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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



PHCENICOPHILUS DOMINICENSIS. Cory. 



Phcenicophilus dominicensis. Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 

 129 (18S1). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Forehead and sides of the head, black ; a 

 spot of white above and below the eye, and on each side of the 

 forehead ; chin, white, extending in two stripes down the sides of 

 the throat to the breast, bordering the black of the head; the rest 

 of the head, neck, and underparts, grayish plumbeous ; back, wing- 

 coverts, tail and coverts, and outer edges of wing-feathers, bright 

 yellowish green ; inner webs of primaries and secondaries, brown, 

 pale on the edges ; legs and lower mandible, dark slate color ; 

 upper mandible, black ; iris, reddish brown. 



Length 6. So; wing 3.50; tail 2.30; tarsus .82; bill .68. 



The sexes are similar. 



The present species seems to be restricted to the west coast, 

 all the specimens were procured in the vicinity of Jacmel. Authors 

 have generally considered this bird to be the female of P. 

 palmarum ; but a careful examination of a large series of the latter 

 species proved conclusively the sexual difference, if any, to be 

 merely a slight variation in size. 



No. Date. Sex. Mus. 



1258 Jan. 13, 1SS1. $ C. B. C. J 



1 23 1 Jan. 19, 1SS1. $ C. B. C. j 



1226 Jan. 19, 1881. 9 C. B. C. j 



4261 Jan. 23, 1SS1. 9 C. B. C. { 



Locality. 



Jacmel, | 



Haiti. J 



Tacnie], \ 



"Haiti. j 



Jacmel, ) 



Haiti. j 



Jacmel, ) 



Haiti. j 



Length. Wing. 



6.80 3.50 



6 -45 3-55 



^•45 3-5° 



6.50 3-55 



Tail. Tarsus. 



2.30 .82 



2.18 .78 



2.20 .80 



2.22 .80 



