BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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SEIURUS MOTACILLA. (Vieill.) 



Turdus motacilla. Vieill., Ois. Am., Sept. II. p. 9 (1807). 



Henicocichla motacilla. Cab., J. f. O., p. 240 (1857). 



Seiurus motacilla. " Bp., Consp. A v., I. 306 (1850)." 



Siurus motacilla. Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II. p. 33 (1877). — 

 Coues, Bds. Colora. Vail., p. 299 (1878). — Godman and Salvin, 

 Biol. Centr. Amer. Zool. Aves, Pt. IX. p. 147 (1881). 



Seiurus ludovicianus. "Bp., List, 1838." — Bd., Bds. N. A., p. 262 

 (1858). — Bel., Rev., p. 217 (1864). — Coues, Bds. N. W., p. 72 

 (1874). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 151 (188 1). — Bd.,- 

 Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. A. Bds., I. p. 287 (1874). 



Henicocichla ludoviciaua. " Scl., Cat., p. 25 (1862)." 



Sp. Char., Male. — Above, dark olive brown ; a white superciliary 

 line from the base of the mandible to the nape, crossing the upper lid ; 

 underparts, white, with a shade of buff on the flanks and tail coverts ; 

 a distinct maxillary line ; breast and sides of the body with arrow- 

 shaped markings of dusky brown ; some specimens show the spots on 

 the throat. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 6; wing 3.25; tail 2.30; tarsus .80; bill .50. 



The present species is a resident in San Domingo, although its 

 numbers are probably augmented by migrants from the United States 

 in winter. 



Five specimens are before me, which are as follows : — 



