BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



AMPELID/E. 



Subfamily, MYIADESTINjE. 



Genus: DULUS. Vieill. 

 DULUS: VIEILLOT, ANALYSE, p. 42, No. 131, 1816. 



DULUS DOMINICUS. {Linn) 



Tanagra dominica. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 316 (1766). 



Dtilus dominicus. Strickl., Cont. Orn., p. 103 (185 1). — " Lafr., Rev. 

 Mag., 583 (185 1)."— Bel., Rev. Am. Bds., p. 403 (1874). — 

 Salle (Sclater), P. Z. S., 1857, p. 231.— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, VI. p. 152 (1881). 



Dulus palmarum. "Vieill., Nouv. Diet, X. 438 (181 7)." 



Sp. Char., Male. — Above, dull olive brown; throat, dull white; 

 feathers of the throat and underparts, dark brown in the centre, 

 broadly edged with dull rufous white, giving the bird a heavily 

 streaked appearance ; rump, green ; primaries and secondaries, dark 

 brown, the outer webs edged with green, the inner webs becoming 

 very pale on the edges ; tail, dark brown, the feathers very narrowly 

 edged with green; iris, orange. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 6.20; wing 3.50; tail 3.10; tarsus .80; bill .55. 



