6o 



BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



and secondaries, olive brown, the inner webs edged with very pale 

 brown ; a patch of bright yellow under the base of the wing, ex- 

 tending upon the carpus; eye encircled by a very narrow line of 

 bright yellow, and a spot of yellow in front of the eye at the base 

 of the mandible ; upper mandible, dark brown ; lower mandible, 

 yellowish brown, darkest at the base. Some specimens show a spot 

 of yellow upon the middle of the breast, but it is not constant. 

 In a series of fourteen specimens, it is wanting in all but five. 



The female is perhaps somewhat duller, and some specimens 

 appear slightly smaller, but otherwise resembles the male. 



Length 7.50; wing 3.70; tail 3.70; tarsus 1; toe .82; bill .75. 



The present species is not common. All the specimens were 

 taken in the swamps near Almercen, and none were observed 

 elsewhere. It is very retiring in its habits, generally keeping 

 concealed in the thickest and most impenetrable thickets. The 

 note somewhat resembles that of PhcenicopJiilus palmariim. 



No. 



Date. 





Sex. 



Mus. 





Locality. 





Length. 



Wing. 



Tail. Tarsus. 



3540 



Aug. 



2 1 , 



1883. 



2 



C. B. C. 



{ 



Almercen, 

 San Domingo. 



} 

 J 



7-50 



3-70 



3.70 1. 



3530 



Aug. 



26, 



1883. 



9 



C. B. C. 



J 

 1 



Almercen. 

 San Domingo. 



1 

 ) 



7.40 



3-6 S 



3.60 .98 



4262 



Aug. 



2 7> 



1S83. 



2 



C. B. C. 



i 



Almercen, 

 San Domingo. 



1 

 i 



7-45 



3-6 5 



3-6 5 I- 



3539 



Aug. 



2 3' 



1883. 



t, 



C. B. C. 



{ 



Almercen, 

 San Domingo. 



\ 



7-45 



3-6 5 



3-6 5 I- 



3545 



Aug. 



27, 



1883. 



6 



C. B. C. 



! 



Almercen, 

 San Domingo. 



} 



7-35 



3.60 



3-5° !• 



3536 



Aug. 



26, 



1S83. 



? 



C. B. C. 



f 

 1 



Almercen, 

 San Domingo. 



} 



7-5° 



3-7° 



3.70 1. 



3544 



Aug. 



2 9> 



1883. 





C. B. C. 



f 

 I 



Almercen, 

 San Domingo. 



) 



I 



7-5° 



3-7° 



3.70 1. 



