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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Subfamily, P I T Y L I N JE . 



Genus: PHCENICOPHILUS. Strickl. 

 PHCENICOPHILUS: "STRICKL., CONT. ORN., p. 104, 1S61." 



PHCENICOPHILUS PALMARUM. {Linn) 



Turdus palmarum. Linn., Syst. Nat, I. p. 295. — " Vieill., Ois de 



l'Am. Mer., II. p. 16, pi. 69 S 70 

 Tachyphonus palmarum. "Vieill, N. D. d'H. N., XXXII. p. 359; 



et Enc. Mcth., p. 803." 

 Amnion palmartim. Gray. Gen. Suppl., p. 16. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist., XI. p. 92 (1866). 

 Phcenicophilus palmarum. Strickl., Cont. Orn., p. 104 (185 1); Sclater, 



P. Z. S., 1856, p. 84. — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 152 



(1881). 



Dalits palmarum. " Bp., R. Z., 1 851, p. 78." 



Dulus polioaphalus. "Bp., R. et M. de Zool., 185 1, p. 78." 



Sp. Char., Male. — Top of the head and cheeks, black; a spot 

 of white on each side of the forehead ; a white stripe touching 

 the upper eyelid, commencing at the centre of the eye, passing 

 backward on the head ; a patch of white on the lower eyelid ; a 

 gray collar on the nape, extending upon and joining the gray of 

 the sides; sides, slaty gray; throat, white, the white extending' in 

 a narrow line down the middle of belly to the vent; the back, 

 rump, tail, outer webs of secondaries, and coverts, bright yellowish 

 green; quills, brown; bill and feet, bluish black. 



