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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Genus: LIGIA. Cory 



LIGEA: CORY, AUK, I. p. I, 1SS4. 



LIGEA PALUSTRIS. Cory. 

 Ligea pahtstris. Cory, Auk, I. p. i, pi. i (1884). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Crown, nape, and upper portion of back, 

 slaty plumbeous; rest of back and upper surface of wings and tail, 



yellowish green ; throat, breast, 

 and sides, grayish plumbeous, 

 ') showing a dull olive tinge on 

 the sides, darkest on the flanks; 

 the middle of the throat show- 

 ing a slight grayish tinge, and 

 the middle of the belly showing 

 distinctly white ; outer webs of 

 primaries and most of the sec- 

 ondaries, yellowish green, giv- 

 ing the wing a general greenish 

 appearance ; inner webs of pri- 

 maries, dark brown, apparently slate color in some lights ; under 

 surface of tail, dull green ; eyelids, white. 



Length 5.50; wing 2.50; tail 2.50; tarsus .75; bill .50; mid-toe .40. 

 Female. — General appearance of the male, but differs from it 

 by underparts being tinged with olive, mixing with the gray, and 

 top of the head green, showing the slate color faintly. 



