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Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



[Tanagra] dominica Linnjsus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 316 (baaed on Tangara, 

 de St. Domingue, Tanagra dominicenm Brisson, Orn., iii, 37, pi. 2, fig. 4; 

 Daubenton, PL Enl., pi. 156, fig. 2).— Gmblin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 895. 



Didus dominicus Strickland, Jardinfe's Contr. Orn., 1851, 103. — Lafbesnaye, 

 Rev. Zool., 1851, 583 (habits, affinities, etc.).— Solater, Cat. Am. Birds, 

 1862, 41 (Santo Domingo) .—Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1866, 403 (Jeremie 

 and Port an Prince, Haiti; San to Domingo).— Bryant, Proc. Best. Soc. N. H., 

 xi, 1866, 92 (Santo Domingo).— Coby, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 152 

 (Haiti) ; Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 51, pi. 21, fig. 4; Auk, iii, 1886, 191; 

 Birds W. I., 1889, 78; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 115, 131.— Shaepb, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 218.— Chbrbie, Contr. Orn. San Dom., 1896, 13 (descr. 

 nest). 



IDulvs] dominicus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 385, no. 5827. — Sclatee and Salvin, 

 Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 13.— Goby, List Birds W. I., 1885, 11. 



Dulus palmarum Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'HIst. Nat., x, 1817, 435. — Bonapaete, 

 Consp. Av., i, 1850, 331, part. — Lafeesnaye, Rev. Zool., 2= ser. iii, IJiec, 

 1851, 585 (habits, affinities, etc.). 



A[rremon] palmarum Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1849, App., p. 16. 

 > Tanagra mancipmm 'Hermann, Tab. Aff. Anim., 1783, 211 (based on I'esdave 

 Bufion). 



DULUS NUCHALIS Swainson. 

 ■WHITE-NAPED PALM CHAT. 



Similar to D. dominicus, but smaller and with a white band across 

 hindneck. 



"Above olive brown; nape with a transverse bar of white; beneath 

 cream color, with distinct stripes of dark brown. 



" Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nostr. 



"Total length 7 inches [178 mm.]; bill, gape if [16.5]; front i% 

 [10.5]; wings 33^^ [i- e., 3,V=78.5]; tail, beyond [wings], lA [45-5]; 

 [to] base, 3 [76]; tarsus ^4 [19]. ** Ed^es of quills and tail feathers 

 olive green; ears and lores blackish; tail very slightly forked; the 

 two middle tail feathers cinereous; bill pale." (Original description.) 



Habitat unknown, but probably island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



Dulus nuchalis Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 345 ("Brazil;" coll. W. 



Swainson''); Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 238. — Steickland, Jardine's Contr. 



Orn., 1851, 104.— Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1866, 403, in text.— Shaepe, 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 1885, 219.— Coey, Auk, iii, 1886, 191; Birds W. I., 



1889, 78; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 123. 

 [Dulus} nuchalis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 13. — Coey, List 



Birds W. I., 1885, 11. 



«Sharpe (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 219) gives measurements of the type specimen, 

 in the museum of Cambridge, as follows: Total length 7.2 inches [183 mm.], 

 culmen 0.55 [14], wing 3.2 [81], tail 2.95 [75], tarsus 0.75 [19.5]. 



''Type said by Strickland (Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1851, 104) to be in the Museum 

 of Cambridge, England. 



