 126) 

 aa. No white patch on hindneck; smaller (wing 81). (Habitat unknown.) 



Dnlns nnchalis (p. 127) 



DULUS DOMINICUS (Linnaeus). 

 PAIH CHAT. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above olive, the back, scapulars, and wing- 

 coverts decidedly more brownish, the lower rump and upper tail- 

 coverts olive-greenish; feathers of pileum and hindneck showing very 

 indistinct mesial streaks of darker; secondaries (except tertials) and 

 primaries edged with light yellowish olive-green; tail brownish gray, 

 the rectrices edged with light olive-greenish, and with brown shafts; 

 lores, suborbital region, and auricular region uniform dark brown or 

 dusky; malar region dusky, streaked with yellowish white; under parts 

 yellowish white, broadly and sharply streaked with sooty brown, the 

 streaks narrower on abdomen, broader and paler brown on under tail- 

 coverts; under wing-coverts pale buff or buffy whitish, with very 

 narrow and indistinct shaft-lines of brown; bill light brown, the 

 mandible paler; iris brown; legs and feet dusky in dried skins. 



Adult inale. — Length (skin), 160; wing, 83; tail, 65; exposed culmen, 

 12; tarsus (broken); middle toe, IS.** 



Adult female.— 'Le.ngtk (skin), 161; wing, 87; tail, 68; exposed 

 culmen, 12; tarsus, 21; middle toe, 18." 



« One specimen. 



