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ton (A. and E.), Ibis, 1859, 378. — Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iv, Heft i, 



1863, 91, footnote (Porto Rico; Vieque Island). 

 Saurothera vieilloti Sundevall, Oefv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh., 1869, 599. — Gtjndlach, 



Journ. fur Orn., 1874, 312; 1878, 160, 184 (habits; descr. nest and eggs); Anal. 



Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 230.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 363 (synonymy; 



description); Birds West Ind., 1889, 158; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 11, 102, 



132.— Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xix, 1891, 371 (Porto Rico; St. Thomas; 



Vieque Is.). — Bowdish, Auk, xix, 1902, 364 (Porto Rico). 

 [Saurothera] vieilloti Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 107. 

 Saurothera vieillotii Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 324 (Vieque Is.). — Taylor, 



Ibis, 1864, 170. 

 ^Saurothera meillotii. Var. rufescens Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., x, 1866, 256 



(Porto Rico); Journ. fur Orn., 1866, 189 (Porto Rico). 



SAUROTHERA VETULA (Linnaeus). 



JAMAICAN LIZARD-CUCKOO. 



Nearest to S. vieilloti but differing in deep cinnamon-rufous outer 

 webs of primaries, mostly black instead of grayish or grayish brown 

 rectrices with much broader white tips, and dark brown pileum and 

 hindneck, contrasting strongly with grayer upper parts. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Forehead deep brownish gray to grayish 

 brown, passing gradually into deep sepia brown on crown, occiput, 

 and hindneck; rest of upper parts plain brownish gray, the secondaries 

 slightly more olivaceous and faintly glossed with bronze-greenish; 

 primaries deep cinnamon-rufous tipped with glossy grayish olive, the 

 distal secondaries and primary coverts also tinged with cinnamon- 

 rufous; rectrices (including middle pair) very broadly tipped with 

 white, which is preceded by a subterminal area of black, which 

 increases from a broad bar on middle pair to an.area about twice the 

 length of the extensive white tip on outer pair; chin, throat, and 

 malar region buffy white, passing into very pale buffy gray on upper 

 chest; rest of under parts, except under wing-coverts and under tail- 

 coverts, clear deep buff or light ochraceous, the under wing-coverts 

 pinkish buff or deep cream-buff, the under tail-coverts pale buff; 

 maxilla black, mandible paler (bluish gray in life?) ; iris brown; bare 

 orbital space scarlet (in life) ; legs and feet horn color in dried skins 

 (bluish gray in life ?) . 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 356-397 (375); wing, 122-133.5 

 (125.9); tail, 190-216 (200); exposed culmen, 43.5-48 (45.4); tarsus, 

 30-34 (31.7); outer anterior toe, 21.5-24.5 (22.8).° 



Adult /emaZe.— Length (skins), 355-402 (375); wing, 124-131 

 (126.2); tail, 192-222 (202.5); exposed culmen, 46.5-48.5 (47.5); 

 tarsus, 30.5-34.5 (32.2); outer anterior toe, 22-25 (23.6). b 



Island of Jamaica (Moneague; Great Salt Pond ; Priestmans River; 

 Spanishtown; Port Henderson). 



a Eight specimens. * Five specimens. 



